W — Week Ahead

Week Ahead: U.S., Canada, Australia and Tokyo Inflation Reports; China LPR; BoC and BoJ Minutes; Summer Davos; Wall Street Bank Stress Test Results; Micron and Fedex Earnings

21 June, 2026
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From multiple Inflation reports to the World Economic Forum in Dalian, to Micron Earnings, here’s what you need to know for the week ahead.

Monday

🌏 India hosts a two-day meeting of BRICS national security advisers in New Delhi, with discussions expected to focus on cooperation in dealing with global and regional security issues – Nikkei

🇨🇳 The Fourth China International Supply Chain Expo is held in Beijing, through June 26 – Bloomberg

🇨🇳 China June loan prime rates ⚠

🇩🇪 The BDI’s Day of Industry conference takes place in Berlin, with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius and Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul among speakers. Through June 23 – Bloomberg

🇪🇺 Eurozone June consumer confidence

🇪🇺 ECB’s Panetta Speaks in Rome – Bloomberg

🇪🇺 ECB Governing Council member Martin Kocher speaks at a conference in Vienna – Bloomberg

🇪🇺 ECB President Christine Lagarde gives introductory statement before European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in Brussels – Bloomberg ⚠

🇪🇺 ECB President Christine Lagarde participates in panel on international role of euro with EU Commissioner Dombrovskis and MEP Rasmus Andresen at House of the Euro in Brussels – Bloomberg ⚠

🇮🇪 Central Bank of Ireland’s annual Macroprudential Conference begins in Dublin and runs through June 23 – Bloomberg

🇨🇦 Canada May CPI ⚠

🇺🇸 The Fed Board and New York Fed co-host a conference on the international roles of the US dollar in Washington, with Governor Christopher Waller delivering welcoming remarks. Through June 23 – Bloomberg

Tuesday

🌎 Worldwide June Manufacturing, Services and Composite PMIs ⚠

🇸🇬 Singapore May CPI

🇹🇼 Taiwan May export orders

🌏 The World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions, also known as “Summer Davos,” takes place in Dalian, China, through June 25 – Bloomberg ⚠

🇫🇷 France June business confidence

🇪🇸 Spain April trade data

🇪🇺 ECB Chief Economist Philip Lane gives introductory statement on macroeconomic outlook before European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs in Brussels – Bloomberg

🇪🇺 The Barclays-CEPR Monetary Policy Forum is held in London, with ECB Vice President Boris Vujcic and BOE policymaker Alan Taylor among the speakers – Bloomberg

🇬🇧 BOE rate-setter Swati Dhingra speaks on a panel at King’s College London – Bloomberg

🇭🇺 Hungary rate decision

🇺🇸 Amazon Prime Day begins, offering discounts for Prime members. Through June 26 – Bloomberg

🇺🇸 FedEx earnings ⚠

🇺🇸 U.S. congressional primary elections are held in Maryland, New York and Utah.

Wednesday

🇨🇳 GSMA’s MWC Shanghai begins, bringing together telecom operators, technology companies and policymakers to discuss AI, 5G, 6G and digital connectivity. Through June 26 – Bloomberg

🇦🇺 Australia May CPI ⚠

🇹🇼 Taiwan May industrial production

🇦🇺 RBA Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser speaks at the Economic Society of Australia in Melbourne – Bloomberg

🇯🇵 BOJ Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino delivers Governor Kazuo Ueda’s remarks at the National Shinkin Conference – Bloomberg

🇯🇵 BOJ minutes ⚠

🇩🇪 Germany June IFO business climate ⚠

🇪🇺 ECB Governing Council member Joachim Nagel gives speech on digital euro at Payment & Banking made in Europe, International Bankers Forum in Frankfurt – Bloomberg

🇪🇺 ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone participates virtually in fireside chat on digital euro at 5th Point Zero Forum in Zurich, Switzerland. No text will be made available – Bloomberg

🇨🇭 BOE Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden and SNB Vice President Antoine Martin speak at the Global Finance & Technology Network Point Zero forum in Zurich – Bloomberg

🇬🇧 BOE Policymaker Swati Dhingra speaks on a panel during London Climate Action Week – Bloomberg

🇸🇪 Sweden Riksbank meeting minutes

🇺🇸 U.S. May new home sales

🇨🇦 BoC minutes ⚠

🇺🇸 The Fed unveils Wall Street bank stress test results. ⚠

🇺🇸 Micron earnings ⚠

Thursday

🇦🇺 Australia May employment data ⚠

🇯🇵 Japan April leading index

🇯🇵 BOJ board member Naoki Tamura speaks in Hyogo – Bloomberg

🇪🇸 Spain Q1 GDP (final estimate)

🇪🇸 Spain May PPI

🇪🇺 ECB Economic Bulletin

🇪🇺 Bank of France Governor Emmanuel Moulin presents annual report on financial inclusion – Bloomberg

🇪🇺 ECB Chief Economist Philip Lane speaks at the IEA World Congress in Belgrade, Serbia – Bloomberg

🇪🇺 ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone gives presentation at International Banking Federation Board meeting in Frankfurt. Slides will be made available on the ECB’s website – Bloomberg

🇺🇸 U.S. Q1 GDP (final estimate)

🇺🇸 U.S. May personal income and spending

🇺🇸 U.S. May PCE inflation indexes ⚠

🇺🇸 U.S. weekly initial jobless claims

🇺🇸 U.S. May durable goods orders ⚠

🇺🇸 Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee participates in a fireside chat at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs Global Economy Dialogue Series event – Bloomberg

🇺🇸 New York Fed President John Williams delivers remarks at Crane Data’s Money Fund Symposium – Bloomberg

🇲🇽 Mexico rate decision

🇧🇷 Brazil’s central bank publishes its Monetary Policy Report.

Friday

🇯🇵 Japan June Tokyo CPI ⚠

🇪🇺 Eurozone May ECB CPI expectations ⚠

🇪🇺 EU energy ministers meet to discuss the European grids package – Bloomberg

🇪🇺 ECB Governing Council member Joachim Nagel speaks on panel in Perl-Nenng, Germany – Bloomberg

🇪🇺 ECB Vice President Boris Vujcicspeaks at a Banco de Portugal event in Lisbon – Bloomberg

🇨🇭 The 25th BIS Annual Conference in Basel, Switzerland, will focus on “Central banks and macro-financial stability in a fragmented global economy.” – Bloomberg

🇺🇸 U.S. June advance economic indicators

🇺🇸 U.S. June University of Michigan consumer sentiment ⚠

🇺🇸 Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari participates in a panel at the Aspen Ideas Festival – Bloomberg

Earnings

🇺🇸 #SPX | Where Are Analysts Most Optimistic on Ratings for S&P 500 Companies Heading Into Q3? – Factsethttps://t.co/lkHyjo6v9X pic.twitter.com/WES2p8DH2R

— Christophe Barraud 🇫🇷 🇲🇨 (@C_Barraud) June 20, 2026

Previews

🌎 🇺🇸 #Weekahead | #Fed’s Favorite Gauge Is Seen Showing Faster Inflation – Bloomberghttps://t.co/mVOTcwFB1i pic.twitter.com/neS5cCPLrz

— Christophe Barraud 🇫🇷 🇲🇨 (@C_Barraud) June 21, 2026

🌎 #Weekahead | Week in Focus (22nd-26th June 2026): Highlights include US PCE, Canadian CPI, EZ Flash PMI, Japanese Tokyo CPI and Banxico – Newsquawkhttps://t.co/cYi6Qpef9X

— Christophe Barraud 🇫🇷 🇲🇨 (@C_Barraud) June 20, 2026

Event risk for the week ahead: Marco themes aside, US core PCE, Aussie and Canadian CPI & Micron's earnings are the headline scheduled risks to navigate.

The lower pane shows Fridays closing IR swaps pricing, and the cumulative number of 25bp hikes implied per meeting. pic.twitter.com/Uh9Lo8iiG8

— Chris Weston (@ChrisWeston_PS) June 21, 2026

*Focus on Asia

Summer Davos, BRICS security meeting, Bangkok election https://t.co/SeWPkB6VbE

— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) June 21, 2026

*Focus on Europe & UK

🇪🇺 The #weekahead 22 – 28 June 2026 – – European Parliamenthttps://t.co/0Jp4dgXQZP

— Christophe Barraud 🇫🇷 🇲🇨 (@C_Barraud) June 21, 2026

🇪🇺 #Weekahead | Forward look: 22 June – 5 July – European Councilhttps://t.co/GMZTNav7A1

— Christophe Barraud 🇫🇷 🇲🇨 (@C_Barraud) June 21, 2026

Focus on U.S. Economic Calendar

Wall Street’s week ahead: Investors see Micron earnings as pulse check of AI rally momentum https://t.co/3if6PqLx3C

— The Globe and Mail (@globeandmail) June 19, 2026

🇺🇸 #WeekAhead for FX, Bonds: U.S. Inflation Data in Focus as Prospects of Fed Rate Hike Increase – WSJhttps://t.co/QKPIggi0ab

— Christophe Barraud 🇫🇷 🇲🇨 (@C_Barraud) June 21, 2026

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— WALL ST JESUS (FZN) (@WallStJesus) June 20, 2026

With the May PPI and CPI in hand, forecasters expect core PCE to print around 0.35% in May.

This would raise the y/y rate to 3.4%. The six-month annualized rate would climb to 4.1%, the highest since June 2023.

Both measures were below 3% in the year-earlier period. pic.twitter.com/mOMpfA8vmK

— Nick Timiraos (@NickTimiraos) June 16, 2026

@federalreserve announces that results from its annual bank stress test will be released on Wednesday, June 24, at 4 p.m. EDT: https://t.co/yIEqGQHPxM

— Federal Reserve (@federalreserve) June 9, 2026

Top 10 Macro/Financial Charts of the Previous Week – w25

⚠ Top 10 Macro/Financial Charts of the Week – w25 (2026) ⚠

*HT @MikeZaccardi, @zerohedge, @neilsethinew#SPX #Stocks #Flows #AI #China #Tokens #Goldhttps://t.co/o2Jetp5PZK

— Christophe Barraud 🇫🇷 🇲🇨 (@C_Barraud) June 20, 2026

What Happened in the World Economy Last Week – in Charts – w25 (Bloomberg)

🌎 Charting the Global Economy: Warsh’s Tenure at the Fed Begins – Bloomberghttps://t.co/JgnUXsedHY pic.twitter.com/026kBbKDX8

— Christophe Barraud 🇫🇷 🇲🇨 (@C_Barraud) June 20, 2026

*Note: Previous reports can be found here