The focus of US president Joe Biden’s plan for $1.9tn in additional pandemic aid will turn to Senate consideration this week – FT (from 1)
ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos and Governing Council members Gabriel Makhlouf and Francois Villeroy de Galhau speak at an online conference on macroprudential regulation – Bloomberg (1)
New York Fed President John Williams speaks at a virtual conference hosted by his bank. Fed Presidents Raphael Bostic (Atlanta), Loretta Mester (Cleveland) and Neel Kashkari (Minneapolis) take part in a virtual panel discussion on racism and the economy, with a focus on housing – Bloomberg (1)
ISM Manufacturing for February (1)
CPI for February (2)
Fed Governor Lael Brainard takes part in a virtual discussion hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations. San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly speaks to the Economic Club of New York – Bloomberg (2)
Rishi Sunak, the U.K.’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, delivers his budget to Parliament. He could raise the corporation tax to help fund some of the massive spending accrued during the pandemic – Bloomberg (3)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with state leaders to discuss the possibility of loosening pandemic curbs further if contagion rates allow – Bloomberg (3)
Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker takes part in a virtual discussion on an equitable workforce. Chicago Fed President Charles Evans discusses the economic outlook during a virtual event hosted by the CFA Society Chicago – Bloomberg (3)
ISM Services for February (3)
OPEC+ holds a ministerial meeting, via video conference, to decide whether to provide more crude to the market in April (4)
The annual meeting of the Chinese National People’s Congress begins on Friday in Beijing, with highlights including deliberation and approval of the new five-year economic plan. The meeting will be preceded on Thursday by the opening of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, which includes academics, business leaders and other nongovernment figures – Nikkei (5)
Employment Report for February (5)
#earnings for the week https://t.co/lObOE0dgsr $NIO $ZM $FUBO $WKHS $MELI $TGT $SE $LMND $SNOW $DDD $NVAX $COST $MRVL $INO $BRK.B $FLGT $SDC $TGNA $TXMD $KSS $SWBI $THRM $INSG $DLTR $SPLK $WEN $ANF $SSYS $AVGO $LL $KOPN $AZO $FOLD $NRG $CWEN $KR $BJ $VRM $HEAR $PRPL $VEEV pic.twitter.com/uidCfqceFj
— Earnings Whispers (@eWhispers) February 27, 2021
The U.S. added just 180,000 jobs in February, according to the @Business @Economics survey of economists in advance of Friday's report. The unemployment rate likely edged up to 6.4%. https://t.co/wzBfZFW8oT via @livrockeman
— Steve Matthews (@SteveMatthews12) February 28, 2021
China NPC, Nio results and Huawei extradition case — Your Week in Asiahttps://t.co/6Rt1KOgq1v
— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) February 28, 2021
UK Budget, US jobs report, Biden’s stimulus bill https://t.co/TCLf1Ja6lo
— FT Economics (@fteconomics) February 28, 2021
Wall Street Week Ahead: Investors weigh new stock leadership as broader market wobbles https://t.co/d2wI8fHbsA pic.twitter.com/TMll76rtCL
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) February 27, 2021
The European Central Bank will reveal on Monday how serious it is about countering rising bond yields https://t.co/FwPEVqlqQJ
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) February 27, 2021
Schedule for Week of February 28, 2021 https://t.co/VaA2IEmOog The key report scheduled for this week is the February employment report.
Other key reports scheduled for this week are the trade deficit and February vehicle sales.
Fed Chair Powell speaks on the U.S. economy. pic.twitter.com/EoAENKKcjz
— Bill McBride (@calculatedrisk) February 27, 2021
⚠ Top 10 Macro/Financial Charts of the Week – w8 ⚠
HT @jsblokland, @johnauthers, @LanceRoberts, @WinfieldSmart, @JedKolkohttps://t.co/rT7umvWl1Z
— Christophe Barraud (@C_Barraud) March 1, 2021
What happened in the world economy this week – in charts https://t.co/DXrmJxZOqq
— Bloomberg Economics (@economics) February 27, 2021