Monday

1.30pm – US Empire State mfg index (April): index to rise to -16. Markets to watch: USD crosses

Tuesday

2.30am – RBA meeting minutes: these will look at the latest policy decision to hold rates unchanged. Markets to watch: AUD crosses

3am – China GDP (Q1): growth forecast to be 3.2% YoY and 1.2% QoQ. Markets to watch: CNH crosses

7am – UK employment data: February unemployment rate to rise to 3.8% from 3.7%, and claimant count to drop by 9500 in March. Average earnings to rise 5.1% for the three months to February, a slowdown from the 5.7% in January. Markets to watch: GBP crosses

10am – German ZEW index (April): economic sentiment index to rise to 15. Markets to watch: EUR crosses

Wednesday

7am – UK CPI (March): prices expected to rise 10.2% YoY and 0.3% MoM, down from 10.4% and 1.1% in February. Core CPI to rise 6% from 6.2%. Markets to watch: GBP crosses

3.30pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 14 April): previous week saw stockpiles rise by 1.5 million barrels. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI

Thursday

1.30pm – US initial jobless claims (w/e 15 April): claims expected to rise to 244K. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses

3pm – eurozone consumer confidence (April, flash): expected to rise to -19. Markets to watch: EUR crosses

3pm – US existing home sales (March): sales forecast to fall 4.2% MoM. Markets to watch: US crosses

Friday

12.30am – Japan CPI (March): prices expected to rise 3.2% YoY. Markets to watch: JPY crosses

7am – UK retail sales (March): sales expected to fall 0.5% MoM. Markets to watch: GBP crosses

8.30am – German PMIs (April, flash): manufacturing PMI to drop to 44 from 44.7. Markets to watch: EUR crosses

9.00am – eurozone PMIs (April, flash): mfg PMI to fall to 47 and services PMI to fall to 54. Markets to watch: EUR crosses

9.30am – UK PMIs (April, flash): mfg PMI to rise to 48.5 and services PMI to fall to 52.4. Markets to watch: GBP crosses

2.45pm – US PMIs (April, flash): mfg to fall to 51.4 and services expected to weaken to 51.8. Markets to watch: USD crosses

Company announcements

	Monday 17 April	Tuesday 18 April	Wednesday 19 April	Thursday 20 April	Friday 21 April
Full-year earnings		THG
Half/ Quarterly earnings		Goldman Sachs, Netflix, Johnson & Johnson, Bank of America	Carr’s, Tesla, IBM	WHSmith, AT&T, American Airlines	Procter & Gamble
Trading update*	PageGroup	Moneysupermarket.com, easyJet, Entain, Deliveroo	Just Eat Takeaway.com	Dunelm, Rentokil