Global Economic Data Expected this Week

Monday 2 February

Worldwide manufacturing PMI data are issued by Markit.
Fourth quarter GDP numbers are released in Russia.
Building permits data are issued by Eurostat for the currency bloc.
In Brazil, trade data are out.
Spending data are meanwhile issued by the Bureau of Economic Analysis in the US.

Tuesday 3 February

A number of whole economy PMI surveys and the UK Construction PMI are released by Markit.
Trade data are meanwhile released in Australia.
The Reserve Bank of India and Reserve Bank of Australia announce their latest interest rate decision.
Italy sees the release of consumer prices.
Producer prices are issued for the eurozone and Canada.
In the UK, Halifax publishes latest house price data.
Industrial output numbers are out in Brazil.
The US releases factory orders numbers for December.

Wednesday 4 February

Worldwide services PMI results are released by Markit.
M3 money supply information are published in India.
Retail sales numbers are out for the euro area.
The European Central Bank’s governing council meet, but no interest rate announcement is scheduled. The ECB also publishes its Economic Bulletin.
Iceland’s Central Bank announces its latest interest rate decision.
In the US, ADP employment data are issued.

Thursday 5 January

The Eurozone Retail PMI and Germany Construction PMI results are published by Markit.
In Australia, retail sales numbers and home sales data are issued, while business confidence data are released in South Africa.
Factory orders figures are out in Germany.
The Bank of England announces its latest monetary policy decision.
Industrial import prices are released by Eurostat for the eurozone.
Canada and the US release trade balance data, with the latter also seeing initial jobless claims numbers.

Friday 6 February

The latest KPMG/REC Report on Jobs and global sector PMI data published by Markit.