RBA rate hike expected today – preview
National Australia Bank on the Reserve Bank of Australia meeting today, Tuesday, 7 February 2023: The RBA is expected to deliver another 25bp increase to take the Cash Rate to 3.35%, an outcome expected by almost everyone surveyed by the main media outlets (a couple are picking no change, no-one a 50-point increase). Money markets […]
Walt Disney: Q1 2023 Earnings Preview
The Walt Disney Co., a diversified international family entertainment and media enterprise founded in 1923, shall release its earnings result ending December 2022 on 8th February (Wednesday), after market close. The company operates via two main segments: Disney Media and Entertainment Distribution (DMED) and Disney Parks, Experiences and Products (DPEP). The former covers the company’s […]
Royal Dutch Shell PLC: Earnings Preview
Royal Dutch Shell PLC (SHEL.s), the UK/Dutch petrochemical-energy company founded in 1907 with a market capitalization of $210.48B, is expected to release its latest earnings report on Thursday 02 February. According to Zacks, Shell has risen 3.26% in the past month, underperforming its Oil-Energy sector and the US500 by 4.55% and 5.73% respectively. BPA Shell Fuente: Nasdaq […]
Meta: Q4 2022 Earnings Preview
Meta Platforms formerly known as Facebook, Inc.) will report its earnings result for Q4 2022 on 1st February (Wednesday), after market close. The technology conglomerate with market cap nearly $400B which is based in California, USA engages in connecting people and community as well as helping businesses to grow through its Family of Apps (FOA) including […]
Preview of the Fed Meeting: Finding a Balance is a Tough Task
Last year the Fed pursued the most aggressive monetary policy in many years, but in December 2022, officials began laying the groundwork for reducing the pace of tightening to standard 25 bp hike. There are signs that the US expansion is losing momentum while risks of sharper inflation easing gradually build up which contribute to […]
Australian official inflation data is due mid-week – preview.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics will be publishing CPI data for the October – December quarter on Wednesday, 25 January 2023 at 11.30 am local time in Sydney: 0030 GMT on Wednesday, 25 January 2023 1930 US ET I posted this yesterday: Priors and expected: Headline For the y/y, Core inflation Inflation Inflation is defined […]
BOJ preview – expected to stand pat
INF on the Bank of Japan meeting today: The Bank of Japan (BoJ) is expected to stand pat today after announcing a surprise band widening in December. 10Y JGB yields have traded above 0.50% over the past few days, which suggests that the market is expecting another widening of the yield band or even abandoning […]
China Q4 GDP and December industrial output (and more) data due today – preview
Coming up on the calendar today: I posted a preview of this data here: Reuters have a preview posted also if you’d like more. Via JPMorgan: “The Chinese economy appears to have ended the year on a weak tone” “As suggested by the weak December NBS PMI report, domestic activity likely slowed further by year-end […]
Heads up for a barrage of Chinese economic data due on Tuesday, 17 January 2023 – preview
China heads off on a week-long holiday at the end of this week for Lunar New Year, welcoming in the Year of the Rabbit. Let’s see if any of this data pulls a rabbit from the hat: This snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access it here. The times in the left-most column are […]