This Week's Key Macro Event Preview: Fed Releases Meeting Minutes

BlockBeats News, February 17th, the preview of this week's important macro events and data is as follows:

Monday:

ECB Executive Board Member Schnabel, Fed Governor Bowman, Fed Governor Harker, etc., will give speeches;

The US stock market will be closed for Presidents Day; trading of CME Group's precious metals and US crude oil futures contracts will end early at 03:30 on February 18th (Beijing time), and stock index futures contracts will end early at 02:00 on February 18th (Beijing time).

Tuesday:

RBA announces interest rate decision, Governor Lowe holds a monetary policy press conference;

BOE Governor Bailey, Fed Chair Powell, ECB Executive Board Member Holzmann, Executive Board Member Schnabel, etc., will give speeches.

Thursday:

US API crude oil inventories for the week;

Fed will release the minutes of the January monetary policy meeting, Fed's Quarles, etc., will give speeches;

Friday:

Japan's CPI for January;

UK's February GfK Consumer Confidence Index;

UK's January seasonally adjusted retail sales; preliminary manufacturing and services PMI for February in France, Germany, the Eurozone, and the UK;

Global Manufacturing and Services PMI for February in the US; final Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index for February and final 1-year ahead inflation rate expectation for February in the US. (FXStreet)