This Week's Macro Outlook: Non-Farm Payrolls Meets U.S. Stock Market Holiday, U.S.-Iran Conflict to Face Key Turning Point

BlockBeats News, March 30: The US-Iran conflict has been ongoing for a month, and the coming week will still be full of uncertainties and black swan events. Whether it's peace talks or conflict escalation, every small step will affect the market's tense nerves. In addition to the geopolitical conflict, the Bank of Japan and the Federal Reserve will reveal their interest rate hike expectations to the market, and the US non-farm payrolls data will also have a significant impact on market liquidity expectations. The specific schedule is as follows:

Monday 07:50, Bank of Japan releases the summary of opinions from its March monetary policy meeting;

Tuesday 04:00, New York Fed President Williams gives a speech;

Wednesday 00:00, Chicago Fed President Evans delivers opening remarks at an event hosted by the bank;

Wednesday 23:00, 2026 FOMC voter and Dallas Fed President Kaplan gives a speech;

Thursday 20:30, US initial jobless claims up to March 28 and US February trade balance;

Friday 20:30, US March unemployment rate, US March non-farm payrolls, US March average hourly earnings YoY, US March average hourly earnings MoM;

Friday 21:45, US March final Markit Services PMI.

Finally, on April 3 (Friday), the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq will be closed for the whole day; precious metals and US crude oil futures trading will be suspended all day; stock index futures will close early (at 21:15 Beijing time); forex and US Treasury futures will also close early (at 23:15 Beijing time); Brent crude oil futures will be suspended for the entire day.