Next Week's Key Macro Events: Fed Rate Decision Looms, Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Others Set to Report Earnings

BlockBeats News, April 26th. Next week will see the Super Central Bank Week and Earnings Report Week. The Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan, Bank of England, European Central Bank, and Bank of Canada will successively announce their interest rate decisions, with the Federal Reserve set to announce its rate decision at 2 a.m. on Thursday Beijing time. The market generally expects the five major central banks to stand pat, but the Bank of Japan may signal a hawkish move towards a June rate hike due to the Middle East conflict and inflation pressures, making it the biggest highlight. JPMorgan Chase expects the Federal Reserve to keep rates unchanged for the full year 2026, with the next adjustment possibly being a rate hike in the third quarter of 2027. The FAANG companies in the US stock market - Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and Meta - will also release their earnings reports. Here is an overview of the key macroeconomic data and events next week:

Monday:

According to New Delhi Television: The second round of Iran-U.S. talks is scheduled for April 27th (local time Monday).

Tuesday:

Bank of Japan announces interest rate decision;
BOJ Governor Kuroda holds a monetary policy press conference.

Wednesday:
Bank of Canada policy rate decision;
Iran announces a major demonstration of national strength will be held on the 29th (local time Wednesday);

Robinhood releases earnings report.

Thursday:

FOMC Rate Decision by the Federal Reserve (2 a.m. Beijing time);

Federal Reserve Chair Powell holds a monetary policy press conference (2:30 a.m. Beijing time);
After the U.S. stock market closes, Meta, Microsoft, Qualcomm, Google, and Amazon will release earnings reports and hold conference calls;
Bank of England policy rate decision;
US Q1 Real GDP Annualized QoQ Preliminary Value and US Initial Jobless Claims (in tens of thousands) for the week ending April 25th; US March Core PCE Price Index MoM.

Friday:
After the U.S. stock market closes, Apple will hold a conference call to discuss second-quarter performance and business updates;
Google to raise prices on services such as Cloud, CDN, and AI infrastructure;

Saturday:

Berkshire Hathaway will hold its first shareholder meeting in the post-Buffett era (8 p.m. Beijing time on Saturday).