The Week Ahead
Week commencing 9 March
Chris Beauchamp's insight
US and Chinese inflation will be the key data to watch this week, though the data only covers February and thus the impact of the surge in oil prices this week will be unlikely to show up. US earnings season has begun to slow, but Oracle reports this week, while in the UK there are plenty of companies reporting, such as Persimmon and Legal & General.
Economic reports
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Weekly view
1.30am – China inflation (February): prices expected to rise 0.4% year-on-year (YoY), compared to 0.2% in January. Month-on-month (MoM) rate to remain flat from 0.2%. Markets to watch: CNH crosses
3am – China trade balance (February). Markets to watch: CNH crosses
2pm – US existing home sales (February): sales forecast to drop 0.8% MoM. Markets to watch: USD crosses
12.30pm – US inflation (February): prices forecast to have risen 0.3% MoM and 2.4% YoY in February. Core inflation expected to have risen 0.2% MoM and 2.5% YoY. Markets to watch: USD crosses
2.30pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 6 March): stockpiles rose by 3.4 million barrels in the preceding week. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
12.30pm – US initial jobless claims (w/e 7 March): expected to be 217K. Markets to watch: USD crosses
7am – UK gross domestic product (GDP) (January): MoM figure expected to be 0.1%. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
12.30pm – US durable goods orders, personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index (January), GDP (Q4, 2nd estimate): durable goods orders forecast to rise 0.3%, and core PCE prices to rise 0.3% from 0.4%. GDP expected to be left unchanged at 1.4% growth. Markets to watch: USD crosses
12.30pm – Canada employment data (February): unemployment rate expected to rise to 6.7% from 6.5%. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
2pm – US Michigan consumer sentiment (March, preliminary): index expected to fall to 55 from 56.6. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Monday
1.30am – China inflation (February): prices expected to rise 0.4% YoY, compared to 0.2% in January. MoM rate to remain flat from 0.2%. Markets to watch: CNH crosses
Tuesday
3am – China trade balance (February). Markets to watch: CNH crosses
2pm – US existing home sales (February): sales forecast to drop 0.8% MoM. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Wednesday
12.30pm – US inflation (February): prices forecast to have risen 0.3% MoM and 2.4% YoY in February. Core inflation expected to have risen 0.2% MoM and 2.5% YoY. Markets to watch: USD crosses
2.30pm – US EIA crude oil inventories (w/e 6 March): stockpiles rose by 3.4 million barrels in the preceding week. Markets to watch: Brent, WTI
Thursday
12.30pm – US initial jobless claims (w/e 7 March): expected to be 217K. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Friday
7am – UK GDP (January): MoM figure expected to be 0.1%. Markets to watch: GBP crosses
12.30pm – US durable goods orders, PCE price index (January), GDP (Q4, 2nd estimate): durable goods orders forecast to rise 0.3%, and core PCE prices to rise 0.3% from 0.4%. GDP expected to be left unchanged at 1.4% growth. Markets to watch: USD crosses
12.30pm – Canada employment data (February): unemployment rate expected to rise to 6.7% from 6.5%. Markets to watch: CAD crosses
2pm – US Michigan consumer sentiment (March, preliminary): index expected to fall to 55 from 56.6. Markets to watch: USD crosses
Company announcements
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Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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Full-year earnings |
Clarkson |
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| Half/ Quarterly earnings | Hewlett Packard |
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| Trading update |
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Dividends
FTSE ex-dividend dates (12th March 2026):
FTSE 100: Endeavour Mining, Schroders, Anglo American, HSBC, Tritax Big Box, Entain
FTSE 250: NCC, Safestore, Dunelm, Pan African Resources, Hays, Galliford Try
Index adjustments
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Monday 9 March |
Tuesday 10 March |
Wednesday 11 March |
Thursday 12 March |
Friday 13 March |
Monday 16 March |
| FTSE 100 | 26.37 | |||||
| Australia 200 | 6.2 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Wall Street | 6.8 | 0.1 | 14.3 | 3.3 | 5.2 | |
| US 500 | 0.75 | 0.24 | 0.30 | 0.89 | 0.63 | 0.25 |
| Nasdaq 100 | 1.12 | 3.05 | 0.75 | |||
| Netherlands 25 | ||||||
| US Russell 2000 | 0.26 | 0.14 | 0.09 | 0.59 | 0.34 | 0.13 |
| China H-Shares | 2.1 | |||||
| Japan 225 | ||||||
| Hong Kong HS50 | 19.2 | 66.6 | 4.2 | 0.3 | ||
| South Africa 40 | 448.7 | |||||
| France 40 | ||||||
| Stoxx 600 |
* Please note these can change without notice
1 Dividend adjustments due to be posted on a bank holiday will usually be posted on the previous working day
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