TRADER RADAR for WEEK of 3/31 to 4/04 ECONOMIC and EARNINGS
Monday, March 31
US Economics (Time Zone: EST)
09:00 ISM Milwaukee - expected 51.00, prior 48.59
09:45 Chicago PMI - exp 59.0, prior 59.8
10:30 Dallas Fed - exp 3.0, prior 0.3
11:00 Fed to purchase $500m-$750m notes in 11 to 20-year range
11:30 Treasury selling $25b 3-month, $23b 6-month bills
Fedspeak
09:55 Yellen (dove, chair) speaks at Development Conference in Chicago on banking
Global Economics (Time Zone: GMT)
JPY Industrial Production (Feb preliminary)
05:00 JPY Housing Starts
06:45 French GDP (4Q final)
08:30 GBP Net Consumer Credit
09:00 EUR Eurozone CPI (March advance)
12:30 CAD GDP (Jan)
Earnings
Tribune Co (TRBAA)
Tuesday, April 1
US Economics (Time Zone: EST)
09:45 Markit US Manufacturing PMI Final - expected 56.0, prior 55.5
10:00 ISM Manufacturing - exp 54.0, prior 53.2
10:00 ISM Prices Paid - exp 59.0, prior 60.0
10:00 Construction Spending MoM - exp 0.1%, prior 0.1%
5:00 Total Vehicle Sales - exp 15.80M, prior 15.27M
5:00 Domestic Vehicle Sales - exp 12.35M, prior 11.98M
11:00 Fed to purchase $1b-$1.25b notes in 22 to 30-year range
11:30 Treasury selling $25b 52-week bills, 4-week bills
Global Economics (Time Zone: GMT)
JPY Tankan Manufacturer Index, Outlook
01:00 CNY Manufacturing PMI
01:45 CNY HSBC/Markit Manufacturing PMI
03:30 AUD RBA Rate Decision
06:30 INR Reserve Bank of India Rate Decision
07:55 EUR German Employment Change
08:00 EUR Eurozone Manufacturing PMI (Mar final)
08:30 GBP Manufacturing PMI
09:00 EUR Eurozone Unemployment Rate
Earnings
Before:
Apollo Education Group (APOL)
Wednesday, April 2
US Economics (Time Zone: EST)
07:00 MBA Mortgage Applications
08:15 ADP Private Payrolls (Mar) - expected 190K, prior 139K
10:00 Factory Orders (Feb) - exp 1.2%, prior -0.7%
11:00 Fed to purchase $2.25b-$2.75b notes in 7.5-10-year range
Fedspeak
12:30pm Lockhart (hawk, nonvoter) speaks in Miami
4:00pm Bullard (moderate, nonvoter) meets reporters in St. Louis
Global Economics (Time Zone: GMT)
JPY Monetary Base end of March
06:00 GBP Nationwide Home Price Index
Earnings
Before:
Monsanto (MON)
Thursday, April 3
US Economics (Time Zone: EST)
07:30 Challenger Job Cuts YoY
08:30 Initial Jobless Claims - expected 319K, prior 311K
08:30 Continuing Claims - exp 2850K, prior 2823K
08:30 Trade Balance (Feb) - exp -$38.5B, prior -$39.1B
11:00 Fed buying $3.75b-$4.5b bonds in 4 to 5-year range
Global Economics (Time Zone: GMT)
JPY Japan Investors Purchases of Foreign Bonds/Stocks
00:30 AUD Retail Sales
01:00 CNY Non-manufacturing PMI
01:45 CNY HSBC/Markit Services PMI
08:30 EUR Eurozone Services PMI
08:30 GBP Services PMI
09:00 EUR Eurozone Retail Sales
11:45 EUR ECB Rate Decision
Earnings
After:
Micron Tech (MU)
Friday, April 4
US Economics (Time Zone: EST)
08:30 Nonfarm Payrolls - expected 199K, prior 175K
08:30 Private Payrolls - exp 193K, prior 162K
08:30 Manufacturing Payrolls - exp 5K, prior 6K
08:30 Unemployment Rate - 6.6%, prior 6.7%
08:30 Average Hourly Earnings YoY - exp 2.3%, prior 2.2%
08:30 Average Weekly Hours - exp 34.4, prior 34.2
11:00 Fed buying $1b-$1.25b bonds in 22 to 30-year range
Global Economics (Time Zone: GMT)
10:00 EUR German Factory Orders
12:30 CAD Employment Change
Earnings
No major reports scheduled