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Key events for the week ahead - Nomura

FXStreet (Bali) - Franklin Wang, Research Analyst at Nomura, breaks down the key events to monitor this coming weeks, highlighting US retail sales and BoE decison.

Key Quotes

"In the US, retail sales will be released on Wednesday; we expect a 0.2% increase in the headline and a 0.5% increase in retail sales ex-auto. Industrial production will be released on Friday; we expect the headline number to decline by 0.3% in April. On Friday, we will also receive the University of Michigan consumer sentiment survey results and US TIC data for March."

"In Europe, the BoE decision will be released on Monday; we expect no change in policy. The inflation report to be released on Wednesday is expected to be the main monetary policy event in the week ahead. We will receive the UK labor market report on Wednesday as well and we expect a further slowing to -20K in the decline in jobless claims. Eurozone flash Q1 GDP will be released on Wednesday too; we expect a q-o-q increase of 0.5%."

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