BlockBeats news, January 19th, the important events and data preview for this week are as follows:
1. Monday: Trump leads a delegation to attend the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting; U.S. stock market closed for one day due to Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday;
3. Wednesday: Trump delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting on “How can we cooperate in an increasingly competitive world?”; the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on Trump’s attempt to remove Federal Reserve Governor Cook.
4. Thursday: U.S. initial jobless claims, November PCE report, third-quarter real GDP final value, U.S. EIA natural gas inventory, Eurozone January consumer confidence index; the European Central Bank releases minutes of the December meeting.
5. Friday: Japan December core CPI year-on-year rate; U.S. January University of Michigan consumer confidence index and one-year inflation rate expectation final value; Bank of Japan announces interest rate decision and economic outlook report, Governor Kazuo Ueda holds a press conference. (Jin10)
