{"id":68374,"date":"2015-02-20T13:15:30","date_gmt":"2015-02-20T18:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=68374"},"modified":"2015-02-20T07:37:52","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T12:37:52","slug":"week-ahead-fed-chair-yellens-testimony-is-main-highlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2015\/02\/week-ahead-fed-chair-yellens-testimony-is-main-highlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Week Ahead \u2013 Fed Chair Yellen\u2019s testimony is main highlight"},"content":{"rendered":"
February 20, 2015<\/div>
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On Monday the Bank of Japan issues minutes from its latest monetary policy meeting.<\/p>\n

Ifo releases its latest business climate data for Germany.<\/p>\n

The Confederation of British industry issues the latest Distributive Trades Survey results.<\/p>\n

In the US, existing home sales figures are released.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, detailed fourth quarter GDP data are issued in Germany, while France sees the release of business confidence numbers.<\/p>

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Inflation figures are meanwhile published for the euro area.<\/p>\n

The US sees the release of flash Services PMI data and Case Shiller home prices.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday the HSBC Flash China Manufacturing PMI is released by Markit.<\/p>\n

Then the main focus will be on Fed Chair Janet Yellen\u2019s testimony. This will likely cause market volatility.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, in Spain and the UK, fourth quarter GDP numbers are updated.<\/p>\n

Germany sees the release of unemployment numbers, retail sales figures and Gfk consumer confidence data.<\/p>\n

Consumer confidence numbers are issued in France, while the eurozone sees the publication of business climate and M3 money supply data.<\/p>\n

Retail sales numbers, wage inflation data and consumer confidence figures are meanwhile released in Italy.
\nIn Canada, inflation numbers are out.<\/p>\n

The US sees the release of inflation numbers and durable goods orders data.<\/p>\n

On Friday, in Japan, household spending, inflation, retail sales and unemployment numbers are released alongside industrial output data.<\/p>\n

Germany, Italy and Spain meanwhile see the release of inflation figures, with the latter also updating its current account numbers.<\/p>\n

In France, consumer spending data are issued alongside producer price numbers.<\/p>\n

Gfk consumer confidence data are out in the UK.<\/p>\n

In the US and Greece, fourth quarter GDP numbers are updated with the latter also seeing the release of producer price and retail sales figures.<\/p>\n

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