Next Week’s Menu: February 21-27, 2026
February 20, 2026
Central Banks: Monetary policy stances will be reviewed in South Korea, Israel, Thailand, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan and Jamaica. Goolsbee and Musalem of the Federal Reserve, Takada of the Bank of Japan and Governor Bullock of the Reserve Bank of Australia have public speaking engagements.
Events and Holidays: U.S. President presents his State of the Union Address before Congress on Tuesday, and parliamentary elections in Laos are set for Sunday. Ramadan, which began this past Tuesday runs throughout next week and on until March 19. The Japanese observe Emperor’s Birthday holiday on Monday.
Scheduled U.S. Economic Data Releases: Dallas, Richmond and Kansas City Fed manufacturing indices, the Chicago regional purchasing managers survey, the FHFA and Case-Schiller house price indices, factory orders, construction spending and producer prices. Weekly jobless insurance claims, energy inventories, chain store sales and mortgage applications.
Euroland Releases: Economic sentiment, consumer confidence, consumer prices, car sales, and money and credit growth.
Members of the Euro Area: German, French, Portuguese, Finnish, Latvian and Belgian GDP. German, French, Italian and Slovakian consumer sentiment. French, Italian and Spanish business confidence as well as the IFO Institute’s German business climate index. German, French, Italian, Spanish, Slovenian, Cypriot, Croatian and Austrian consumer prices. French, Austrian, Slovenian, Cypriot, Croatian, Slovakian, Finnish and Austrian producer prices. German, Irish, Latvian and Lithuanian retail sales. French consumer spending, German import prices,Austrian manufacturing PMI and Lithuanian industrial production. German unemployment and French employment.
U.K. and Switzerland: British Nationwide house price index, consumer confidence, motor vehicle production, and distributive trades survey. Swiss producer prices, import prices, retail sales, ZEW index of investor sentiment, and KOF leading business cycle indicator.
Eastern Europe: Polish retail sales and Russian industrial production. Czech, Hungarian and Bulgarian producer prices.
Nordic Europe: Icelandic and Swedish GDP and producer prices. Norwegian, Danish and Swedish retail sales. Icelandic and Norwegian unemployment. Swedish consumer sentiment and trade balance.
Japanese Releases: Tokyo CPI, corporate service prices, industrial production, housing starts, construction orders and leading and coincident economic indices.
Other Asian Releases: South Korean, Malaysian and Singaporean producer prices. Trade balances in Hong Kong, Thailand and the Philippines. Indian and Singaporean industrial production. Singaporean and Indian GDP. Chinese foreign direct investment and indices of leading and coincident economic indicators. Singaporean CPI.
Australia and New Zealand: Australian money and credit growth, construction work completions, consumer prices and quarterly investment. New Zealand retail sales and business confidence.
South Africa and Turkey: South African money and credit growth, trade balance, PPI and leading business cycle indicator. Turkish GDP, unemployment and trade balance.
Canadian Releases: Quarterly GDP and current account. Monthly GDP,industrial production and labor market statistics.
Brazil and Mexico: Brazilian and Mexican current accounts. Mexican GDP and trade balance. Brazilian unemployment.
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