Economic calendar: quarterly results from Alphabet, Intel, and Microsoft 📃

On the one before last trading day of this week, investors are set for another batch of important data, this time the focus will mainly be on financial reports. Today, some tech giants, including Alphabet, Intel, and Microsoft, are scheduled to publish their reports after the market closes, and Caterpillar before the US cash session opens.

In the second part of the day, attention will also shift across the Ocean to the USA, where the preliminary Q1 2024 GDP report and weekly unemployment benefit claims are scheduled. The GDP is expected to be at an annualized rate of 2.4%, which is much weaker than the final growth in Q4 2023 at 3.4%.

Company publication calendar:

• Caterpillar (CAT.US) - before session
• Dow (DOW.US) - before session
• Newmont Corporation (NEM.US) - before session
• Alphabet (GOOGL.US) - after session
• Intel (INTC.US) - after session
• Microsoft (MSFT.US) - after session
• Snap (SNAP.US) - after session

Detailed calendar of the day:

08:00 AM BST, Euro Zone - ECB's Schnabel Speaks

09:00 AM BST, Euro Zone - ECB Economic Bulletin

01:30 PM BST, United States - Employment Data:

• Jobless Claims 4-Week Avg.: previous 214.50K;
• Initial Jobless Claims: forecast 214K; previous 212K;

01:30 PM BST, United States - GDP data:

• GDP Sales (Q1): previous 3.9%;
• GDP (Q1): forecast 2.5% QoQ; previous 3.4% QoQ;
• Core PCE Prices (Q1): forecast 3.40%; previous 2.00%;

04:15 PM BST, Germany - German Buba President Nagel Speaks

04:45 PM BST, Germany - German Buba Mauderer Speaks

02:30 AM BST, Australia - Retail Sales Data:

• Export Price Index (Q1): previous 5.6% QoQ;
• Import Price Index (Q1): forecast 0.1% QoQ; previous 1.1% QoQ;

03:30 AM BST, Japan - BoJ Outlook Report

03:30 AM BST, Japan - BoJ Monetary Policy Statement

04:00 AM BST, Japan - BoJ Interest Rate Decision for December:

• forecast 0.10%; previous 0.10%;