With The Phase-1, U.S.-China Trade Deal Signed, What’s Next?

 | Jan 20, 2020 12:14AM ET

Aside from the ceremonial signing of “Phase One” of the U.S.-China Trade Deal, this past week was seemingly uneventful. The U.S. Senate passed the United States- Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and it is currently awaiting President Trump’s signature. Things between the U.S. and Iran in the Middle East have calmed down and stocks have continued their climb to all-time highs on the back of better bank earnings.

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The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting will be held this coming week in Davos, beginning on Wednesday. Many world leaders and large companies attend this event, including large oil companies, and it may be good for some potentially market-moving soundbites.

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With many of the political and geopolitical events on the sidelines (for now), the markets next week are likely to begin focusing once again on central banks, macro-economic data and earnings.

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There are three Central Bank meetings next week, which include the Bank of Japan, the Bank of Canada, and the European Central Bank.

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Earnings season kicks into high gear beginning Tuesday, with such notables reporting as Halliburton (NYSE:HAL), Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX), Texas Instruments (NASDAQ:TXN), Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), and American Express (NYSE:AXP).

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In addition, macro-economic data highlights for next week are as follows:

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Monday

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  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day – U.S. Markets closed
  • ECB President Lagarde Speech
  • Tuesday

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  • BOJ Interest Rate Decision and Quarterly Outlook Report
  • UK Employment data (DEC) Claimant Count expecting +26,000 vs +28,800 last
  • German and EU ZEW Economic Sentiment Index (JAN). Expectations are for 15 and 6, respectively.
  • Wednesday

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  • Canada Inflation Rate (YoY) (DEC) Expectations are for 2.2% vs 2.2% last
  • (MoM) expectation is for 0% vs -0.1% last
  • BOC Interest Rate Decision and Monetary Policy Report
  • Thursday

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  • Australian Consumer Inflation Expectations (JAN) Expecting 3.7% vs 4% last
  • Australian Employment Change (DEC) Expecting +16,000 vs +39,900 last
  • ECB Interest Rate Decision, Press Conference, and Strategic Review
  • Crude Oil Inventories
  • Friday

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  • BOJ Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes
  • Worldwide Flash PMIs – In particular, for the U.S. this will be the first piece of manufacturing data since the U.S.-China trade deal was agreed. Markets participants will look closed to watch for an uptick in U.S. PMIs.
  • ECB President Lagarde Speech
  • Canadian Retail Sales (MoM) (NOV) Expecting 0.4% vs -1.2% last
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