[Key Events and Data Preview for This Week: OPEC Meeting, Non-Farm Payrolls Coinciding with US Stock Market Closure]
1. Monday
① Data: Switzerland March KOF Leading Economic Index; UK February Bank of England Mortgage Approvals; Eurozone March Industrial Sentiment Index, Eurozone March Economic Sentiment Index; Germany March CPI (Preliminary); US March Dallas Fed Business Activity Index.
② Events: G7 Finance Ministers, Energy Ministers, and Central Bank Governors meet to discuss the release of strategic petroleum reserves.
2. Tuesday: ① Data: Japan's February unemployment rate; China's March official manufacturing PMI; UK's final Q4 GDP annual rate, UK's March Nationwide House Price Index monthly rate, UK's Q4 current account; France's preliminary March CPI monthly rate; Germany's March seasonally adjusted unemployment figures, Germany's March seasonally adjusted unemployment rate; Eurozone's preliminary March CPI annual rate, Eurozone's preliminary March CPI monthly rate; Canada's January GDP monthly rate; US January FHFA House Price Index monthly rate, US January S&P/CS 20-City Composite Home Price Index (unadjusted) annual rate, US March Chicago PMI, US February JOLTs Job Openings, US March Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index. ② Events: FOMC permanent voting member and New York Fed President Williams speaks; 08:30 RBA releases minutes of its March monetary policy meeting; National Stock Exchange of India closed for the day. 3. Wednesday: ① Data: US API and EIA crude oil inventory data for the week ending March 27; China's March RatingDog Manufacturing PMI; Switzerland's February retail sales year-on-year rate; final March manufacturing PMI readings for France, Germany, the Eurozone, and the UK; Eurozone's February unemployment rate; US March ADP employment change; US February retail sales month-on-month rate; US March S&P Global Manufacturing PMI final reading; US March ISM Manufacturing PMI; US January business inventories month-on-month rate. ② Event: 2028 FOMC voting member and St. Louis Fed President Musaleem speaks on the US economy and monetary policy.
4. Thursday: ① Data: Switzerland's March CPI month-on-month rate; US March Challenger job cuts; US initial jobless claims for the week ending March 28; US February trade balance; US EIA natural gas storage for the week ending March 27. ② Event: Bank of Canada releases monetary policy meeting minutes; 2026 FOMC voting member and Dallas Fed President Logan speaks. 5. Friday: ① Data: US total oil rig count for the week ending April 3; China's March RatingDog Services PMI; France's February industrial production month-on-month rate; US March unemployment rate, US March seasonally adjusted non-farm payrolls, US March average hourly earnings year-on-year rate, US March average hourly earnings month-on-month rate, US March S&P Global Services PMI final reading. ② Holidays: The NYSE, Deutsche Börse, Sydney Stock Exchange, Paris Stock Exchange, and Toronto Stock Exchange are closed for one day. Trading in CME Group's precious metals and US crude oil futures contracts is suspended for the entire day; stock index futures trading ends early at 21:15 Beijing time; foreign exchange and US Treasury bond futures trading ends early at 23:15 Beijing time. ICE Brent crude oil futures contracts are suspended for the entire day.
The Madrid Stock Exchange, New Zealand Stock Exchange, Milan Stock Exchange, National Stock Exchange of India, London Stock Exchange, Taiwan Stock Exchange, and Hong Kong Stock Exchange are closed for one day, with northbound and southbound trading suspended. The Shanghai Gold Exchange, Shanghai Futures Exchange, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange, and Dalian Commodity Exchange have no night trading sessions.
6. Sunday: ① Events: Australia and New Zealand begin observing winter time; Saudi Aramco announces its official crude oil prices around the 5th of each month; OPEC+ holds its monthly meeting on oil production policy.
