February 24 – February 28, 2025 Economic report and policy meeting
This week’s focus will be on Friday’s US Personal Consumer Expenditure (PCE) Price Index which is the Federal Open Market Committee preferred measure inflation. The latest Bloomberg survey has this measure of inflation coming in at 2.6% vs last month’s 2.8%.
| Date | Country | Event | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2/24/2025 | Eurozone | CPI YoY | Jan |
| 2/24/2025 | Eurozone | CPI MoM | Jan |
| 2/24/2025 | Germany | IFO Business Climate | Feb |
| 2/24/2025 | Mexico | Bi-Weekly CPI | 2/15/2025 |
| 2/24/2025 | South Korea | BOK Base Rate | 2/25/2025 |
| 2/25/2025 | Eurozone | Bundesbank Chief Nagel Presents Annual Report | |
| 2/25/2025 | Eurozone | ECB's Schnabel Speaks in London | |
| 2/25/2025 | United States | Conf. Board Consumer Confidence | Feb |
| 2/25/2025 | United States | Fed's Barr Gives Remarks on Financial Stability With Q&A | |
| 2/25/2025 | United States | Fed's Barkin Speaks on Inflation | |
| 2/26/2025 | United States | MBA Mortgage Applications | 2/21/2025 |
| 2/26/2025 | United States | Fed's Barkin Repeats Speech on Inflation | |
| 2/26/2025 | United States | New Home Sales | Jan |
| 2/26/2025 | United States | Fed's Bostic Speaks on Economic Outlook, Housing | |
| 2/27/2025 | Brazil | FGV Inflation IGPM MoM | Feb |
| 2/27/2025 | Italy | Consumer Confidence Index | Feb |
| 2/27/2025 | Italy | Manufacturing Confidence | Feb |
| 2/27/2025 | Japan | Tokyo CPI Ex-Fresh Food YoY | Feb |
| 2/27/2025 | Japan | Industrial Production MoM | Jan |
| 2/27/2025 | Mexico | Unemployment Rate NSA | Jan |
| 2/27/2025 | United States | Fed's Barkin Repeats Speech on Inflation | |
| 2/27/2025 | United States | GDP Annualized QoQ | 4Q |
| 2/27/2025 | United States | Durable Goods Orders | Jan P |
| 2/27/2025 | United States | Initial Jobless Claims | 2/22/2025 |
| 2/27/2025 | United States | Fed's Schmid Gives Remarks at USDA Event | |
| 2/27/2025 | United States | Fed's Hammack Gives Keynote Speech at Conference | |
| 2/27/2025 | United States | Fed's Harker Gives Speech on Economic Outlook | |
| 2/28/2025 | Canada | Quarterly GDP Annualized | 4Q |
| 2/28/2025 | Canada | GDP MoM | Dec |
| 2/28/2025 | China | Manufacturing PMI | Feb |
| 2/28/2025 | France | CPI YoY | Feb |
| 2/28/2025 | France | GDP QoQ | 4Q |
| 2/28/2025 | Germany | Unemployment Change (000's) | Feb |
| 2/28/2025 | Germany | CPI MoM | Feb |
| 2/28/2025 | Germany | CPI YoY | Feb |
| 2/28/2025 | Germany | CPI EU Harmonized YoY | Feb |
| 2/28/2025 | Italy | CPI EU Harmonized MoM | Feb |
| 2/28/2025 | Italy | CPI EU Harmonized YoY | Feb |
| 2/28/2025 | South Korea | Exports YoY | Feb |
| 2/28/2025 | United Kingdom | Nationwide House PX MoM | Feb |
| 2/28/2025 | United Kingdom | Nationwide House Px NSA YoY | Feb |
| 2/28/2025 | United States | Personal Income | Jan |
| 2/28/2025 | United States | Personal Spending | Jan |
| 2/28/2025 | United States | Wholesale Inventories MoM | Jan |
| 2/28/2025 | United States | Core PCE Price Index YoY | Jan |
| 2/28/2025 | United States | MNI Chicago PMI | Feb |
| 2/28/2025 | United States | Fed's Goolsbee Speaks in Moderated Q&A |
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