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10 April 2012updated 26 Sep 2015 7:46pm

Economics lookahead, w/c 9 April

Short week, but that's no excuse not to pay attention.

By Alex Hern

Monday

  • Was yesterday.

Tuesday

  • IMF world outlook released throughout the week. This biannual publication (that’s twice a year, not every two years) is released in chunks. Today is the analytical chapters.
  • OECD publishes its review, Towards New Arrangements for State Ownership in the Middle East and North Africa, examining how best to manage state institutions post-Arab Spring. Expected recommendations include “privatise them”.

Wednesday

  • KPMG release their retail sales monitor, in conjunction with the British Retail Consortium…
  • …and their report on jobs, with the Recruitment & Employment Confederation.

Thursday

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  • ONS releases the monthly trade figures.
  • Nationwide release their consumer confidence index.
  • Finally, the British Retail Consortium releases its monthly shop price index, an alternate measure of inflation.

Friday

  • China announces its quarterly GDP growth.
  • ONS releases the producer price index (which is usually expected to track the PMIs released earlier this month, but after the wild discrepancy for manufacturing, that seems less likely).
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