The Weekly Macro Outlook
What’s shaping global markets this week and the key events traders need to watch. Read This Week's Macro OutlookWhat We Cover Each Week
Our Weekly Macro Outlook provides essential context for the week ahead, highlighting key economic releases, central bank activity, and the macro themes shaping market conditions.
It complements our flagship technical analysis research, helping traders stay aligned with the broader environment while focusing on the key events most likely to affect markets.
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The Macro Outlook: Central Banks Assess an Evolving Shock
The key events for the w/c 23 March 2026: Prelim S&P PMIs March, global CPI reports: Japan, Aus, and the UK Macro Recap: The Central Bank Response The conflict in the Middle East has now entered its fourth week, with the Strait of Hormuz remaining closed. Markets...
The Macro Outlook: Central Banks Navigate the Latest Shock
The key events for the w/c 16 March 2026: Central Bank meetings: RBA, BoC, FOMC, BoJ, SNB, BoE, and ECB; US PPI; Aus Labour market; Canada CPI Macro Recap: The Threat of a Persistent Conflict Geopolitical Risks The conflict in the Middle East and the resulting closure...
The Macro Outlook: Inflation Risks
The key events for the w/c 9 March 2026: US CPI (Feb) & PCE Inflation (Jan), Geopolitical Risks Macro Recap: From Escalation to Shock Through last week, markets continued to recalibrate the assessment of the Middle East conflict as hopes for a swift de-escalation...
The Macro Outlook: Macro Crosscurrents – Labor Signals & Geopolitical Risks
The key events for the w/c 2 March 2026: US: payrolls Feb, retail sales, ISM surveys, & Fed Beige Book, Aus GDP Q4, S&P Global PMIs Feb Macro Recap: Escalation Events over the past week reinforced the economic and geopolitical crosscurrents facing markets...
The Macro Outlook: Navigating Macro & Geopolitical Crosscurrents
The key events for the w/c 23 February 2026: US tariff ruling fallout, State of the Union, earnings, data (PPI), and geopolitical headline risks. Outlook for the week ahead Events in the coming week highlight the macroeconomic and geopolitical crosscurrents facing...
The Macro Outlook: A Cautious Rebalancing
The key events for the w/c 16 February 2026: US PCE inflation, Q4 GDP, & FOMC Minutes, Global CPI data, RBNZ Policy Meeting, S&P Prelim PMIs Feb Macro Recap: Constructive Data for the Fed Mandate US data last week provided a solid update to the Federal...
The Macro Outlook: US Labour Market, Retail Sales, & Inflation
The key events for the w/c 9 February 2026: US Labor Market, Retail Sales, and CPI Macro Recap: Funding Lapse & Postponed US Labor Data Due to the lapse in US government funding early last week, the release of the US non-farm payrolls and broader employment report...
The Macro Outlook: Central Bank Meetings and the US Labor Market
The key events for the w/c 2 February 2026: US Labor Market, Central Bank Meetings: RBA, BoE, and ECB, S&P Global PMIs Jan Macro Recap: Fed Leadership Change & Policy On-Hold Late last week, the impending change in Fed leadership came into sharp focus with the...
The Macro Outlook: FOMC Preview – Resilient Growth, Stalled Hiring, and a Cautious Inflation Outlook
The key events for the w/c 26 January 2026: FOMC & BoC Meetings, Aus Q4 CPI, Euro area GDP Q4 As the FOMC prepares to meet this week, U.S. data continued to reflect resilient activity through the latter half of 2025. Paradoxically, this activity has not yet...
The Macro Outlook: Economic Steadying Amid Sentiment Risks
The key events for the w/c 19 January 2026: US PCE inflation, Q3 GDP (second est), BoJ meeting, key global CPI reports, prelim S&P PMIs Jan As data flows normalise, the picture reveals a U.S. economy that is largely steadying, though not yet out of the woods,...
