Economic Calendar for the Week of April 6, 2025

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• Last week in CO: Is OpenAI worth 300B? … CoreWeave succeeds … Circle’s going public! … Welcome to the New World Disorder … Big Tech faces enemies at home and abroad

• Weekend links: All the apps you need to write a book … SF wants tech back … Tuberculosis is back … Protests … Meta launches Llama 4 … Weak spines …

Monday

• Notable earnings: 🦗

• U.S. economic events: Consumer Credit Change, Used Car Prices

• Global economic events: Balance of trade (Germany), Retail Sales (Euro Area), Auto Production and Exports (Mexico), Westpac Consumer Confidence Index (Australia), Inflation Rate (Indonesia)

Tuesday

• Notable earnings: 🦗

• U.S. economic events: NFIB Business Optimism Index

• Global economic events: Balance of Trade (France), Car Production (Brazil), RBI Interest Rate Decision (India), Consumer Confidence (Japan)

Wednesday

• Notable earnings: Delta

• U.S. economic events: Wholesales Inventories, Fed Barkin Speech, EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change

• Global economic events: Machine Tool Orders (Japan), Inflation Rate (Mexico, China), Consumer Inflation Expectations (Australia), Unemployment Rate (South Korea)

Thursday

• Notable earnings: 🦗

• U.S. economic events: Inflation Rate, CPI, Jobless Claims, WASDE Report, Monthly Budget Statement

• Global economic events: Industrial Production (Italy, Turkey, South Africa), Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes (Mexico), ECOFIN Meeting (Euro Area)

Friday

• Notable earnings: 🦗

• U.S. economic events: Core PPI, Michigan Consumer Sentiment and Inflation Expectations (preliminary)

• Global economic events: Total Social Financing (China), Inflation Rate (Argentina, Brazil, India, Spain, Germany), Balance of Trade (Russia, United Kingdom)