This Week: Fed Decision

Monday

10:00 AM Homebuilder confidence is expected to hold at 48

10:00 PM The Bank of Japan is expected to raise interest rates to 0% which would be the first time rates have been above -0.1% since 2016

Tuesday

8:30 AM Building permits are expected to have risen 0.7% to 1.5M in February

8:30 AM Housing starts are expected to have jumped 7.8% to 1.435M in February

Wednesday

2:00 AM Inflation rate in the UK is expected to have slowed to 3.6% in February

7:00 AM Mortgage demand and rates

2:00 PM The Federal Open Market Committee is expected to hold the federal funds rate at 5.5%

Thursday

8:00 AM The Bank of England is expected to hold rates at 5.25%

8:30 AM Jobless claims are expected

10:00 AM Existing-home sales are expected to have fallen 1.3% in February

12:00 PM Mortgage rates

6:30 PM Japan’s inflation rate