The Week Ahead: Central bank rate decisions, US PCE, Meta earnings

Economic & company events calendar

Major scheduled data releases, plus selected UK, US and other listed company results:

Monday 27 July
• Germany: July Ifo business climate survey, Bundesbank monthly report
• US: June durable goods orders
• Results: AstraZeneca (Q2), Brown & Brown (Q2), Cadence Design Systems (Q2), Nucor (Q2), Principal Financial Group (Q2), Welltower (Q2)

Tuesday 28 July
• US: July consumer confidence, June housing price index
• Results: American Tower (Q2), Barclays (HY), Boeing (Q2), Coca-Cola (Q2), Croda (HY), GSK (Q2), Rio Tinto (HY), Unilever (HY), United Parcel Service (Q2), Visa (Q3)

Wednesday 29 July
• Australia: June consumer price index (CPI)
• US: Federal Reserve interest rate decision
• Results: Aston Martin Lagonda (HY), Arm (Q1), Equinix (Q2), Greggs (HY), Meta Platforms (Q2), Microsoft (Q4), Procter & Gamble (Q4), Qualcomm (Q3), Reckitt Benckiser (HY), Standard Chartered (HY), St James’s Place (HY), Weir (HY)

Thursday 30 July
• Eurozone: Q2 preliminary gross domestic product (GDP)
• UK: Bank of England interest rate decision
• US: Q2 preliminary GDP, June personal consumption expenditures (PCE) index, weekly initial jobless claims
• Results: Amazon (Q2), Apple (Q3), Anglo American (Q1), BAE Systems (HY), British American Tobacco (HY), Intercontinental Exchange (Q2), KKR (Q2), Lloyds Banking Group (HY), London Stock Exchange Group (HY), Mastercard (Q2), Rolls-Royce (HY)

Friday 31 July
• Canada: May GDP
• China: July purchasing managers’ indices
• Eurozone: July preliminary CPI
• Germany: June unemployment rate
• Japan: Bank of Japan interest rate decision, July Tokyo CPI
• US: Q2 employment cost index, July Michigan consumer sentiment index
• Results: Exxon Mobil (Q2), IMI (HY), International Consolidated Airlines Group (HY), Intertek (HY), NatWest (HY)

Note: Announcements and dates are subject to change. Cross-check times in your timezone using the platform market calendar.