This Week's Key Events: Aheads of Time for Everyone

Core Event Preview

Time TBA | The US and Iran are about to reach a preliminary agreement!
(The core variable for easing geopolitical risks, directly affecting oil prices, inflation expectations, and risk asset sentiment)

Monday

- U.S. stock markets are closed for a holiday (market liquidity is low, volatility may increase)

Tuesday

- 22:00 U.S. May Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index

- 22:30 U.S. May Dallas Fed Manufacturing Activity Index
(These two data points reflect consumer spending and business activity, indirectly influencing market perceptions of the U.S. economy)

Wednesday

- 08:00 Bank of Japan Governor Ueda Kazuo speaks at monetary policy meeting

- 22:00 U.S. May Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index
(The Bank of Japan's speech may impact the yen and U.S. Treasury yields; manufacturing data is one of the leading indicators of the U.S. economy)

Thursday (This week's super data day! Focus closely)

- 20:30 U.S. weekly initial jobless claims through May 23

- 20:30 U.S. April Core PCE Price Index Year-over-Year and Month-over-Month
(The Fed's preferred inflation indicator, directly affecting rate cut expectations)

- 20:30 U.S. Q1 Real GDP Annualized Quarter-over-Quarter Revision

- 20:30 U.S. April Durable Goods Orders Month-over-Month

- 20:30 U.S. April Personal Spending Month-over-Month

- 20:55 FOMC Permanent Voting Member and New York Fed President Williams delivers speech
(This is the most important window this week; PCE data + Fed officials' speeches will directly influence market expectations for rate cuts and are key catalysts for risk assets like BTC)

Friday

- 21:10 U.S. Federal Reserve Governor Bowman speaks

- 21:45 U.S. May Chicago PMI
(Fed officials' speeches release policy signals; PMI data signals the end of economic activity expansion)