Follow the main indicators of the week: Focus, IPCA-15, GDP and Caged Here, PCE and FOMC minutes in the US (Image: Getty Images/Canva)
After a warm week, without much highlights in Indicators Agendathe next few days promise to arrive as a true ‘hurricane’ for the market.
This is because, on Monday (26), the market follows the usual Focus Reportmeasured and published by Central bankbesides the Consumer Confidence Index, from the Brazilian Institute of Economics of the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV Ibre).
On Tuesday (27), the National Consumer Price Index Large 15 (IPCA-15), that measures the preview of inflation of Brazilwarms the morning, along with construction drill data and May.
Midweek, Wednesday (28), has data as Industry poll, open market statistics and the Caged Employment Evolution Index.
Thursday (29) will host data such as: service poll, trade poll, monetary and credit statistics, unemployment rate in Brazil and the general price index-market (IGP-M).
Closing the week, the Uncertainty Indicator of the Brazil Economy (IIE-BR) and the budget balance open the market appetite for the biggest prominence of the day, the day Gross domestic product (GDP) referring to the first quarter of 2025 (1T25).
In international agendainvestors await data dissemination such as consumer confidence index, GDP preview, housing pending sales, consumer perception micichigan index, PCE, FOMC meeting minutes and weekly requests for unemployment insurance United States (USA).
Highlights of the previous week
Here, the Focus Bulletin I brought the spotlight to you. In it, the projection for the inflation From 2025 slowed from 5.51% to 5.50%. For 2026 and 2027, the projections were maintained at 4.50% and 4.00%, respectively. For 2028, economists maintained the estimate of 3.80%.
Estimates for gross domestic product (GDP) This year were readjustafter sequential projections maintained by 2%. Now, the projection is that the Brazilian economy grows 2.02% this year. For 2026, 2027 and 2028, the expected growth for the country is respective 1.70%, 2%and 2%.
In addition, the monthly indicator of economic activity (IBC-BR) recorded 0.8% in March, according to the Central bank (BC).
The advance of the preview of gross domestic product (GDP) was 3.5% compared to the same month of 2024, while in 12 months accumulated was 4.2%. The indicator ended the first quarter with an expansion of 1.3%.
Check out the indicators agenda from May 26 to 30 (Brasília time):
Monday, May 26
| Time | Country | Indicator |
| – | United Kingdom | Holiday |
| – | USA | Holiday |
| 05h30 | Hong Kong | Trade Balance (April) |
| 08h00 | Brazil | Consumer Confidence (April) |
| 08h25 | Brazil | Focus Report (weekly) |
| 08h30 | Brazil | External sector statistics (April) |
Tuesday, May 27
| Time | Country | Indicator |
| – | Brazil | ENTEF MEETING |
| 06h00 | Euro zone | Company and consumer confidence research (May) |
| 08h00 | Brazil | INCC-M (May) |
| 08h00 | Brazil | Construction Survey (May) |
| 09h00 | Brazil | IPCA-15 (May) |
| 11h00 | USA | Consumer Confidence Index (May) |
Wednesday, May 28
| Time | Country | Indicator |
| – | Brazil | ENTEF MEETING |
| 04h55 | Germany | Unemployment Rate (May) |
| 07h00 | USA | OPEC MEETING |
| 08h00 | Brazil | Industry poll |
| 08h00 | USA | Mortgage market index (weekly) |
| 11h30 | USA | EIA Oil Stock Report (Weekly) |
| 14h30 | Brazil | Indeco: selected economic indicators (weekly) |
| 14h30 | Brazil | Open Market Statistics (April) |
| 14h30 | Brazil | IBCR: Regional Economic Activity Index (March) |
| 14h30 | Brazil | CAGED EMPLOYMENT EVOLUTION INDEX (April) |
| 15h00 | USA | FOMC meeting minutes |
| 5:30 pm | USA | Gross Oil Stocks API (weekly) |
Thursday, May 29
| Time | Country | Indicator |
| – | Brazil | CMN Meeting |
| 08h00 | Brazil | Service Survey (May) |
| 08h00 | Brazil | IGP-M (May) |
| 08h00 | Brazil | Trade Survey (May) |
| 08h30 | Brazil | Monetary and Credit Statistics (April) |
| 09h00 | Brazil | Unemployment rate in Brazil (April) |
| 09h30 | USA | Orders by unemployment insurance (weekly) |
| 09h30 | USA | GDP preview (1T25) |
| 11h00 | USA | Having House Sales (April) |
| 8:30 pm | Japan | CPI (May) |
| 8:50 pm | Japan | Retail sales (April) |
Friday, May 30
| Time | Country | Indicator |
| 03h00 | Germany | CPI (May) |
| 03h00 | Germany | Retail sales (April) |
| 08h00 | Brazil | IIE-BR: Economy Uncertainty Indicator Brazil (May) |
| 08h30 | Brazil | Budget Balance (April) |
| 09h00 | Brazil | GDP (1T25) |
| 09h30 | USA | PCE (April) |
| 11h00 | USA | Consumer Perception Michigan Index (May) |
| 10:30 pm | China | PMI Industrial, Compound and Non-Manufacturing (May) |
Source: Moneytimes
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