• U.S. Unemployment Rate and Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) (March) (April 1st at 13:30 GMT+1)

The Unemployment rate for February was 3.8%. It is expected to fall to 3.7% in March. Non-Farm Payrolls are expected to fall to 460,000 for March, lower than February’s figure of 678,000.

Possible Influence: Volatile US Dollar, Gold and US Stocks

• US ISM Manufacturing PMI (March) (April 1st at 15:00 GMT+1)

February's PMI printed at 58.6. The consensus forecast for March is 58.5.

Possible influence: Volatile US Dollar, Gold and US Stocks

• Reserve Bank of Australia (April 5th at 05:30 GMT+1)

The Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to keep rates at 0.10%.

Possible Influence: Volatile AUD

• Inflation data in US (March) (April 12th at 13:30 GMT+1)

Core CPI (excluding food and energy) was 6.4%, Year-over-Year in February. March’s Core CPI is expected to rise to 6.7%, Year-over-Year. Top-line CPI for February came in at 7.9%, Year-over-Year. The forecast for Top-line CPI for March is 8.2%, Year-over-Year.

Possible Influence: Volatile US Dollar, Gold and US Stocks

• European Central Bank Meeting (April 14th 12:45 GMT+1)

The European Central Bank will meet to decide whether to change rates. No changes in the deposit rate of -0.50 expected. A press conference will follow the meeting.

Possible Influence: Volatile EUR and European stocks

• Retail Sales in US (March) (April 14th at 13:30 GMT+1)

Retail Sales rose 0.3%, Month-over-Month, in February. Retail Sales for March are forecast to rise 0.5%, Month-over-Month.

Possible Influence: Volatile US Dollar, Gold and US Stocks

• Bank of Japan (April 28th 04:00 GMT+1)

The Bank of Japan is expected to maintain interest rates at -0.10.

Possible Influence: Volatile JPY

•  Earnings (April)

1st Quarter earnings season kicks off on April 13th starting with the banks including JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, and Bank of America. Other companies reporting in April are Tilray, Netflix, Lockheed-Martin, Coca-Cola, Tesla, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Apple, Chevron, AMD, Ford, Amazon, NIO, and many more.

Possible Influence: Volatile US Stocks and Indices

•  French Presidential Elections (April 10th (first round) and 24th (second round))

France will hold two rounds of Presidential elections in April.

Possible Influence: Volatile Euro and European Stocks

•  Ongoing Tension between the United States, Russia, Europe, and Ukraine (April)

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is now in its second month. Russia has had success in the Eastern part of the country but continues to struggle in the West and around major cities. There are peace talks are nearly continuous but both sides remain far apart on the issue of territory. Ukraine has agreed to waive NATO membership in their future in exchange for security guarantees. The United States and Europe are continuing to send military aid to Ukraine. At the time of this writing the war is in a state of stalemate.

Possible Influence: Volatile US Dollar, Volatile Russian Ruble, Gold, Oil, Palladium, and US Stocks