As every Sunday, the most important news from the past week, as well as the dates for the coming week.
Also as a video:
https://youtube.com/shorts/dPPeUQiYKaA?si=J8OBGoP_bVjrvo4T
Monday:
The Darmstadt-based pharmaceutical company $MRK (+0.39%) Merck buys a biotech cancer specialist from the USA. The acquisition is Springworks. A total of 3 billion euros is said to have been invested.
As expected $RHM (+0.08%) Rheinmetall was able to significantly increase its profit. Expectations were even exceeded, with operating profit increasing by 49% to 199 million euros.
Tuesday:
The logistics group $DHL (+0.77%) DHL can perform better than expected. EBIT rose by 4.5% to 1.37 billion euros in the first quarter. Earnings also increased from 63 (previous year) cents per share to 68 cents.
Wednesday:
Inflation in Germany is falling almost to the ECB target. In April, the inflation rate was probably 2.1% compared to the same month last year. The inflation rate is recorded by Destatis. However, experts had even expected a fall to 2.0%.
Donald Trump's tariff policy is having a full impact on the US economy. While experts expected growth, the US economy is shrinking unexpectedly. GDP shrank by 0.3% (annualized in the USA) in the 1st quarter. In the 4th quarter of 2024, the growth rate was still 2.4 %.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/30/economy-gdp-q1-trump-tariffs
Thursday:
The Bank of Japan leaves the key interest rate at 0.5%. It justifies this with the tariffs imposed by the USA and a lower growth forecast.
https://www.reuters.com/business/boj-keep-rates-steady-cut-growth-forecasts-2025-04-30/
Friday:
A surprisingly strong labor market lifts stock markets worldwide on Friday afternoon. Despite Donald Trump's tariff announcements, many new jobs were created in the USA and the unemployment rate remained constant.
These are the most important dates for the coming week:
Tuesday: 11:00 Producer prices (EUR)
Wednesday: 20:00 Interest rate decision (USA)
Thursday: 13:00 Interest rate decision (UK)
Can you think of any other dates? Write it in the comments 👇