As every Sunday, the most important news from the past week, as well as the most important dates for the coming week.
Also as a video:
https://youtube.com/shorts/Qnq0Hgw02ok?si=c1DdZaCBPcjb9KK5
Monday:
The Japanese economy contracted slightly less than feared in the first quarter. However, there is still a risk of recession. The annualized figure was only 0.2 % instead of 0.7 %.
https://www.wsj.com/economy/japans-economy-at-risk-of-technical-recession-revised-data-shows-dde9dd61
Wednesday:
The tariffs have hardly had any impact on US inflation so far, but the inflation rate has nevertheless risen to 2.4%. Both core inflation and actual inflation were 10 basis points below expectations, with housing costs being the strongest driver of inflation.
https://www.handelsblatt.com/finanzen/geldpolitik/inflation-us-teuerung-zieht-im-mai-leicht-an/100134062.html
Thursday:
Tragic accident in India with a $BA (-0,28%) Boeing aircraft. Unfortunately, accidents involving Boeing aircraft occur at regular intervals. The cause of the crash remains unclear for the time being.
https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/indien-air-india-maschine-verunglueckt-laut-medienberichten-nahe-flughafen-von-ahmedabad-a-ee140462-a413-4911-b3d1-718864754f55
The Mainz-based biotech company $BNTX (+1,36%) Biontech looks set to buy Tübingen-based competitor $CVAC (-0,22%) Curevac. Curevac is valued at around 1 billion euros. The German government is thus making a loss of around 130 million euros on its investment in Curevac, proving once again why the state is not a good investor.
https://www.focus.de/finanzen/biontech-will-deutschen-konkurrenten-curevac-uebernehmen_af5d792a-c419-4fed-b23b-4f8573d1620b.html
Friday:
Isreal's attack on Iran had been looming since yesterday. Negotiations with the USA on ending the nuclear weapons program stalled. Trump had embassy staff in Iraq withdrawn yesterday.
https://m.bild.de/politik/israel-greift-iran-an-explosionen-im-raum-teheran-684b71ab8858611e27641106
These are the most important dates for the coming week:
Wednesday: 20:00 Interest rate decision (USA)
Thursday: 13:00 Interest rate decision (UK)
Friday: 01:30 BoJ meeting minutes (Japan)
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