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/Xj-PxHireLQ?is=d23V3gOV-iu4Mmpy
Monday:
Defense instead of cars, for a $VOW (+0,81%) VW plant in Osnabrück, this seems to be a real option. In the future, parts for the Irondome could be manufactured here in cooperation with the Israeli defense company Rafael.
Tuesday:
US economic activity has fallen to an 11-month low amid the Iran war due to high prices. Higher energy costs in particular are unsettling economic players in the USA.
Wednesday:
The situation in Germany is also deteriorating due to the war in Iran. The ifo business climate index has fallen to its lowest level for a year. Industry in particular is suffering from the rise in energy costs. According to the ifo Institute, economic growth at the end of the first quarter is therefore likely to be no more than 0.1%.
https://www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2026-03/ifo-index-wirtschaft-rueckgang-aufschwung-irankrieg
Thursday:
The new $BAS (-2,71%) BASF plant in Zhanjiang, China was opened. Instead of the planned 10 billion euros, it cost just over 8 billion euros. The big advantage of the new plant is the steam cracker, which also runs on butane gas and is therefore not dependent on the now scarce oil distillate naphtha.
The most important dates for the coming week:
Monday: 14:00 Inflation data (DE)
Wednesday: 16:00 ISM Manufacturing (USA)
Friday: 14:30 Labor market data (USA)
#inflation
#verbraucher
#industrie
#usa
#deutschland
Can you think of any other dates?