• Fed sees no rate hikes in 2019 .

• Fed plans balance sheet reduction slowdown.

• Trump says trade deal 'coming along nicely' with China.
• EU ready to grant Brexit delay if UK parliament backs deal.
• UK PM May to speak at 10 Downing Street at 2015 GMT on Wednesday – BBC.
• US 15 Mar, w/e MBA Mortgage Applications, 1.6%, 2.3% previous
• US 15 Mar, w/e MBA Purchase Index, 251.5, 250.8 previous
Looking Ahead - Economic Data (GMT)
• 21:45 New Zealand Q4 GDP Prod Based YY, SA, 2.5% forecast, 2.6% previous
• 21:45 New Zealand Q4 GDP Exp Based QQ, SA, 0.6% forecast, 0.5% previous
• 00:30 Feb Employment, 14.0k forecast, 39.1k previous
• 00:30 New Zealand Australia Feb Unemployment Rate, 5.0% forecast, 5.0% previous
Looking Ahead - Events, Other Releases (GMT)
• N/A General Council meeting of the ECB in Frankfurt.
• 08:00 Presentation by ECB supervisor Andrea Enria of the ECB Annual Report on supervisory activities 2018 to
the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee in Brussels, Belgium
• 08:30 Swiss National Bank Monetary policy assessment in Bern
• 09:00 Norway Central Bank holds announcement of the Executive Board's interest rate decision and publication
of Monetary Policy followed by a press conference in Oslo
• 12:00 Bank of England announces rate decision and publishes the minutes of the meeting, after the rate
decision in London
Macro Themes In Play