Looking Ahead: March 11 through March 15, 2013

Five of the major central banks met — all left their respective monetary policies unchanged as expected. Data were mixed but there were promising improvements in China’s exports, Japan’s GDP and U.S. employment. Data next week focuses on merchandise trade and industrial production data for the most part. Australia’s labour force survey will be parsed carefully by equity and foreign exchange markets. The U.S. begins daylight savings time on Sunday, March 10, 2013.