Morning Juice – US Session Prep (15th January)

Sentiment
TSMC is earmarking as much as $56 billion in capital spending for 2026, a stronger-than- anticipated projection that signals its confidence in the longevity of the global AI boom. Iran may have averted US strikes by pledging not to execute protestors after pressure from Trump. A recovery in industrial production following the Jaguar Land Rover cyberattack drove UK growth to a five-month high in the run-up to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’ budget. Germany’s economy grew for the first year since 2022 as a government spending spree helps the country overcome its lengthy industrial slump.

Docket
08:30 ET
US Weekly Jobless Claims
Initial Claims – Forecast: 215k | Prior: 208k | Range: 235k / 199k
Continued Claims – Forecast: 1.897M | Prior: 1.914M | Range: 1.93M / 1.87M

Speakers
08:30 ET
Fed’s Goolsbee Speaks on CNBC

08:35 ET
Fed’s Bostic shares brief remarks at the Metro Atlanta Chamber’s board of directors meeting.
Text: No, Q&A: Yes from the audience.

09:15 ET
Fed’s Barr participates in a panel discussion on stablecoins at the Wharton School Future of Finance Forum.
Text: no, Q&A: yes, moderator.

12:30 ET
Trump participates in a lunch meeting with Venezuela’s Machado

12:40 ET
Fed’s Barkin speaks at the Virginia Bankers Association Financial Forecast 2026, Greater Richmond Convention Center.
Text: TBD, Q&A: TBD

13:00 ET
White House Press Sec. Leavitt Speaks

13:30 ET
Fed’s Schmid speaks on his economic outlook and monetary policy at the Economic Club of Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Text: yes; Q&A: yes, audience.

16:00 ET
Trump participates in a Visit of the 2025 Stanley Cup Champions The Florida Panthers

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