Morning Juice – US Session Prep (18th March)

Sentiment

Docket
08:30 ET
US PPI for February
YoY – Forecast: 3% | Prior: 2.9% | Range:: 3.4% / 2.7%
MoM – Forecast: 0.3% | Prior 0.5% | Range: 0.7% / -0.1%
Core YoY – Forecast: 3.7% | Prior: 3.6% | Range: 3.9% / 3.1%
Core MoM – Forecast: 0.3% | Prior: 0.8% | Range: 0.8% / -0.1%

09:45 ET
BoC Rate Decision & Rate Statement
Forecast sees rates remaining unchanged at 2.25%

10:00 ET
US Factory Orders for January
Forecast: 0.1% | Prior: -0.7% | Range: 0.9% / -2%

10:30 ET
US Weekly EIA Crude Oil Inventories
Forecast: -1.5M | Prior: 3.824M | Range 3.371M / -1.9M

14:00 ET
US Interest Rate Decision, Rate Statement & SEP – March Meeting
Forecast sees rates remaining unchanged at 2.25%
Median Rate Forecast (Current-Year) – Forecast: 3.375% | Prior: 3.625% | Range 3.625% / 2.875%

Speakers & Events
10:30 ET
BoC Press Conference with Governor Macklem

13:25 ET
Trump participates in a Dignified Transfer Ceremony

14:30 ET
FOMC Press Conference with Chair Powell

Earnings
16:00 ET
Micron Technology Q2 2026 Earnings
Est. EPS: $8.50
Est. Rev: $18.97B

Good luck!