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Friday preview: UK retail sales, euro area consumer confidence in focus
The market spotlight at the end of the week will be on UK retail sales figures for the month of April, as economists try to discern how the consumer is holding up and reacting to the uncertainty at home and overseas.

Thursday preview: Philly Fed survey, Easyjet in the spotlight
Another batch of US economic data on Thursday may help to further shape the ongoing debate around recession risks in the US towards the end of 2022.

Wednesday preview: UK CPÎ, Burberry in focus
The market spotlight on Wednesday will fall on consumer price inflation in the UK.

Tuesday preview: UK employment, Vodafone in focus
The market spotlight on Tuesday will be on UK employment with economists keen to see whether the labour market remains tight and how well - given the ongoing cost-of-living crisis - wage growth is holding up.

Friday preview: US and Euro area inflation in the spotlight
Inflation will continue to top the economic agenda at the end of the week with readings on price pressures and economic agents' expectations for them due out on either side of the Pond.

Thursday preview: UK GDP, BT Group in focus
Investors attention on Thursday will be on the preliminary reading of UK economic growth during the first quarter, which is expected to have held up well.

Wednesday preview: US, China CPI in the spotlight
The market spotlight on Wednesday will be firmly on the US and whether consumer price inflation did indeed peak in April as some economists have posited.

Tuesday preview: Fedspeak, ECB vice-President in focus
Investors' focus on Tuesday will be on a raft of Fed speakers who are due to take to the podium, given some market watchers' concern that the US central bank is not moving fast enough on tightening monetary policy.

Friday preview: US non-farm payrolls, IAG in the spotlight
Financial markets' attention at the end of the week will be on the US non-farm payrolls report for April.

Wednesday preview: US Fed, services PMIs in the spotlight
All eyes on Wednesday will be on the US central bank to see whether rate-setters follow through on their recent accelerated plans for tightening policy or even go a bit further.

Friday preview: US and euro area inflation, NatWest Group in the spotlight
Investors' attention at the end of the week will be on a raft of inflation readings on either side of the Atlantic.

Thursday preview: US Q1 GDP, Barclays in the spotlight
The market spotlight on Thursday will be on a preliminary reading for first quarter US gross domestic product.

Wednesday preview: ECB's Christine Lagarde, Lloyds in the spotlight
The market spotlight on Wednesday is likely to be on European Central Bank boss, Christine Lagarde, in light of recent weakness in the single currency.

Tuesday preview: HSBC and Microsoft in focus
The market spotlight on Tuesday will be on the corporate side of things with HSBC and Microsoft both due to update shareholders.

Friday preview: Global PMIs, UK retail sales
The spotlight in financial markets at the end of the week will be on a barrage of Purchasing Managers' Indices due out in the UK, US and euro area.

Thursday preview: Ukraine conflict, Meggitt in the spotlight
All eyes on Thursday will be on attempts to try and at least work out a ceasefire deal in the Ukraine conflict over the Orthodox Easter holiday, as well on restarting talks between Russia and Ukraine.

Wednesday preview: Fed Beige Book, Rio Tinto in the spotlight
The market spotlight in the middle of the week will be on the US central bank as its next policy meeting starts to come into view.

Thursday preview: ECB, US retail sales in focus
All eyes on Thursday will be on the European Central Bank's policy meeting with the monetary authority having come under increasing pressure lately to tighten policy.

Wednesday preview: UK CPI, Tesco in the spotlight
Inflation will continue to be in the spotlight on Wednesday, but this time chiefly in the UK.

Tuesday preview: US CPI, Asos in the spotlight
The spotlight on Tuesday will be on a reading for US consumer prices in March.