BlockBeats News, March 15, the three-party conflict among the US, Iran, and Israel has entered its third week, and the continued chaos in the energy commodity market is evolving into a major issue. In short, the rise in oil prices implies rising inflation, which in turn weakens corporate profitability, ultimately leading the market into a tough battle. As we enter next week, seven major central banks will announce interest rate decisions, and the market will struggle forward in great uncertainty.
The market is most focused on the Fed:
Thursday 02:00, the Fed FOMC announces the interest rate decision and economic projections summary;
Thursday 02:30, Fed Chair Powell holds a monetary policy press conference.
The market generally expects that Fed policymakers will keep interest rates unchanged at next week’s meeting. The latest developments in the macro situation have completely changed the Fed’s interest rate outlook. Thursday’s meeting will be Powell’s penultimate meeting, so a balanced and cautious tone is expected to prevail. Nevertheless, everyone’s focus will be on the Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) and the dot plot, as expectations for two rate cuts have diminished following the current surge in oil prices.
Additionally, Tuesday 11:30, the Reserve Bank of Australia announces the interest rate decision; Wednesday 21:45, the Bank of Canada announces the interest rate decision; Thursday TBD, the Bank of Japan announces the interest rate decision; Thursday 16:30, the Swiss National Bank announces the interest rate decision; Thursday 20:00, the Bank of England announces the interest rate decision and meeting minutes; Thursday 21:15, the European Central Bank announces the interest rate decision.
The interest rate decisions of the above-mentioned major global economies will also have unpredictable impacts on market fund flows.
Key economic data to be released next week include:
Monday 21:15, US February industrial production m/m;
Wednesday 04:30, US API crude oil stock for the week ending March 13;
Wednesday 20:30, US February PPI y/y, US February PPI m/m;
Thursday 20:30, US initial jobless claims for the week ending March 14, US March Philly Fed manufacturing index;
Economic data from the US and Europe will be densely released, with a focus on US February Producer Price Index (PPI), Eurozone February Consumer Price Index (CPI) final, US initial jobless claims for the week ending March 14, and March Philly Fed manufacturing index. These indicators will further reveal the inflation transmission path, labor market resilience, and manufacturing recovery strength, exerting a significant impact on Fed and ECB policy expectations and global asset pricing.
Finally, NVIDIA GTC 2026 Conference will take place in San Jose, California from March 16 to 19:
This is the most anticipated annual event in the AI field. The conference will focus on Huang Renxun’s opening keynote, expected to cover AI full-stack updates, including chips, software, models, and applications, with topics revolving around Physical AI, Agentic AI, AI Factories, Inference, and Accelerated Computing. The market is highly anticipating Huang Renxun’s teaser of the “World-shaking new chip,” which may involve a new architecture optimized for inference and agentic AI, such as a potential Language Processing Unit (LPU) or a low-power inference chip similar to Groq’s style, aiming to address Token costs, ROI, and energy efficiency bottlenecks.
