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The U.S. Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates on Wednesday (June 18) should be the market’s focus of the week. According to Trading Central's "Economic Insight", the central bank will again keep rates unchanged.

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Before the U.S. Federal Reserve decides on interest rates on June 18, another set of major inflation data will be reported on Wednesday, June 11.

The recent rally in U.S. stocks has been dampened by surging Treasury yields. To have lower Treasury yields, we need to see slowing inflation. Another set of major inflation data will be released on Friday (May 30).

Even though Japan’s inflation stands at elevated levels, there are signs that BOJ officials want stable interest rates considering extremely high uncertainties brought about by US tariff measures. Japan’s next set of major inflation data will come on Friday (May 23).

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Another set of major inflation data that may help investors gauge the timing of the Fed’s next rate cut will be released on Tuesday (May 13).

No doubt the most important economic event in the coming week should be the U.S. Federal Reserve’s Interest-Rate Decision on Wednesday (May 7).