International Business Times poll on major U.S. economic releases scheduled for release during the week of April 8, 2019.

Inflation is expected to have marginally ticked higher in the month of March, with headline inflation rising to 0.4 percent from the previous month’s 0.2 percent. The rate of monthly producer price inflation is expected to increase to 0.3 percent in March from 0.1 percent in February.

The minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee’s March meeting is scheduled for release Wednesday. At its recent meeting, the central bank had kept its interest rates unchanged signaled no more interest rate hikes this year and an end to its balance sheet reduction process this year.

Other notable indicators this week include factory orders, NFIB business optimism index and a preliminary reading on the Michigan consumer sentiment index.

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International Business Times poll on major U.S. economic releases scheduled for the week of April 8, 2019. International Business Times