Daniel Garrahan previews some of the big stories the FT is watching in the week ahead, including Apple launching its latest iPhones and Apple Watch, European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker’s final ‘State of the Union’ address and Bank of England’s MPC meeting.
Here are some of the big stories the financial times will be watching in the week ahead apple launches new iphones and the latest version of the apple watch european commission president jean-claude juncker delivers his final state of the union address and there’s a meeting of the bank of england’s monetary policy committee first to apple which is expected to
Unveil a trio of new iphones and a new version of its smart watch on wednesday it’s the second big launch event to be held at apple’s new headquarters new ipads and mac’s could also be on show at apple park as it looks to draw customers deeper into its family of products marketing images for the iphone xs and the fourth-generation apple watch have already been
Leaked online last year’s product launch was a blockbuster the iphone 10 was long anticipated and expectations were high that it would kick off a super cycle of sales so how will this year’s event compare this time around i think expectations a little bit more muted or a bit more rational perhaps we’re not expecting such a radical jump forward in the design of
The product although the face id system and the ditching of the home button is likely to be rolled out right across the iphone product range but what i do think investors have to look forward to is the continuation of the most important part of the iphone revenue story over the last year which is price increases i think that the most the biggest screen version
Of the iphone that will come out next week could cost more than a thousand dollar entry point that we saw for the iphone 10 a year ago and that’s very important to maintaining the growth that has propelled apple to become the world’s first trillion-dollar company and now to strasbourg where jean-claude juncker delivers his final state of the european union
Speech mr. young kerr will lay out the commission’s policy priorities for the remainder of the political cycle which ends up with the european parliament’s elections in may 2019 the contents of the speech are always a tightly guarded secret but officials say it will focus on migration security and foreign policy mr janka will formally announce plans allowing eu
Governments the freedom to decide their own time zone by abolishing clock changes the commission is also set to unveil regulation forcing internet like youtube and facebook to remove terrorist content within an hour of detection janka is also expected to warn against voters succumbing to foreign interference that threatens stoke populace and anti-eu sentiments
Ahead of next mays votes mister jonker will no doubt lay out his plans for the year but people will use this also as an opportunity to judge his record and his legacy this has not been a badly run commission and there have been some star performers like margarita fest eya the european competition commissioner who’s taken on the american tech giants making europe
The real world leader in tech regulation but overall the climate in europe has deteriorated very sharply and if the commission is the guardian of the eu treaties in european integration it’s been a pretty poor time with brexit with the rise of populist nationalists across europe particularly in the east and at a time when europe’s closest ally the united states
Seems determined to unpick the global order and finally to uk monetary policy and after last month excitement when the bank of england raised interest rates above 0.5% for the first time since the financial crisis this week’s meeting of the central bank is set to be a more sedate affair expectations that interest rates will be raised this week or indeed at any
Time before the uk leaves the european union are very low the minutes of the meeting published alongside the decision should reveal whether the economy has developed along the lines the central bank forecast in its august inflation report governor mark carney won’t be giving a press conference but on friday he’ll deliver a lecture at the irish central bank in
Dublin where he’ll take questions about his future and the future of the uk economy expectations for any change in interest rates at the bank of england’s meeting on thursday and rock-bottom as market expect booked and no move until after ben has left the european union in march of next year perhaps most significant event for observes the bank of england this
Week there’s mark hong’s lecture on friday in dublin that’s significant because last week it was announced that trees are made given him her backing to remain in office until 2020 while that’s likely to mean little for monetary policy market will welcome it marconi’s announcement that you provide as much liquidity as needed in the aftermath the practice abode
Helped keep things calm will reassure markets that whatever turmoil is going on in westminster brussels there’ll be a familiar face and threadneedle street and that’s what the week ahead looks like from the financial times in london see you again next time
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Apple launches new iPhones, Juncker speech By Financial Times
