Technical earnings; Fed rate decision; China trade talks
CEO Tim Cook owed a decline in sales of a mix of factors, including a decline in China, exchange rates, a popular battery replacement program, and reduced carrier subsidies.
The shrinking iPhone sales led to Apple's first holiday quarterly revenue decline since 2000. And Lucas Maestri, Apple's CFO, told analysts that the company expects some of the factors highlighted by Cook to continue "affecting iPhone performance "in the current quarter.
2. Fed Decision: The Federal Reserve will announce its first monetary policy decision of the year Wednesday. The central bank is expected to keep prices stable.
The financial markets fluctuated very late last year, partly because the fear of the Fed is increasing interest rates too quickly in view of the risk to the economy.
Chairman Jerome Powell is holding a press conference at 2 pm. ET and analysts will listen carefully to see if he repeats that the bank will be "patient" on future interest rate increases. It would signal no interest rate hike for at least the next two meetings, according to HSBC.
Another thing to look at is Fed's willingness to slow or even stop the process of relieving some of the bonds it purchased to reduce long-term interest rates. Some investors believe that Fed's shrinking balance contributes to market turbulence.
Complicating the bank's work is the fact that financial reports resulting from this week may be delayed due to the closure of the recent US government.
Quarterly quarterly GDP is scheduled for Wednesday and a report on personal income and payments expires on Thursday. But employees may not have time to complete the collection and analysis of the data to meet these publishing deadlines.
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3. Trade Negotiations Resume: Representatives from China and the US Administration will meet in Washington on Wednesday to try to uncover the commercial war that began last year.
Tariffs of hundreds of billions of goods traded between the world's two largest economies have harmed businesses, steered financial markets, and contributed to the fear of a global downturn.
US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed on a cease-fire last year and their governments are trying to negotiate a more lasting deal to end hostilities.
The US Department of Justice revealed a number of criminal charges against Huawei earlier this week, including business theft. Huawei, who denies the accusations, has become a powerful symbol of the growing rivalry between the United States and China to determine who will become the world's leading technology superpower.
4. Ghosn speaks out: Former autos legend Carlos Ghosn says he was the victim of a plot of Nissan leaders to exercise him. In an interview with Japan's Nikkei – his first since he was arrested in Tokyo in November – the former chairman of Nissan and Renault said he was accused of him due to "plot and treason."
Ghosn has been accused in Japan of charges that include emphasizing his income in Japanese securities recordings of tens of millions of dollars over an eight year period. He denies the allegations. Nissan ( NSANF ) and Mitsubishi Motors ( MSBHY ) both fired Ghosn, one of the automotive industry most prominent figures, who lead shortly after the arrest in November. He resigned as chairman and CEO of France Renault ( RNLSY ) last week after the French government resigned for him.
The British pound was jittery overnight at the growing risk that Britain could leave the EU in less than two months without the consensus to protect vital trade relations.
The British Parliament on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Theresa May to reopen negotiations on a Brexit divorce agreement with the EU. EU officials reiterated that the agreement – agreed by all 27 EU members and May – was not open to renegotiation.
"A hard Brexit is the standard alternative unless a deal or delay is secured before the Brexit day March 29, 2019," said Kallum Pickering, senior economist at Berenberg. "With only 58 days left for the UK due to leaving the EU, we are increasing the risk of a non-deal from 20% to 30%," he added.
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