United States president-elect Donald Trump is expected to break his media silence on Thursday, New Zealand time, with his first news conference since being elected on November 8.
Federal Reserve chairwoman Janet Yellen will later in the week update the markets on the likely trajectory for interest rates in the US.
Mr Trump has been a constant user of Twitter to issue instructions, comments and disparaging remarks, but so far he has avoided mainstream media in the lead-up to his January 20 inauguration.
Mr Trump's social media comments have spurred Wall Street bets of increased spending, lower taxes and looser regulation.
Craigs Investment Partners broker Peter McIntyre said Mr Trump would be able to highlight key priorities, with markets especially alert for details regarding tax reform, infrastructure spending plans and his China trade position.
``Trump has already upset some in the automotive industry with his comments and the market is fully aware of his stance in some areas. His comments this week won't send markets into a spin.''
The fundamentals of the US economy were solid and both gross domestic product (GDP) and job growth were strong, Mr McIntyre said.
The US dollar was expected to continue strengthening and Craigs regarded the US as a place to invest offshore. Mr Trump had made it clear he was in favour of infrastructure spending.
Mr Trump had been ``pretty vocal'' in the period before his election and since being elected about the things important to him, Mr McIntyre said.
``What we haven't seen is anyone like Trump come into a meaningful position - like being in charge of a nation - ever before.''
Mr Trump's trade position would be carefully watched as there had been a change in the general viewpoint of free trade, he said.
Ten to 15 years ago, 100% of economists would have said free trade was good for the global economy. Now, about 70% would say free trade was good for the global economy and 30% would say some protectionism is good, Mr McIntyre said.
Domestically, expectations of heavy spending under a Trump administration to create jobs in the Rust Belt states that swung the election his way had helped lift consumer sentiment to multi-year highs and driven up Treasury bond yields in a burst of ``Trumpflation'', Reuters reported.
One gauge of the sentiment would be US sales retail data for December. The sales were expected to show a 0.7% rise from November, according to a Reuters poll of economists.
Another will be the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index which economists expected to come in at 98.5, the highest reading since early 2004.
Mr McIntyre said as the year progressed, some economists saw US wage growth and tax cuts outweighing the impact of higher interest rates and oil prices to keep driving the economy forward.
Higher interest rates and rising petrol prices would provide barriers for consumer sector growth but solid labour income and prospects for personal tax cuts would eventually support decent consumption growth.
Dr Yellen was expected to lift interest rates at least twice, if not three times this year, he said.
Inflation was likely this year in the US and not all of it was down to Mr Trump's rhetoric. President Barack Obama had overseen strong jobs growth and that would be continued if Mr Trump made good on his promises to build more bridges, roads and hospitals.
