Market participants are bracing for heightened volatility as the coming week will be dominated by several market-moving events, including a deluge of earnings news, and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting. There is also important first quarter U.S. growth data this week, which should lend further support to the notion that the economy is continuing

Dozens of companies from a wide range of industries will report quarterly results in the week ahead as the first quarter earnings season on Wall Street kicks into high gear. So far, with one week in, companies are beating earnings estimates by a wide margin of more than 84%, according to Refinitiv. Meanwhile, U.S. economic