European News and Data Calendar

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Date     EU            Event

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03-May  1000       NO  Norges Bank Policy Decision

03-May  1100  **   EU  PPI

03-May  1100  ***  EU  HICP (p)

03-May  1400       EU  ECB Executive Board member Vitor Constancio speech at

                         Joint ECB/EC Conference "Fostering banking union and

                         capital markets union - a top-down or bottom-up

                         approach?"organised by the ECB, in Frankfurt.

03-May  1430       EU  ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure moderating

                         high-level policy panel at Joint ECB/EC conference

                         "Fostering banking union and capital markets union - a

                         top-down or bottom-up approach?"organised by the ECB,

                         in Frankfurt.

03-May  1800       CH  SNB Chairman of the Gov. board Thomas Jordan speech at

                         the Swiss Institute for Banks and Finance, in Zurich.

04-May    -        EU  ECB Gov. Council member Jens Weidmann speech at the

                         ceremony on the occasion of the passing of the board

                         members Carl-Ludwig Thiele and Dr. Ing. Andreas Dombret

                         , in Frankfurt.

04-May  0845  *    FR  current account

04-May  0845  *    FR  foreign trade

04-May  0900  *    ES  unemployment

04-May  0915  **   ES  Markit Services PMI (f)

04-May  0945  **   IT  Markit Services PMI (f)

04-May  0950  **   FR  Markit Services PMI (f)

04-May  0955  **   DE  Markit Services PMI (f)

04-May  1000  **   EU  Markit Services PMI (f)

04-May  1000  *    DE  VDMA machine orders

04-May  1100  **   EU  retail sales

07-May  0800  **   DE  manufacturing orders

07-May  0915  ***  CH  CPI

07-May  1730       EU  ECB Executive Board member Peter Praet speech  in the

                         SFAA Swiss Financial Analysts Association event, in

                         Geneva, Switzerland.

08-May  0745  **   CH  unemployment

08-May  0800  **   DE  industrial production

08-May  0800  **   DE  trade balance

09-May  0845  *    FR  industrial production

09-May  0900  **   ES  industrial production

09-May  1000  *    IT  retail sales

10-May  1000  *    IT  industrial production

11-May  0900  ***  ES  HICP (f)

11-May  1515       EU  ECB President Mario Draghi speech at 8th edition of The

                         State of the Union organised by EUI, in Florence,

                         Italy.

14-May  0830  **   FR  BoF Business survey

14-May  1200  *    EU  OECD Leading Indicator

15-May  0800  ***  DE  GDP (p)

15-May  0845  **   FR  non-farm payrolls

15-May  0845  ***  FR  HICP (f)

15-May  1100  **   EU  industrial production

15-May  1100  ***  DE  ZEW Current Conditions Index

15-May  1100  ***  DE  ZEW Current Expectations Index

15-May  1100  ***  EU  GDP (p)

16-May  1000  *    IT  industrial orders

16-May  1100  ***  IT  HICP (f)

17-May    -   *    FR  BOF retail trade

17-May  0730  *    FR  unemployment

17-May  0800  *    EU  ACEA car registrations

17-May  1100  *    EU  trade balance

17-May  1100  **   EU  construction production

18-May  0800  *    DE  wholesale prices

18-May  0800  **   DE  PPI

18-May  1000  **   EU  current account

24-May  0800  *    DE  GFK Consumer Climate

24-May  0845  **   FR  Manufacturing Sentiment

24-May  0845  *    FR  Services Sentiment

24-May  0900  *    ES  industrial orders

24-May  0900  *    ES  services survey

25-May  0800  *    DE  construction orders

25-May  0900  **   ES  PPI

25-May  1000  ***  DE  IFO Business Climate Index

25-May  1000  ***  DE  IFO Business Climate Index Direction

29-May  0845  **   FR  Consumer Sentiment

29-May  1000  **   IT  ISTAT Consumer Confidence

29-May  1000  **   IT  ISTAT Business Confidence

29-May  1000  **   EU  M3

30-May  0800  **   DE  Import/Export Prices

30-May  0800  **   DE  ILO employment

30-May  0800  **   DE  Retail Sales

30-May  0845  **   FR  Consumer Spending

30-May  0845  ***  FR  GDP (2nd est.)

30-May  0900  *    ES  retail sales

30-May  0900  *    CH  KOF Economic Barometer

30-May  1100  **   EU  Economic Sentiment Indicator

30-May  1100  *    EU  Business Climate Indicator

30-May  1100  *    EU  Consumer Confidence, Industrial Sentiment

31-May  0745  ***  CH  GDP

31-May  0845  **   FR  PPI

31-May  0900  ***  ES  GDP (f)

31-May  0915  **   CH  retail sales

31-May  1100  **   EU  unemployment

01-Jun  0900  *    FR  car registrations

01-Jun  1000  ***  IT  GDP (f)

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