Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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27-Apr      -           JP  BOJ holds two-day policy board meeting

27-Apr      -           EU  ECB Gov. Council member Jens Weidmann

                              participation in informal Ecofin, in Sofia.

27-Apr      -           EU  ECB President Mario Draghi, ECB Executive Board

                              member Benoit Coeure, ECB Supervisory Board chair

                              Daniele Nouy participation in Eurogroup meeting

                              and Informal ECOFIN, in Sofia.

27-Apr  0130/1130  *    AU  Producer price index q/q

27-Apr  0300/1200       JP  BOJ releases outcome of two-day policy board

                              meeting, monetary policy statement, quarterly

                              Outlook Report

27-Apr  0530/0730  ***  FR  GDP (p)

27-Apr  0545/0745       EU  ECB Executive Board member Yves Mersch  chairing

                              panel "Priorities for further integrating EU

                              post-trading" at Eurofi Seminar 2018 "Improving

                              financial stability and integration", in Sofia.

27-Apr  0600/0800  **   DE  Import/Export Prices

27-Apr  0600/0800  **   DE  ILO employment

27-Apr  0630/0830       EU  ECB Gov. Council member Ewald Nowotny speech at

                              Austria 2018 Centenary Symposium, in Vienna.

27-Apr  0645/0845  **   FR  Consumer Spending

27-Apr  0645/0845  **   FR  PPI

27-Apr  0645/0845  ***  FR  HICP (p)

27-Apr  0645/0845       EU  ECB Executive Board member Sabine Lautenschlaeger 

                              chairing panel "Success factors and expected

                              benefits of an agreement on EDIS and the backstop

                              to the SRF" at Eurofi Seminar 2018 "Improving

                              financial stability and integration", in Sofia.

27-Apr  0700/0900  ***  ES  GDP (p)

27-Apr  0700/0900  *    ES  retail sales

27-Apr  0700/0900  ***  ES  HICP (p)

27-Apr  0755/0955  **   DE  unemployment

27-Apr  0800/1000       CH  SNB Gov. Thomas Jordan speech at the SNB's General

                              Meeting of Shareholders, Berne.

27-Apr  0800/1000       EU  ECB Executive Board member Yves Mersch speech at

                              Exchange of views "Forthcoming unwinding QE:

                              expected impacts" at Eurofi Seminar 2018

                              "Improving financial stability and integration",

                              in Sofia.

27-Apr  0830/0930  ***  UK  GDP First Estimate

27-Apr  0830/0930  **   UK  Index of Services

27-Apr  0900/1100  *    EU  Business Climate Indicator

27-Apr  0900/1100  *    EU  Consumer Confidence, Industrial Sentiment

27-Apr  0900/1100  **   EU  Economic Sentiment Indicator

27-Apr  1230/0830  **   US  Employment Cost Index

27-Apr  1230/0830  ***  US  GDP (adv)

27-Apr  1400/1000  ***  US  Final Michigan Sentiment Index

27-Apr  1500/1100  **   US  St. Louis Fed Real GDP Nowcast

27-Apr  1515/1115  **   US  NY Fed GDP Nowcast

27-Apr  1900/1500  *    US  farm prices

28-Apr      -           EU  ECB Gov. Council member Jens Weidmann

                              participation in informal Ecofin, in Sofia.

28-Apr      -           EU  ECB President Mario Draghi, ECB Executive Board

                              member Benoit Coeure, ECB Supervisory Board chair

                              Daniele Nouy participation in Eurogroup meeting

                              and Informal ECOFIN, in Sofia.

30-Apr  0100/0900  ***  CN  CFLP Manufacturing PMI

30-Apr  0100/0900  **   CN  CFLP Non-Manufacturing PMI

30-Apr  0100/1300  ***  NZ  ANZ monthly business survey

30-Apr  0130/1130  **   AU  RBA private sector credit m/m

30-Apr  0600/0800  **   DE  Retail Sales

30-Apr  0700/0900  *    CH  KOF Economic Barometer

30-Apr  0800/1000  **   EU  M3

30-Apr  0900/1100  ***  IT  HICP (p)

30-Apr  1200/1400  ***  DE  HICP (p)

30-Apr  1230/0830  **   US  Personal Income and Consumption

30-Apr  1230/0830  *    CA  Industrial Product and Raw Material Price Index

30-Apr  1300/0900  *    US  Milwaukee Manufacturing ISM index

30-Apr  1345/0945  **   US  MNI Chicago PMI

30-Apr  1400/1000  **   US  NAR pending home sales

30-Apr  1430/1030  **   US  Dallas Fed manufacturing survey

01-May      -           US  FOMC policy meeting, in Washington.

01-May      -           AU  RBA Governor Philip Lowe to speak at board dinner

                              in Adelaide.

01-May      -      ***  US  domestic made vehicle sales

01-May  2230/0830  **   AU  AI Group manufacturing index

01-May  2245/1045  *    NZ  Monthly building consents

01-May  0000/1000  **   AU  CoreLogic home value index m/m

01-May  0430/1430  ***  AU  RBA monthly cash rate decision

01-May  0830/0930  **   UK  Markit/CIPS Manufacturing PMI

01-May  0830/0930  **   UK  BOE M4

01-May  0830/0930  **   UK  BOE Lending to Individuals

01-May  1230/0830  ***  CA  Gross Domestic Product by Industry

01-May  1255/0855  **   US  Redbook Retail Sales Index

01-May  1345/0945  ***  US  Markit Manufacturing Index (final)

01-May  1400/1000  ***  US  ISM Manufacturing Index

01-May  1400/1000  *    US  construction spending

01-May  1430/1030  **   US  Dallas Fed Services Survey

01-May  1830/1430       CA  BOC Gov Stephen Poloz speech at the Yellowknife

                              Chamber of Commerce, Yellowknife, NT, followed by

                              a press conference.

02-May      -           US  FOMC policy meeting, in Washington.

02-May  2245/1045  ***  NZ  Quarterly Labor market data

02-May  2301/0001  *    UK  BRC Monthly Shop Price Index

02-May  0145/0945  ***  CN  Caixin Manufacturing PMI

02-May  0700/0900  *    ES  unemployment

02-May  0700/0900  *    FR  car registrations

02-May  0715/0915  **   CH  retail sales

02-May  0715/0915  **   ES  Markit Manufacturing PMI (f)

02-May  0745/0945  **   IT  Markit Manufacturing PMI (f)

02-May  0750/0950  **   FR  Markit Manufacturing PMI (f)

02-May  0755/0955  **   DE  Markit Manufacturing PMI (f)

02-May  0800/1000  **   EU  Markit Manufacturing PMI (f)

02-May  0830/0930  **   UK  Markit/CIPS Construction PMI

02-May  0900/1100  ***  IT  GDP (p)

02-May  0900/1100  **   EU  unemployment

02-May  1100/0700  **   US  MBA weekly applications index

02-May  1100/1200       UK  Weekly questions to the Prime Minister

02-May  1215/0815  ***  US  ADP Employment Report

02-May  1345/0945  *    US  ISM-NY Manufacturing Index

02-May  1400/1000  *    US  help-wanted online index

02-May  1430/1030  **   US  DOE weekly crude oil stocks

02-May  1800/1400       US  FOMC policy announcement, in Washington.

03-May  2230/0830  **   AU  AI Group services index

03-May  0130/1130  ***  AU  Trade balance

03-May  0130/1130  ***  AU  Dwelling Approvals

03-May  0900/1100  **   EU  PPI

03-May  0900/1100  ***  EU  HICP (p)

03-May  1130/0730  *    US  Challenger Monthly Layoff Intentions

03-May  1200/1400       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  1230/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

03-May  1230/0830  **   US  Preliminary Non-Farm Productivity

03-May  1230/0830  **   US  trade balance

03-May  1230/0830  **   CA  International Merchandise Trade (Trade Balance)

03-May  1230/1430       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  1345/0945  ***  US  Markit Services Index (final)

03-May  1345/0945  *    US  Bloomberg Comfort Index

03-May  1400/1000  ***  US  ISM Non-Manufacturing Index

03-May  1400/1000  **   US  factory new orders

03-May  1430/1030  **   US  Natural Gas Stocks

03-May  2030/1630  **   US  Fed Weekly Money Supply Data

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