Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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18-May  0600/0800  *    DE  wholesale prices

18-May  0600/0800  **   DE  PPI

18-May  0700/0300       US  Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta

                              Mester to speak at the Third Annual European

                              Central Bank Macroprudential Policy and Research

                              Conference in Frankfurt, with audience Q&A.

18-May  0800/1000  **   EU  current account

18-May  0820/1020       DE  BBK Board member Claudia Buch speech at the 5th

                              Global Policy Research Symposium to Advance

                              Financial Literacy, in Paris.

18-May  0900/1100  *    EU  trade balance

18-May  1230/0830  ***  CA  CPI

18-May  1230/0830  ***  CA  Retail Trade

18-May  1315/0915       US  Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Rob Kaplan

                              to participate in a moderated Q&A at the 12th

                              Annual University of Texas at Dallas Project

                              Management Symposium in Richardson, Texas, with

                              audience Q&A.

18-May  1315/0915       US  Federal Reserve Board Governor Lael Brainard to

                              speak on Community Reinvestment Act Modernization

                              at the "Association for Neighborhood and Housing

                              Development's 8th Annual Community Development

                              Conference" in New York, with audience Q&A.

                            https://anhd.org/anhds-8th-annual-community-develo

                              pment-conference-livestream/

18-May  1400/1000  *    US  Advance Quarterly Services Survey

18-May  1400/1000  *    US  BLS State Employment

18-May  1500/1100  **   US  St. Louis Fed Real GDP Nowcast

18-May  1515/1115  **   US  NY Fed GDP Nowcast

21-May  2245/1045  *    NZ  Net monthly migration

21-May  2245/1045  **   NZ  Quarterly retail trade

21-May  2350/0850  **   JP  Trade

21-May  1615/1215       US  Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael

                              Bostic to speak on "Welfare Economics: Trade & A

                              Review of Principles" at the Atlanta Economics

                              Club in Atlanta, with audience Q&A.

21-May  1815/1415       US  Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President

                              Patrick Harker to speak at the Chief Executives

                              Organization's CEO Financial Seminar 2018 -

                              Visionary Investing: Managing Late Cycle Risks and

                              Opportunities in New York, with audience and media

                              Q&A.

21-May  2130/1730       US  Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel

                              Kashkari to participate in a Town Hall Forum in

                              Escanaba, Michigan, with audience Q&A.

                            https://minneapolisfed.org/

22-May  2330/0930  **   AU  ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence

22-May  0830/0930  ***  UK  Public Sector Finances

22-May  1230/0830  **   US  Philadelphia Fed Nonmanufacturing Index

22-May  1230/0830  **   CA  Wholesale Trade

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

22-May  1400/1000  **   US  Richmond Fed Survey

22-May  1900/1500  *    US  Treasury Allotments (preliminary)

23-May  0030/1030  *    AU  Westpac-MI leading index

23-May  0130/1130  ***  AU  Quarterly construction work done

23-May  0530/0730  *    FR  unemployment

23-May  0700/0900  **   FR  Markit Services PMI (p)

23-May  0700/0900  **   FR  Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

23-May  0730/0930  **   DE  Markit Services PMI (p)

23-May  0730/0930  **   DE  Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

23-May  0800/1800       AU  RBA Governor Philip Lowe speaks at Australia-China

                              Relations Institute event in Sydney, also Q&A

23-May  0800/1000  **   EU  Markit Services PMI (p)

23-May  0800/1000  **   EU  Markit Composite PMI (p)

23-May  0800/1000  **   EU  Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

23-May  0830/0930  ***  UK  Consumer inflation report

23-May  0830/0930  ***  UK  Producer Prices

23-May  0900/1000  *    UK  ONS House Price Index

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

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

23-May  1345/0945  ***  US  Markit Services Index (flash)

23-May  1345/0945  ***  US  Markit Manufacturing Index (flash)

23-May  1400/1000  ***  US  new home sales

23-May  1400/1000  *    US  Building permits revisions

23-May  1400/1000  *    US  QCEW

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

23-May  1800/1400       US  Federal Reserve releases minutes from the May 1-2

                              FOMC meeting in Washington.

23-May  1815/1415       US  Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel

                              Kashkari to participate in a Q&A on New Energy

                              Economic Reality in Bismarck, North Dakota, with

                              audience Q&A.

24-May      -           AU  RBA Assistant Governor Michele Bullock speaks at

                              De Nederlandsche Bank Housing Market seminar in

                              Amsterdam

24-May  2245/1045  **   NZ  Monthly trade balance

24-May  2301/0001  *    UK  XpertHR pay deals for whole economy

24-May  0600/0800  *    DE  GFK Consumer Climate

24-May  0600/0800  ***  DE  GDP (f)

24-May  0645/0845  **   FR  Manufacturing Sentiment

24-May  0645/0845  *    FR  Services Sentiment

24-May  0700/0900  *    ES  industrial orders

24-May  0700/0900  *    ES  services survey

24-May  0815/0415       US  New York Federal Reserve Bank President William

                              Dudley to speak on "Reference Rate Reform;

                              Improving the Culture of FICC Markets" at the

                              Markets Forum 2018 in London, with audience Q&A.

                            https://www.youtube.com/user/bankofenglanduk

24-May  0830/0930  ***  UK  Retail Sales

24-May  0900/1000       UK  Parliament rises for Whitsun Recess

24-May  1230/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

24-May  1300/0900  **   US  FHFA Home Price Index

24-May  1300/0900  **   US  FHFA Quarterly Price Index

24-May  1345/0945  *    US  Bloomberg Comfort Index

24-May  1400/1000  ***  US  NAR existing home sales

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

24-May  1500/1100  **   US  Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index

24-May  1800/1400       US  Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President

                              Patrick Harker to speak at Technology-Enabled

                              Disruption: Implications for Business, Labor

                              Markets and Monetary Policy in Dallas, with

                              audience Q&A.

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

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