Global News and Data Calendar

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 21:01 GMT May 18/17:01 EST May 18

--Rating: *** most market sensitive, * least market sensitive

Date    GMT /Local          Event

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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  0900/1100       EU  ECB Supervisory Board member Ignazio Angeloni

                              participation in a panel at 2018 IIF Spring

                              Meeting organised by the Institute of

                              International Finance, in Brussels.

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  1400/1600  **   EU  consumer confidence indicator (p)

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      -           EU  ECB President Mario Draghi and Executive Board

                              member Benoit Coeure participation in Eurogroup

                              meeting, in Brussels.

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  Business Climate Indicator

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  0830/1030       EU  ECB Executive Board member Peter Praet speech at

                              2018 IIF Spring Meeting organised by the Institute

                              of International Finance, in Brussels.

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

24-May  1030/1230       EU  ECB Executive Board member Peter Praet speech at

                              at the European Business Summit, in Brussels.

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  1300/1500  **   BE  BNB Business Sentiment

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

25-May  2330/0830  **   JP  Tokyo CPI

25-May  0600/0800  *    DE  construction orders

25-May  0700/0900  **   ES  PPI

25-May  0800/1000  ***  DE  IFO Business Climate Index

25-May  0800/1000  ***  DE  IFO Business Climate Index Direction

25-May  0830/0930  ***  UK  GDP Second Estimate

25-May  0830/0930  **   UK  Index of Services

25-May  1230/0830  **   US  durable goods new orders

25-May  1315/1515       EU  ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure

                              participation in a high-level panel at Sveriges

                              Riksbank's 350th anniversary celebration, in

                              Stockholm.

25-May  1315/1515       EU  ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure

                              participation in a high-level panel at Sveriges

                              Riksbank's 350th anniversary celebration, in

                              Stockholm.

25-May  1320/0920       US  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to speak on

                              Financial Stability and Central Bank Transparency

                              at the "Sveriges Riksbank Conference: 350 Years of

                              Central Banking - The Past, The Present and The

                              Future" in Stockholm, with audience Q&A.

25-May  1400/1000  ***  US  Final Michigan Sentiment Index

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

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

25-May  1545/1145       US  Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles

                              Evans, Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President

                              Raphael Bostic, and Dallas Federal Reserve Bank

                              President Rob Kaplan to participate in a panel

                              discussion at the Technology-Enabled Disruption:

                              Implications for Business, Labor Markets and

                              Monetary Policy in Dallas, with audience Q&A.

25-May  1920/2120       EU  ECB Gov. Council member Jens Weidmann speech at

                              the 350th Anniversary of the Sveriges Riksbank, in

                              Stockholm.

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