Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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03-Oct      -           US  Federal Reserve Vice Chairman for Supervision

                              Randal Quarles to deliver keynote address at the

                              Sixth Annual Community Banking in the 21st Century

                              Conference in St Louis.

03-Oct      -      *    DE  car registrations

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

03-Oct  0620/0820       EU  ECB Executive Board member Yves Mersch speech at

                              the Bank of Latvia "Payments in the 22nd Century:

                              Future Starts Today?"conference, in Riga.

03-Oct  0715/0915  **   ES  Markit Services PMI (f)

03-Oct  0745/0945  **   IT  Markit Services PMI (f)

03-Oct  0750/0950  **   FR  Markit Services PMI (f)

03-Oct  0755/0955  **   DE  Markit Services PMI (f)

03-Oct  0800/1000  **   EU  Markit Services PMI (f)

03-Oct  0830/0930  **   UK  Markit/CIPS Services PMI

03-Oct  0900/1100  **   EU  retail sales

03-Oct  1030/0630       US  Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles

                              Evans to participate in OMFIF City Lecture on U.S.

                              Economic Outlook in London, with audience Q&A.

03-Oct  1100/0700  **   US  MBA weekly applications index

03-Oct  1215/0815  ***  US  ADP Employment Report

03-Oct  1345/0945  ***  US  Markit Services Index (final)

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

03-Oct  1400/1000  *    US  help-wanted online index

03-Oct  1430/1030  **   US  DOE weekly crude oil stocks

03-Oct  1600/1200       US  Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President

                              Patrick Harker to deliver closing remarks at the

                              "Reinventing Our Communities: Investing in

                              Opportunity" Conference in Baltimore, MD.

03-Oct  1700/1300       US  Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lael

                              Brainard to give a speech on "Payment System" at

                              the FedPayments Improvement Community Forum in

                              Chicago, with audience Q&A.

                            http://www.fedpaymentsimprovement.org/

03-Oct  1815/1415       US  Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta

                              Mester to give keynote address at the sixth annual

                              Community Banking in the 21st Century research and

                              policy conference in St. Louis, followed by

                              audience Q&A.

03-Oct  2000/1600       US  Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to

                              participate in a discussion with Judy Woodruff at

                              the Atlantic Festival in Washington D.C.

                            http://www.theatlanticfestival.com/

03-Oct  0000/2000       US  Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Rob Kaplan

                              to participate in a moderated Q&A session at the

                              University of Kansas School of Business Anderson

                              Chandler Lecture in Lawrence, Kansas.

04-Oct      -           US  Federal Reserve Vice Chairman for Supervision

                              Randal Quarles to deliver keynote address at the

                              Sixth Annual Community Banking in the 21st Century

                              Conference in St Louis.

04-Oct  0130/1130  ***  AU  Trade balance

04-Oct  0800/1000  *    DE  VDMA machine orders

04-Oct  0930/1130       EU  ECB Supervisory Board chair Daniele Nouy speech at

                              9. FMA  conference "The financial market as a

                              global village: integrated - innovative -

                              international", in Vienna.

04-Oct  0940/0540       US  New York Federal Reserve Bank Executive Vice

                              President Kevin Stiroh to speak on "The Complexity

                              of Culture Reform in Finance" at the 4th Annual

                              Culture and Conduct Forum for the Financial

                              Services Industry in London.

04-Oct  1130/0730  *    US  Challenger Monthly Layoff Intentions

04-Oct  1215/0815       US  Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Randal Quarles to

                              give a speech on "Trends in Urban and Rural

                              Community Banks" at the Community Banking in the

                              21st Century conference in St. Louis, MO, with

                              audience Q&A.

                            http://www.communitybanking.org/

04-Oct  1230/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

04-Oct  1345/0945  *    US  Bloomberg Comfort Index

04-Oct  1400/1000  **   US  factory new orders

04-Oct  1400/1000  **   CA  Ivey PMI

04-Oct  1430/1030  **   US  Natural Gas Stocks

04-Oct  1600/1800       EU  ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure speech to

                              the local French business community in Chateaudun,

                              France.

04-Oct  1900/1500  *    US  Treasury STRIPS

04-Oct  2030/1630  **   US  Fed Weekly Money Supply Data

05-Oct  2230/0830  **   AU  AI Group/HIA construction index

05-Oct  2330/0830  **   JP  Household spending

05-Oct  0000/0900  **   JP  average wages (p)

05-Oct  0130/1130  ***  AU  Retail trade monthly

05-Oct  0135/1135       AU  RBA Head of Economic Analysis Alexandra Heath

                              speaks at Business Educators Australasia 2018

                              Biennial Conference in Canberra

05-Oct  0600/0800  **   DE  PPI

05-Oct  0600/0800  **   DE  manufacturing orders

05-Oct  0645/0845  *    FR  foreign trade

05-Oct  0645/0845  *    FR  current account

05-Oct  0700/0900  **   ES  industrial production

05-Oct  0715/0915  ***  CH  CPI

05-Oct  0800/1000  *    IT  retail sales

05-Oct  1100/1300       EU  ECB Vice-President Luis de Guindos speech at Open

                              Ceremony of the XXIX Edition of the LLM in EU Law

                              of the University Carlos III , in Madrid.

05-Oct  1230/0830  ***  US  Employment Report

05-Oct  1230/0830  **   US  trade deficit

05-Oct  1230/0830  **   CA  International Merchandise Trade (Trade Balance)

05-Oct  1230/0830  ***  CA  Labour Force Survey

05-Oct  1500/1100  **   US  St. Louis Fed Real GDP Nowcast

05-Oct  1515/1115  **   US  NY Fed GDP Nowcast

05-Oct  1630/1230       US  Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic

                              to give a speech at the 57th Annual Financial

                              Literacy and Economic Education Conference in

                              Atlanta, GA, with audience Q&A.

05-Oct  1630/1230       US  Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Rob Kaplan

                              to participate in a moderated Q&A session at the

                              Community Luncheon Sponsored by the Federal

                              Reserve Bank of Dallas in Waco, Texas.

05-Oct  1900/1500  *    US  Consumer Credit

05-Oct  1900/1500  *    US  Treasury Allotments (final)

07-Oct      -      ***  CN  FX Reserves

08-Oct  0030/1130  **   AU  ANZ monthly job ads survey

08-Oct  0145/0945  **   CN  Caixin Service PMI

08-Oct  0545/0745  **   CH  unemployment

08-Oct  0600/0800  **   DE  industrial production

08-Oct  0630/0830  **   FR  BoF Business survey

08-Oct  1000/1200  *    EU  OECD Leading Indicator

08-Oct  1400/1000  *    US  employment trends index

09-Oct  2230/0930  **   AU  ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence

09-Oct  2301/0001  *    UK  BRC-KPMG Shop Sales Monitor

09-Oct  0030/1130  **   AU  NAB business survey

09-Oct  0600/0800  **   DE  trade balance

09-Oct  0900/1000       UK  Parliament returns for Conference season recess

09-Oct  1000/0600  **   US  NFIB Small Business Optimism Index

09-Oct  1215/0815  **   CA  Housing Starts - CMHC (Canadian Mortgage and

                              Housing Corp)

09-Oct  1255/0855  **   US  Redbook Retail Sales Index

09-Oct  1400/1000  **   US  IBD/TIPP Optimism Index

09-Oct  1400/1000       US  Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles

                              Evans to give opening remarks at the 2018

                              Opportunity Finance Network (OFN) Conference in

                              Chicago.

09-Oct  1500/1100  **   US  NY Fed survey of consumer expectations

10-Oct  2330/1030  **   AU  Westpac-MI consumer sentiment

10-Oct  2350/0850  *    JP  Machinery orders

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