Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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03-Apr  0030/1130       AU  Retail Trade

03-Apr  0030/1130       AU  Trade Balance

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

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

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

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

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

03-Apr  0800/1000  *    DE  VDMA machine orders

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

03-Apr  0900/1100  **   EU  retail sales

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

03-Apr  1100/1200       UK  Weekly questions to the Prime Minister

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

03-Apr  1230/0830       US  Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael

                              Bostic to participate in a panel discussion at the

                              American Banker Association Washington Summit in

                              Washington, D.C.

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

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

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

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

03-Apr  1600/1800       EU  ECB Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny speaks

                              at the Vienna University of Economics and Business

                              in Vienna, Austria.

03-Apr  2100/1700       US  Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel

                              Kashkari to participate in a town hall at North

                              Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota,

                              followed by audience Q&A.

04-Apr  0600/0800  **   DE  manufacturing orders

04-Apr  1130/1330       EU  ECB Mar 2019 Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes

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

04-Apr  1230/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

04-Apr  1300/0900       US  New York Federal Reserve Bank President John

                              Williams to deliver welcoming remarks at the

                              Community Bankers Conference in New York, New

                              York.

04-Apr  1310/0910       US  New York Federal Reserve Bank Vice President Kevin

                              Stiroh to deliver opening remarks at the Community

                              Bankers Conference in New York, New York.

04-Apr  1400/1000  **   CA  Ivey PMI

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

04-Apr  1700/1300       US  Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta

                              J. Mester to deliver the keynote speech at Ohio

                              Banker's Day in Columbus, Ohio, followed by

                              audience Q&A.

04-Apr  1700/1300       US  Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President

                              Patrick Harker to deliver a speech about monetary

                              policy outlook at the Federal Reserve Bank of

                              Philadelphia in Philadelphia, PA, with audience

                              Q&A.

04-Apr  1900/1500  *    US  Treasury STRIPS

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

05-Apr      -           EU  ECB President Mario Draghi, ECB Supervisory Board

                              Chair Andrea Enria & ECB Executive Board member

                              Benoit Coeure participate in Eurogroup meeting in

                              Bucharest

05-Apr      -           EU  ECB Vice-President Luis de Guindos participates in

                              informal ECOFIN meeting in Bucharest

05-Apr  2330/0830  **   JP  Household spending

05-Apr  2330/0830  **   JP  average wages (p)

05-Apr  0600/0800  **   DE  industrial production

05-Apr  0645/0845  *    FR  current account

05-Apr  0645/0845  *    FR  foreign trade

05-Apr  0700/0900  **   ES  industrial production

05-Apr  0730/0830  *    UK  Halifax House Price Index

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

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

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

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

05-Apr  1900/1500  *    US  Consumer Credit

05-Apr  1930/1530       US  Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael

                              Bostic to participate in a lecture and discussion

                              on "Disruption and Opportunity: Shaping Policy in

                              a Digital World" at the Andrew Young School of

                              Policy Studies and the Fiscal Research Center at

                              Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia,

                              followed by audience Q&A.

06-Apr  0840/1040       EU  ECB Executive Board member Yves Mersch

                              participates in a panel at a workshop in

                              Cernobbio, Italy.

07-Apr      -      ***  CN  FX Reserves

08-Apr  0600/0800  **   DE  trade balance

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

08-Apr  1000/1200  *    EU  OECD Leading Indicator

08-Apr  1215/0815  **   CA  Housing Starts - CMHC (Canadian Mortgage and

                              Housing Corp)

08-Apr  1230/0830  *    CA  Building Permits

08-Apr  1245/1445       EU  ECB Supervisory Board Chair Andrea Enria chairs a

                              panel at a Banque de France conference in Paris

08-Apr  1300/1500       NO  Norges Bank Gov. Oystein Olsen addressing Foreign

                              Embassy Representatives at Norges Bank

08-Apr  1400/1000  **   US  factory new orders

08-Apr  1400/1000  *    US  employment trends index

08-Apr  1500/1100  **   US  NY Fed survey of consumer expectations

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

09-Apr  0545/0745  **   CH  unemployment

09-Apr  0800/1000       EU  ECB Bank Lending Survey Q1 2019

09-Apr  0800/1000  *    IT  retail sales

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

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

09-Apr  1400/1000  **   US  JOLTS jobs opening level

09-Apr  1400/1000  **   US  JOLTS quits Rate

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

10-Apr  2350/0850  *    JP  Machinery orders

10-Apr  2350/0850  *    JP  CGPI

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