Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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16-Apr  0830/0930  ***  UK  Labour Market Survey

16-Apr  0900/1100  **   EU  construction production

16-Apr  0900/1100  ***  DE  ZEW Current Conditions Index

16-Apr  0900/1100  ***  DE  ZEW Current Expectations Index

16-Apr  1230/0830  **   US  NY Fed Business Leaders Survey

16-Apr  1230/0830  *    CA  International Canadian Transaction in Securities

16-Apr  1230/0830  ***  CA  Monthly Survey of Manufacturing

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

16-Apr  1315/0915  ***  US  Industrial Production

16-Apr  1400/1000  **   US  NAHB Home Builder Index

16-Apr  1700/1900       EU  ECB Governing Council member Philip Lane speech at

                              UCD School of Economics in Dublin, Ireland

16-Apr  1800/1400       US  Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Rob Kaplan

                              to participate in a moderated Q&A session at the

                              Community Forum Hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank

                              of Dallas, El Paso Branch, with audience Q&A.

17-Apr  2350/0850  **   JP  Trade

17-Apr  0200/1000  ***  CN  GDP

17-Apr  0200/1000  ***  CN  Fixed-Asset Investment

17-Apr  0200/1000  ***  CN  Industrial Output

17-Apr  0200/1000  ***  CN  Retail Sales

17-Apr  0600/0800  *    EU  ACEA car registrations

17-Apr  0800/1000  ***  IT  HICP (f)

17-Apr  0800/1000  **   EU  current account

17-Apr  0830/0930  ***  UK  Consumer inflation report

17-Apr  0830/0930  ***  UK  Producer Prices

17-Apr  0830/0930  *    UK  ONS House Price Index

17-Apr  0900/1100  ***  EU  HICP (f)

17-Apr  0900/1100  *    EU  trade balance

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

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

17-Apr  1230/0830  **   US  trade balance

17-Apr  1230/0830  **   CA  International Merchandise Trade (Trade Balance)

17-Apr  1230/0830  ***  CA  CPI

17-Apr  1400/1000  **   US  wholesale trade

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

17-Apr  1430/1630       EU  ECB Executive Board member Sabine Lautenschlager

                              participates in a panel at a conference in Paris

17-Apr  1630/1230       US  St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James

                              Bullard to deliver a presentation on the U.S.

                              economy and monetary policy at the 28th Annual

                              Hyman P. Minsky Conference at the Levy Economics

                              Institute of Bard College, in Annandale-on-Hudson,

                              New York, followed by audience Q&A.

17-Apr  1630/1230       US  Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President

                              Patrick Harker to deliver a speech about economic

                              outlook at the Greater Vineland Chamber of

                              Commerce Luncheon in Vineland, NJ, with audience

                              Q&A.

17-Apr  1800/1400       US  Federal Reserve releases the Beige Book for

                              upcoming FOMC meeting in Washington.

17-Apr  2300/1900       US  New York Federal Reserve Bank Senior Vice

                              President Lorie Logan to deliver remarks to the

                              Money Marketeers of New York City, in New York,

                              New York, followed by audience Q&A .

18-Apr  0600/0800  **   DE  PPI

18-Apr  0715/0915  **   FR  Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

18-Apr  0715/0915  **   FR  Markit Services PMI (p)

18-Apr  0730/0930  **   DE  Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

18-Apr  0730/0930  **   DE  Markit Services PMI (p)

18-Apr  0800/1000  **   EU  Markit Services PMI (p)

18-Apr  0800/1000  *    IT  industrial orders

18-Apr  0800/1000  **   EU  Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

18-Apr  0800/1000  **   EU  Markit Composite PMI (p)

18-Apr  0830/0930       UK  BOE Quarterly Credit Conditions

18-Apr  0830/0930  ***  UK  Retail Sales

18-Apr  1230/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

18-Apr  1230/0830  ***  US  Retail Sales

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

18-Apr  1230/0830  **   US  Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index

18-Apr  1345/0945  ***  US  Markit Manufacturing Index (flash)

18-Apr  1345/0945  ***  US  Markit Services Index (flash)

18-Apr  1400/1000  *    US  business inventories

18-Apr  1400/1000  **   US  leading indicators

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

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

19-Apr  2330/0830  ***  JP  CPI

19-Apr  0800/1000  **   IT  ISTAT Consumer Confidence

19-Apr  0800/1000  **   IT  ISTAT Business Confidence

19-Apr  1230/0830  ***  US  housing starts

19-Apr  1400/1000  *    US  BLS State Employment

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

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

22-Apr  1400/1000  ***  US  NAR existing home sales

--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 (973) 494-2611; email: harrison.clarke@marketnews.com

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