Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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23-Apr  0900/1100  *    EU  annual government deficit and debt (1st est.)

23-Apr  1230/0830  **   US  Philadelphia Fed Nonmanufacturing Index

23-Apr  1230/0830  **   CA  Wholesale Trade

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

23-Apr  1300/0900  **   US  FHFA Home Price Index

23-Apr  1300/0900  *    US  Building permits revisions

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

23-Apr  1400/1000  **   US  Richmond Fed Survey

23-Apr  1400/1600  **   EU  consumer confidence indicator (p)

23-Apr  1730/1330       US  Federal Reserve Board to hold an open meeting to

                              discuss a proposal to  simplify and increase the

                              transparency of the Board's rules for determining

                              control of a banking organization in Washington,

                              D.C.

24-Apr      -           JP  BOJ policy meeting

24-Apr  0645/0845  **   FR  Manufacturing Sentiment

24-Apr  0645/0845  *    FR  Business Climate Indicator

24-Apr  0645/0845  *    FR  Services Sentiment

24-Apr  0700/0900  *    ES  services survey

24-Apr  0700/0900  *    ES  industrial orders

24-Apr  0800/1000  ***  DE  IFO Business Climate Index

24-Apr  0830/0930  ***  UK  Public Sector Finances

24-Apr  0900/1100  *    EU  government deficit

24-Apr  0900/1100  *    EU  government debt

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

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

24-Apr  1300/1500  **   BE  BNB Business Sentiment

24-Apr  1400/1000  ***  CA  Interest Rate Announcement Bank of Canada

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

24-Apr  1515/1115       CA  BOC Gov Stephen Poloz and Senior Deputy Gov

                              Carolyn Wilkins press conference.

25-Apr      -           JP  BOJ policy meeting

25-Apr  2301/0001  *    UK  XpertHR pay deals for whole economy

25-Apr  0600/0800  *    DE  construction orders

25-Apr  0630/1530       JP  BOJ Governor Kuroda presser

25-Apr  0700/0900  **   ES  PPI

25-Apr  0800/1000       EU  ECB Economic Bulletin

25-Apr  1000/1100  **   UK  CBI Industrial Trends

25-Apr  1230/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

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

25-Apr  1230/0830  *    CA  Payroll employment

25-Apr  1230/1430       EU  ECB Vice-President Luis de Guindos participates in

                              a roundtable event in New York

25-Apr  1400/1000  **   US  housing vacancies

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

25-Apr  1500/1100  **   US  Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index

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

26-Apr  2330/0830  **   JP  Tokyo CPI

26-Apr  2350/0850  **   JP  Industrial production

26-Apr  2350/0850  *    JP  Retail sales (p)

26-Apr  0030/1030  *    AU  Producer price index q/q

26-Apr  0645/0845  **   FR  Consumer Sentiment

26-Apr  1000/1100  **   UK  CBI Distributive Trades

26-Apr  1230/0830  ***  US  GDP (adv)

26-Apr  1400/1000  ***  US  Final Michigan Sentiment Index

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

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

29-Apr  0800/1000  **   EU  M3

29-Apr  0900/1100  *    EU  Consumer Confidence, Industrial Sentiment

29-Apr  0900/1100  *    EU  Business Climate Indicator

29-Apr  0900/1100  **   EU  Economic Sentiment Indicator

29-Apr  1230/0830  **   US  Personal Income and Consumption

29-Apr  1430/1030  **   US  Dallas Fed manufacturing survey

30-Apr  2301/0001  **   UK  Gfk Monthly Consumer Confidence

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