Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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02-May      -           EU  ECB Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny speaks

                              at the 46th Economics Conference of the OeNB in

                              Vienna

02-May  0600/0800  **   DE  retail sales

02-May  0630/0830  **   CH  retail sales

02-May  0645/0845  *    FR  car registrations

02-May  0715/0915  **   ES  Markit Manufacturing PMI (f)

02-May  0745/0945  **   IT  Markit Manufacturing PMI (f)

02-May  0750/0950  **   FR  Markit Manufacturing PMI (f)

02-May  0755/0955  **   DE  Markit Manufacturing PMI (f)

02-May  0800/1000  **   EU  Markit Manufacturing PMI (f)

02-May  0830/0930  **   UK  Markit/CIPS Construction PMI

02-May  1100/1200  ***  UK  Bank Of England Interest Rate

02-May  1100/1200  ***  UK  Bank Of England Quantitative Easing

02-May  1130/0730  *    US  Challenger Monthly Layoff Intentions

02-May  1230/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

02-May  1230/0830  **   US  Preliminary Non-Farm Productivity

02-May  1345/0945  *    US  ISM-NY Manufacturing Index

02-May  1400/1000  **   US  factory new orders

02-May  1430/1030  **   US  Natural Gas Stocks

02-May  1730/1930       EU  ECB Executive Board member Peter Praet speaks at

                              the Oesterreichische Nationalbank in Vienna

02-May  2030/1630  **   US  Fed Weekly Money Supply Data

03-May      -           EU  ECB Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny speaks

                              at the 46th Economics Conference of the OeNB in

                              Vienna

03-May      -      *    DE  car registrations

03-May  0630/0830  ***  CH  CPI

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

03-May  0900/1100  ***  EU  HICP (p)

03-May  0900/1100  **   EU  PPI

03-May  1200/1400       EU  ECB Supervisory Board Chair Andrea Enria

                              participates in a panel in Florence

03-May  1230/0830  ***  US  Employment Report

03-May  1230/0830  **   US  advance trade, advance business inventories

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

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

03-May  1415/1015       US  Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles

                              Evans to give remarks at the NABE International

                              Symposium: "Global Economies at the Crossroads:

                              Growing Together While Growing Apart?" in

                              Stockholm, Sweden, with audience Q&A.

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

03-May  1530/1130       US  Federal Reserve Board of Governors Vice Chair

                              Richard Clarida to deliver a speech about "Models,

                              Markets, and Monetary Policy" at Strategies for

                              Monetary Policy: A Policy Conference in Stanford,

                              CA, with audience Q&A.

03-May  1745/1345       US  New York Federal Reserve Bank President John

                              Williams to participate in a panel on "Tying Down

                              the Anchor: Monetary Policy Rules and the Lower

                              Bound on Interest Rates" at the Hoover Institution

                              at Stanford University in Stanford, California.

03-May  1900/1500       US  Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Michelle

                              Bowman to give introductory remarks for the panel

                              "Friedman and the Long History of Monetary Policy

                              Rules" at Strategies for Monetary Policy: A Policy

                              Conference in Stanford, CA.

03-May  2345/1945       US  Federal Reserve Bank Presidents James Bullard,

                              Mary Daly, Robert Kaplan, and Loretta Mester to

                              participate in a panel on "Strategies For Monetary

                              Policy" at Stanford University in Stanford,

                              California, followed by audience Q&A.

06-May  0145/0945  **   CN  Caixin Service PMI

06-May  0700/0900  *    ES  unemployment

06-May  0715/0915  **   ES  Markit Services PMI (f)

06-May  0730/0930       EU  ECB Executive Board member Sabine Lautenschlager

                              speaks at an ECB conference in Frankfurt

06-May  0745/0945  **   IT  Markit Services PMI (f)

06-May  0750/0950  **   FR  Markit Services PMI (f)

06-May  0755/0955  **   DE  Markit Services PMI (f)

06-May  0800/1000  *    DE  VDMA machine orders

06-May  0800/1000  **   EU  Markit Services PMI (f)

06-May  0900/1100  **   EU  retail sales

06-May  1000/0600       US  Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles

                              Evans to attend a seminar at the Bank of Italy in

                              Rome, followed by audience Q&A.

06-May  1330/0930       US  Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President

                              Patrick Harker to deliver a speech on economic

                              outlook at the 37th Annual Monetary and Trade

                              Conference at Drexel University in Philadelphia,

                              PA, with audience Q&A.

06-May  1400/1000  *    US  employment trends index

06-May  1500/1700       EU  ECB Executive Board member Peter Praet speaks in

                              Frankfurt

06-May  1745/1345       CA  BOC Gov Stephe Poloz speech to the Canadian Credit

                              Union Association and Winnipeg Chamber of

                              Commerce, Winnipeg, MB

06-May  1900/1500  *    US  Treasury STRIPS

07-May      -      ***  CN  FX Reserves

07-May  0130/1130       AU  Retail Trade

07-May  0430/1430  ***  AU  RBA monthly cash rate decision

07-May  0600/0800  **   DE  manufacturing orders

07-May  0645/0845  *    FR  foreign trade

07-May  0645/0845  *    FR  current account

07-May  0800/0900       UK  BOE Dep Gov Jon Cunliffe speech, London

07-May  1015/1215       SE  Riksbank Gov. Stefan Ingves giving speech on

                              Long-term trends - important pieces of the

                              monetary policy analysis at Stockholm School of

                              Economics

07-May  1100/0700       US  Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Rob Kaplan

                              to participate in a moderated Q&A session at the

                              Tsinghua University School of Economics and

                              Management in  Beijing, China, with audience Q&A.

07-May  1255/0855  **   US  Redbook Retail Sales Index

07-May  1400/1000  **   US  JOLTS jobs opening level

07-May  1400/1000  **   US  JOLTS quits Rate

07-May  1400/1000  **   US  IBD/TIPP Optimism Index

07-May  1400/1000  **   CA  Ivey PMI

07-May  1630/1730       UK  BOE Chief Economist Andy Haldane speech, Sheffield

07-May  1900/1500  *    US  Consumer Credit

08-May      -      ***  CN  Trade

08-May  2301/0001  *    UK  BRC-KPMG Shop Sales Monitor

08-May  0545/0745  **   CH  unemployment

08-May  0600/0800  **   DE  industrial production

08-May  0815/0915       UK  BOE Dep Gov Dave Ramsden speech, London

08-May  1100/0700  **   US  MBA weekly applications index

08-May  1100/1200       UK  Weekly questions to the Prime Minister

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

                              Housing Corp)

08-May  1400/1000  *    US  help-wanted online index

08-May  1430/1030  **   US  DOE weekly crude oil stocks

08-May  1500/1100  **   US  Kansas City Fed LMCI

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