Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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

06-May  0630/0830  **   SE  Services 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  0130/1130       AU  Trade Balance

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  0730/0930  ***  SE  Industrial Production

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  1535/1135       US  Federal Reserve Board of Governors Vice Chairman

                              Randal Quarles to participate in the Leader's

                              Forum Discussion with Professor Andrew Metrick at

                              Yale University in New Haven, CT, with moderated

                              Q&A.

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  1230/0830       US  Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lael

                              Brainard to give opening remarks at "Fed Listens:

                              A Community Listening Session" at the Federal

                              Reserve Bank of Richmond in Richmond, VA.

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

09-May  0130/0930  ***  CN  CPI

09-May  0130/0930  ***  CN  Producer Price Index

09-May  0700/0900  **   ES  industrial production

09-May  0700/0900       EU  ECB Supervisory Board member Pentti Hakkarainen

                              participates in a panel discussion in Basel

09-May  0700/0900       EU  ECB Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny speaks

                              at Macroprudential Policy Conference in Vienna

09-May  0800/1000       NO  Norges Bank policy decision

09-May  0815/1015       NO  Norges Bank Gov. Oystein Olsen giving an

                              introductory statement before the Standing

                              Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs of the

                              Storting

09-May  1230/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

09-May  1230/0830  **   US  trade balance

09-May  1230/0830  ***  US  PPI

09-May  1230/0830  **   CA  International Merchandise Trade (Trade Balance)

09-May  1230/0830  *    CA  New Housing Price Index

09-May  1230/0830       US  Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell to

                              give brief opening remarks at the Federal Reserve

                              System Community Development Research Conference

                              in Washington, DC.

09-May  1400/1000  **   US  wholesale trade

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

09-May  1445/1045       US  Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael

                              Bostic to deliver a speech about economic outlook

                              and monetary policy at the Louisiana Bankers

                              Association's 119th Annual Convention and

                              Exposition in New Orleans, LA, with audience Q&A.

09-May  1715/1315       US  Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles

                              Evans to give remarks at the Community Development

                              Research Conference: "Renewing the Promise of the

                              Middle Class" in Washington DC.

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

10-May      -      ***  CN  Money Supply

10-May      -      ***  CN  New Loans

10-May      -      ***  CN  Social Financing

10-May  2330/0830  **   JP  Household spending

10-May  2330/0830  **   JP  average wages (p)

10-May  0600/0800  **   DE  trade balance

10-May  0645/0845  **   FR  non-farm payrolls

10-May  0645/0845  *    FR  industrial production

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

                              participates in a panel discussion in Paris

10-May  0800/1000  *    IT  industrial production

10-May  0830/0930  **   UK  Output in the Construction Industry

10-May  0830/0930  **   UK  Index of Services

10-May  0830/0930  ***  UK  GDP First Estimate

10-May  0830/0930  **   UK  Trade Balance

10-May  0830/0930  ***  UK  Index of Production

10-May  0900/1100  *    IT  retail sales

10-May  1230/0830  ***  US  CPI

10-May  1230/0830  *    CA  Building Permits

10-May  1230/0830  ***  CA  Labour Force Survey

10-May  1230/0830       US  Federal Reserve Board Governor Lael Brainard to

                              give opening remarks at the Federal Reserve System

                              Community Development Research Conference in

                              Washington DC, with audience Q&A.

10-May  1308/0908       US  Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael

                              Bostic to participate in a discussion about

                              economic outlook and monetary policy at the East

                              Mississippi Business Development Corporation's

                              Bank President's Roundtable in Meridian, MS, with

                              audience Q&A.

10-May  1400/1000       US  New York Federal Reserve Bank President John

                              Williams to deliver keynote remarks at the 21st

                              Annual Bronx Bankers Breakfast in New York, New

                              York.

10-May  1430/1630       EU  ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure

                              participates in a panel discussion in Paris

10-May  1500/1100  **   US  St. Louis Fed Real GDP Nowcast

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

10-May  1800/1400  **   US  Treasury Budget

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