Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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15-May  0200/1000  ***  CN  Fixed-Asset Investment

15-May  0200/1000  ***  CN  Industrial Output

15-May  0200/1000  ***  CN  Retail Sales

15-May  0600/0800  ***  DE  GDP (p)

15-May  0645/0845  ***  FR  HICP (f)

15-May  0800/1000  *    IT  industrial orders

15-May  0800/1000       EU  ECB Governing Council member Philip Lane gives

                              lecture on 20 years of the euro in Tallinn,

                              Estonia

15-May  0900/1100  *    EU  employment

15-May  0900/1100  ***  EU  GDP (p)

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

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

15-May  1230/0830  ***  US  Retail Sales

15-May  1230/0830  **   US  Empire State Manufacturing Survey

15-May  1230/0830  ***  CA  CPI

15-May  1300/0900  *    CA  Home Sales - CREA (Canadian real estate

                              association)

15-May  1315/0915  ***  US  Industrial Production

15-May  1330/0930       US  US Federal Reserve Bank Vice Chair Randal Quarles

                              to give a testimony before the Senate Banking

                              Committee in Washington, DC.

15-May  1400/1000  *    US  business inventories

15-May  1400/1000  **   US  NAHB Home Builder Index

15-May  1400/1000  **   US  Atlanta Fed inflation index

15-May  1415/1615       EU  ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure speaks in

                              Paris

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

15-May  1600/1800       EU  ECB Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny speaks

                              at Banking Summit in Vienna

15-May  1630/1830       EU  ECB Executive Board member Peter Praet speaks in

                              Brussels

15-May  1700/1300       US  Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Tom Barkin

                              to give remarks on "Sentiment and the Real

                              Economy" at the New York Association for Business

                              Economics in New York, New York, followed by

                              audience Q&A.

15-May  2000/1600  **   US  TICS

16-May      -           EU  ECB President Mario Draghi participates in

                              Eurogroup meeting in Brussels

16-May  2350/0850  *    JP  CGPI

16-May  0530/0730  *    FR  unemployment

16-May  0730/0930       EU  ECB Executive Board member Peter Praet

                              participates in a conference in Brussels

16-May  0800/1000  ***  IT  HICP (f)

16-May  0900/1100  *    EU  trade balance

16-May  1130/1330       EU  ECB Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny gives a

                              lecture in Berlin

16-May  1230/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

16-May  1230/0830  ***  US  housing starts

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

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

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

16-May  1230/0830  **   US  Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index

16-May  1230/1430       EU  ECB Vice-President Luis de Guindos gives speech in

                              Brussels

16-May  1430/1030       CA  BOC releases its Financial System Review.

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

16-May  1515/1115       CA  BOC Gov Stephen Poloz and Senior Deputy Gov

                              Carolyn Wilkins press conference following the

                              release of the Financial System Review.

16-May  1605/1205       US  Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel

                              Kashkari to speak at the Santa Barbara County

                              Economic on interest rates, monetary policy, and

                              the economy.

16-May  1800/2000       EU  ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure gives

                              speech in Geneva

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

17-May      -      *    FR  BOF retail trade

17-May      -           EU  ECB Vice-President Luis de Guindos participates in

                              ECOFIN meeting in Brussels

17-May  0600/0800  *    EU  ACEA car registrations

17-May  0900/1100  **   EU  construction production

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

17-May  1400/1000  ***  US  University of Michigan Sentiment Index (p)

17-May  1400/1000  *    US  E-Commerce retail sales

17-May  1400/1000  *    US  Advance Quarterly Services Survey

17-May  1400/1000  *    US  BLS State Employment

17-May  1400/1000  **   US  leading indicators

17-May  1400/1000       US  US Federal Reserve Bank Vice Chair Richard Clarida

                              to tour the LEAP Academy and meet with LEAP

                              Academy students in Camden, New Jersey, as part of

                              the Fed Listens: Education, Employment, and

                              Monetary Policy in the Third District event.

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

17-May  1515/1115       US  New York Federal Reserve Bank President John

                              Williams to attend a meeting with the Community

                              League of the Heights in New York, New York.

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

17-May  1615/1215       US  New York Federal Reserve Bank President John

                              Williams to tour the Advanced Science Research

                              Center at the City College of New York.

17-May  1740/1340       US  US Federal Reserve Bank Vice Chair Richard Clarida

                              to give a speech on "The Federal Reserve's Review

                              of Its Monetary Policy Strategy, Tools, and

                              Communication Practices" at the Fed Listens:

                              Education, Employment, and Monetary Policy in the

                              Third District event in Philadelphia,

                              Pennsylvania.

17-May  1800/1400       US  New York Federal Reserve Bank President John

                              Williams to attend a meeting with Asian Americans

                              for Equity on preserving affordable housing in New

                              York.

18-May  1705/1305       US  Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Rob Kaplan

                              to participate in a moderated Q&A session at the

                              Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing

                              56th Annual Spring Conference, followed by

                              audience Q&A.

19-May      -           US  Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank to host the 2019

                              Financial Markets Conference.

20-May      -           US  Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank to host the 2019

                              Financial Markets Conference.

20-May  2350/0850  ***  JP  GDP (p)

20-May  0600/0800  **   DE  PPI

20-May  0800/1000  **   EU  current account

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

                              Patrick Harker to deliver a speech on the US

                              economic outlook at the Management Science 65th

                              Anniversary Conference in Boston, Massachusetts,

                              followed by audience Q&A.

20-May  1700/1300       US  New York Federal Reserve Bank to host "Fed

                              Listens" roundtable discussion on monetary policy

                              strategy, tools, and communication practices with

                              Board of Governors Vice Chair Richard Clarida and

                              New York Federal Reserve Bank President John

                              Williams, in New York, NY.

21-May      -           US  Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank to host the 2019

                              Financial Markets Conference.

21-May  0815/1015       EU  ECB Supervisory Board member Pentti Hakkarainen

                              speaks in Frankfurt

21-May  0900/1100       EU  ECB Vice-President Luis de Guindos speaks in

                              London

21-May  1000/1100  **   UK  CBI Industrial Trends

21-May  1230/0830  **   US  Philadelphia Fed Nonmanufacturing Index

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

21-May  1400/1000  ***  US  NAR existing home sales

21-May  1400/1600  **   EU  consumer confidence indicator (p)

21-May  1445/1045       US  Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles

                              Evans to speak at the Financial Markets Conference

                              at Fernandina Beach, Florida, followed by audience

                              Q&A.

21-May  1600/1200       US  Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Eric

                              Rosengren to speak at the Economic Club of New

                              York.

22-May  2350/0850  *    JP  Machinery orders

22-May  2350/0850  **   JP  Trade

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