Global News and Data Calendar

Date    GMT /Local          Event

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05-May  0430/1430       AU  RBA Rate Decision

05-May  0630/0830  ***  CH  CPI

05-May  0730/0930  **   SE  Private Sector Production

05-May  0730/0930  ***  SE  GDP

05-May  0830/0930  **   UK  Markit/CIPS Services PMI (Final)

05-May  0840/1040       EU  ECB's board member Yves Mersch participates in

                              panel discussion "Wie geht es den Banken und was

                              konnen sie zur Belebung der Wirtschaft tun?" at

                              event "Covid-19 und die Auswirkungen auf die

                              Banken in Deutschland - Online-Veranstaltung"

                              organised by Deutsche Bundesbank.

05-May  0900/1100  **   EU  PPI

05-May  0900/1100       EU  ECB's board member Andrea Enria gives introductory

                              remarks via videoconference at the ECON Committee

                              Public Hearing

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

05-May  1230/0830  **   US  trade balance

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

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

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

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

05-May  1400/1000       US  Chicago Fed President Charles Evans to speak with

                              media.

05-May  1800/1400       US  Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic to speak to

                              Enterprise Community Partners in webinar on "How

                              Affordable Housing and Nonprofit Service Providers

                              Can Help Low-Wage Earners during Covid-19 and

                              Beyond." Audience Q&A. No media Q&A. No text.

05-May  1800/1400       US  St. Louis Fed President James Bullard to speak to

                              NABE in a webinar on "Perspectives on the

                              Pandemic." Bullard to provide informal remarks and

                              moderated discussion. Bullard to speak with media.

                              No slides and no press release.

06-May  0130/1130       AU  Retail Trade

06-May  0600/0800  **   DE  manufacturing orders

06-May  0630/0830  **   SE  Services PMI

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

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  **   EU  Markit Services PMI (f)

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

06-May  0900/1100  **   EU  retail sales

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

06-May  1215/0815  ***  US  ADP Employment Report

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

06-May  1730/1330       US  Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic to give

                              remarks to the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate on

                              the Fed's response to Covid-19. Audience Q&A. No

                              media Q&A. No text expected.

07-May      -      ***  CN  Trade

07-May  0001/0101  **   UK  Markit/REC Jobs Report

07-May  0130/1130       AU  Trade Balance

07-May  0545/0745  **   CH  unemployment

07-May  0600/0200       TW  BOE to publish interim FSR

07-May  0600/0700  ***  UK  Bank Of England Quantitative Easing

07-May  0600/0800  **   DE  industrial production

07-May  0600/0700  ***  UK  Bank Of England Interest Rate

07-May  0645/0845  *    FR  foreign trade

07-May  0645/0845  *    FR  industrial production

07-May  0700/0900       EU  ECB's board member Luis de Guindos gives

                              presentation via videoconference of the ECB Annual

                              Report 2019 at the Committee on Economic and

                              Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament.

07-May  0730/0830  *    UK  Halifax House Price Index

07-May  0730/0930  **   EU  IHS Final Eurozone Construction PMI

07-May  0800/1000  *    IT  retail sales

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

07-May  1230/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

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

07-May  1230/0830       US  Atlanta Fed President Raphael Bostic gives remarks

                              to the South Florida Business Council on financial

                              impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Audience Q&A. No

                              media Q&A. No text.

07-May  1400/1000  **   CA  Ivey PMI

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

07-May  1600/1200       US  Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari to speak

                              on COVID-19 and the North Dakota economy, with

                              North Dakota Commerce Commissioner Michelle

                              Kommer. No text. Audience Q&A. No media

                              availability.

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07-May  1900/1500  *    US  Consumer Credit

07-May  2000/1600       US  Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker to speak

                              at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs on the

                              Fed's response to Covid-19. Text expected.

                              Audience Q&A.

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

08-May      -           UK  UK Bank Holiday

08-May      -           EU  Virtual participation by the President and Mr

                              Panetta in Eurogroup meeting.

08-May  2301/0001  **   UK  Gfk Monthly Consumer Confidence

08-May  2330/0830  **   JP  Household spending

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

08-May  0130/1130       AU  RBA May Statement on Monetary Policy

08-May  0600/0800  **   DE  trade balance

08-May  0700/0900  **   ES  industrial production

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

                              Housing Corp)

08-May  1230/0830  *    CA  Building Permits

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

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

08-May  1230/0830  *    CA  Industrial Product and Raw Material Price Index

08-May  1400/1000  **   US  wholesale trade

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

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

10-May      -      ***  CN  Money Supply

10-May      -      ***  CN  New Loans

10-May      -      ***  CN  Social Financing

11-May      -      ***  CN  Money Supply

11-May      -      ***  CN  New Loans

11-May      -      ***  CN  Social Financing

11-May  0600/0800  *    NO  CPI Norway

11-May  0800/1000  *    IT  industrial production

11-May  1500/1100  **   US  NY Fed survey of consumer expectations

11-May  1630/1230       US  Chicago Fed President Charles Evans gives remarks

                              in a Lansing Regional Chamber Virtual

                              Presentation. Audience Q&A. Remarks to media to be

                              determined.

12-May      -      ***  CN  Money Supply

12-May      -      ***  CN  New Loans

12-May      -      ***  CN  Social Financing

12-May  0130/0930  ***  CN  CPI

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

12-May  0600/0800  **   NO  Norway GDP

12-May  0630/0830  **   FR  BoF Business survey

12-May  1000/0600  **   US  NFIB Small Business Optimism Index

12-May  1230/0830  ***  US  CPI

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

12-May  1300/0900       US  St. Louis Fed President James Bullard will speak

                              at the Official Monetary and Financial

                              Institutions Forum on "The Federal Reserve's

                              outlook for testing times." Moderated Q&A. No

                              slides, no press release, and no media

                              availability.

12-May  1600/1200       US  Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker to speak

                              at the C.D. Howe Institute in Toronto.

12-May  1800/1400  **   US  Treasury Budget

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

13-May  0200/1400  ***  NZ  RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement

13-May  0600/0700  ***  UK  GDP First Estimate

13-May  0600/0700  **   UK  Trade Balance

13-May  0600/0700  ***  UK  Index of Production

13-May  0600/0700  **   UK  Output in the Construction Industry

13-May  0600/0700  **   UK  Index of Services

13-May  0730/0930  ***  SE  Inflation report

13-May  0900/1100  **   EU  industrial production

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

13-May  1230/0830  ***  US  PPI

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

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