Global News and Data Calendar

Date    GMT /Local          Event

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15-May      -           EU  Participation by Ms Lagarde and Mr Panetta in

                              virtual Eurogroup meeting.

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

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

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

15-May  0800/1000  *    IT  industrial orders

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

15-May  0900/1100  *    EU  employment

15-May  0900/1100  ***  IT  HICP (f)

15-May  0900/1100  *    EU  trade balance

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

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

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

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

                              association)

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

15-May  1330/0930       US  Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin to speak at an

                              event by United Way on COVID-19 relief fund

                              planning in Southwest Virginia. No media

                              questions.

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

15-May  1400/1000  *    US  business inventories

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

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

15-May  1430/1030       CA  BOC publishes Senior Loan Officer Survey

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

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

15-May  2000/1600  **   US  TICS

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

18-May  1030/1130       UK  BOE MPC Member Silvana Tenreyro speech, London

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

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

19-May  0600/0700  ***  UK  Labour Market Survey

19-May  0900/1100  **   EU  construction production

19-May  0900/1100  ***  DE  ZEW Current Conditions Index

19-May  0900/1100  ***  DE  ZEW Current Expectations Index

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

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

19-May  1400/1000       US  Fed Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary

                              Steven Mnuchin to testify before the Senate

                              Banking Committee in a "Quarterly CARES Act Report

                              to Congress" hearing to be livestreamed.

19-May  1800/1400       US  Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren to speak in a

                              virtual talk hosted by the New England Council.

                              Remarks to focus on the impact of the COVID-19

                              public health crisis on the New England economy,

                              and Federal Reserve actions taken in response -

                              including the upcoming Main Street Lending

                              Program, to be administered by the Boston Fed. No

                              media Q&A. Text.

20-May  2350/0850  *    JP  Machinery orders

20-May  0600/0800  **   DE  PPI

20-May  0600/0700  ***  UK  Consumer inflation report

20-May  0600/0700  ***  UK  Producer Prices

20-May  0800/1000  **   EU  current account

20-May  0830/0930  *    UK  ONS House Price Index

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

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

20-May  1230/0830  ***  CA  CPI

20-May  1230/0830  **   CA  Wholesale Trade

20-May  1400/1000  *    US  Services Revenues

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

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

20-May  1600/1200       US  St. Louis Fed President James Bullard will speak

                              at the Missouri Growth Association on "Covid-19

                              and the Economy." No text or slides. Informal

                              remarks and a moderated Q&A.

20-May  1800/1400       CA  BOC Deputy Lane Speech

21-May  2300/0900  ***  AU  IHS Markit Flash Australia PMI

21-May  2350/0850  **   JP  Trade

21-May  0030/0930  **   JP  IHS Markit Flash Japan PMI

21-May  0715/0915  **   FR  IHS Markit Services PMI (p)

21-May  0715/0915  **   FR  IHS Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

21-May  0730/0930  **   DE  IHS Markit Services PMI (p)

21-May  0730/0930  **   DE  IHS Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

21-May  0800/1000  **   EU  IHS Markit Services PMI (p)

21-May  0800/1000  **   EU  IHS Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

21-May  0800/1000  **   EU  IHS Markit Composite PMI (p)

21-May  0830/0930  ***  UK  IHS Markit Manufacturing PMI (flash)

21-May  0830/0930  ***  UK  IHS Markit Services PMI (flash)

21-May  0830/0930  ***  UK  IHS Markit Composite PMI (flash)

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

21-May  1230/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

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

21-May  1345/0945  ***  US  IHS Markit Services Index (flash)

21-May  1345/0945  ***  US  IHS Markit Manufacturing Index (flash)

21-May  1345/0945  ***  US  IHS Markit Manufacturing Index (flash)

21-May  1345/0945  ***  US  IHS Markit Services Index (flash)

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

21-May  1400/1000       US  New York Fed President John Williams to speak in a

                              webinar with the Buffalo Niagara Partnership and

                              the Greater Rochester Chamber of Commerce. Text

                              and moderated Q&A are expected.

                            https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/95526160

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

21-May  1830/1430       US  Federal Reserve Board will host a Fed Listens

                              event in a virtual format as part of the review of

                              monetary policy strategy, tools, and communication

                              practices. Chair Jerome H. Powell will provide

                              opening remarks, and Governor Lael Brainard will

                              moderate a panel that will focus on how the

                              pandemic has changed perspectives on the labor

                              market, inflation, and the transmission of

                              monetary policy to households and businesses.

                            https://federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/review-o

                              f-monetary-policy-strategy-tools-and-communication

                              s-fed-listens-events.htm

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

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

22-May  2330/0830  ***  JP  CPI

22-May  0600/0700  ***  UK  Retail Sales

22-May  0600/0700  ***  UK  Public Sector Finances

22-May  1230/0830  **   CA  Retail Trade

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

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

25-May  0600/0800  ***  DE  GDP (f)

25-May  0730/0930  **   SE  Unemployment

25-May  0800/1000  ***  DE  IFO Business Climate Index

25-May  1300/1500  **   BE  BNB Business Sentiment

25-May  1900/1500       CA  BOC Governor Poloz speech

26-May  0530/0730  *    FR  Business Climate Indicator

26-May  0530/0730  *    FR  Services Sentiment

26-May  0645/0845  **   FR  Manufacturing Sentiment

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

26-May  1230/0830  *    CA  Quarterly financial statistics for enterprises

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

26-May  1300/0900  **   US  FHFA Home Price Index

26-May  1300/0900  **   US  FHFA Quarterly Price Index

26-May  1300/0900  **   US  S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index

26-May  1400/1000  ***  US  new home sales

26-May  1400/1000  ***  US  Conference Board Consumer Confidence

26-May  1400/1000  **   US  Richmond Fed Survey

26-May  1430/1030  **   US  Dallas Fed manufacturing survey

27-May  0600/0800  *    NO  Norway Unemployment Rate

27-May  0600/1400  **   CN  MNI China Liquidity Suvey

27-May  0645/0845  **   FR  Consumer Sentiment

27-May  0730/0930  **   SE  PPI

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

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

27-May  1430/1030  **   US  Dallas Fed Services Survey

27-May  1800/1400       US  Federal Reserve releases Beige Book.

28-May  0700/0900  **   SE  Economic Tendency Indicator

28-May  0700/0900  *    ES  retail sales

28-May  0700/0900  ***  ES  HICP (p)

28-May  0730/0930  **   SE  Retail Sales

28-May  0800/1000  **   IT  ISTAT Business Confidence

28-May  0800/1000  **   IT  ISTAT Consumer Confidence

28-May  0900/1100  *    EU  Consumer Confidence, Industrial Sentiment

28-May  0900/1100  **   EU  Economic Sentiment Indicator

28-May  1200/1400  ***  DE  HICP (p)

28-May  1230/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

28-May  1230/0830  *    CA  Current account

28-May  1230/0830  *    CA  Payroll employment

28-May  1230/0830  **   US  durable goods new orders

28-May  1230/0830  ***  US  GDP (2nd)

28-May  1400/1000  **   US  NAR pending home sales

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

28-May  1500/1100  **   US  DOE weekly crude oil stocks

28-May  1500/1100  **   US  Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index

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

--MNI Washington Bureau; +1 202 371 2121; email: brooke.migdon@marketnews.com

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