Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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20-Apr  0600/0800  **   DE  PPI

20-Apr  0930/1030       UK  BOE MPC member Michael Saunders speech, Glasgow

20-Apr  1130/1330       EU  ECB Gov. Council member Jens Weidmann, BBK Board

                              members Claudia M. Buch and Andreas Dombret

                              participation in spring meeting of the IWF and the

                              World Bank, in Washington D.C.

20-Apr  1230/0830  ***  CA  CPI

20-Apr  1230/0830  ***  CA  Retail Trade

20-Apr  1230/0830  *    CA  Building Permits

20-Apr  1340/0940       US  Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles

                              Evans to speak at the Graaskamp Center Spring

                              Board Conference in Chicago, with audience and

                              media Q&A.

20-Apr  1400/1000  *    US  BLS State Employment

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

20-Apr  1500/1100  **   US  St. Louis Fed Real GDP Nowcast

20-Apr  1515/1115       US  San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John

                              Williams to participate in a Fireside chat at the

                              UC Berkeley Fischer Center for Real Estate and

                              Urban Economies in Pebble Beach, California.

20-Apr  1515/1115  **   US  NY Fed GDP Nowcast

20-Apr  1515/1115       CA  BOC Senior Deputy Gov Carolyn Wilkins participates

                              in a panel discussion at the IMF on Cyber

                              Security: Managing the Breach. There will be an

                              audience Q&A period.

23-Apr  0700/0900  *    ES  services survey

23-Apr  0700/0900  *    ES  industrial orders

23-Apr  0700/0900  **   FR  Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

23-Apr  0700/0900  **   FR  Markit Services PMI (p)

23-Apr  0730/0930  **   DE  Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

23-Apr  0730/0930  **   DE  Markit Services PMI (p)

23-Apr  0800/1000  **   EU  Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

23-Apr  0800/1000  **   EU  Markit Composite PMI (p)

23-Apr  0800/1000  **   EU  Markit Services PMI (p)

23-Apr  0900/1100  *    EU  annual government deficit and debt (1st est.)

23-Apr  1230/0830  **   CA  Wholesale Trade

23-Apr  1345/0945  ***  US  Markit Services Index (flash)

23-Apr  1345/0945  ***  US  Markit Manufacturing Index (flash)

23-Apr  1400/1000  ***  US  NAR existing home sales

23-Apr  1400/1600       EU  ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure

                              participation  in a conference on 'Resolution in

                              Europe: The Unresolved Questions' organised by

                              Deutsche Bundesbank and the Institute for Law

                              and Finance, in Frankfurt.

23-Apr  1900/1500  *    US  Treasury Allotments (preliminary)

23-Apr  2130/1730       CA  BOC Gov Stephen Poloz and Senior Deputy Gov

                              Carolyn Wilkins testify before the House of

                              Commons Standing Committee on Finance.

24-Apr  2200/0800       AU  RBA Asst Gov Christopher Kent to deliver a speech

                              at HIA breakfast, also Q&A

24-Apr  2245/1045  *    NZ  Net monthly migration

24-Apr  2330/0930  **   AU  ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence

24-Apr  0130/1130  ***  AU  Consumer price index

24-Apr  0645/0845  *    FR  Services Sentiment

24-Apr  0645/0845  **   FR  Manufacturing Sentiment

24-Apr  0645/0845  *    FR  Business Climate Indicator

24-Apr  0800/1000  ***  DE  IFO Business Climate Index

24-Apr  0800/1000  ***  DE  IFO Business Climate Index Direction

24-Apr  0800/1000  **   IT  ISTAT Business Confidence

24-Apr  0800/1000  **   IT  ISTAT Consumer Confidence

24-Apr  0830/0930  ***  UK  Public Sector Finances

24-Apr  0900/1100  *    EU  government debt

24-Apr  0900/1100  *    EU  government deficit

24-Apr  1000/1100  **   UK  CBI Industrial Trends

24-Apr  1230/0830  **   US  Philadelphia Fed Nonmanufacturing Index

24-Apr  1255/0855  **   US  Redbook Retail Sales Index

24-Apr  1300/0900  **   US  FHFA Home Price Index

24-Apr  1300/0900  **   US  S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index

24-Apr  1400/1000  ***  US  new home sales

24-Apr  1400/1000  *    US  Building permits revisions

24-Apr  1400/1000  **   US  Richmond Fed Survey

24-Apr  1400/1000  ***  US  Conference Board Consumer Confidence

25-Apr  0600/0800  *    DE  construction orders

25-Apr  0645/0845  **   FR  Consumer Sentiment

25-Apr  0700/0900  **   ES  PPI

25-Apr  1100/0700  **   US  MBA weekly applications index

25-Apr  1100/1200       UK  Weekly questions to the Prime Minister

25-Apr  1430/1030  **   US  DOE weekly crude oil stocks

26-Apr      -           JP  BOJ holds two-day policy board meeting

26-Apr  0130/1130  **   AU  Trade price indexes

26-Apr  0600/0800  *    DE  GFK Consumer Climate

26-Apr  0730/0930       SE  RiksBank policy Decision

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

26-Apr  1230/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

26-Apr  1230/0830  **   US  durable goods new orders

26-Apr  1230/0830  **   US  advance trade, advance business inventories

26-Apr  1230/0830  *    CA  Payroll employment

26-Apr  1345/0945  *    US  Bloomberg Comfort Index

26-Apr  1400/1000  **   US  housing vacancies

26-Apr  1430/1030  **   US  Natural Gas Stocks

26-Apr  1500/1100  **   US  Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index

26-Apr  1520/1720       EU  ECB Supervisory Board chair Daniele Nouy at

                              Exchange of views "Addressing the obstacles to

                              further integration of EU banking markets" at

                              Eurofi Seminar 2018 "Improving financial stability

                              and integration", in Sofia.

26-Apr  2030/1630  **   US  Fed Weekly Money Supply Data

27-Apr  2245/1045  **   NZ  Monthly trade balance

27-Apr  2350/0850  **   JP  Tokyo CPI

27-Apr  2350/0850  *    JP  Retail sales (p)

27-Apr  2350/0850  **   JP  Industrial production

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