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May 2015 Economic Statistics
and Other Economic Influences

TUESDAYS:
                Weekly Chain Store Sales*
                 Average Hourly Earnings*
                 API Weekly Gas/Oil Stockpiles Report*  **
(4:30p.m.)
    WEDNESDAYS:
                
Mortgage Applications  Data
                 EIA Weekly Report on Gas & Oil Stockpiles* (10a.m.)
    THURSDAYS:
                 Weekly Unemployment Report*
                  Weekly Mutual Fund Flows*
                   Natural Gas Storage Levels* (a.m.)

 *Except Holidays    ** As of 1/09         All Dates Subject to Change:
Sunday,      May 03 St. Louis Federal Reserve Spring Midwest Macro Meeting (Columbia MO)
      OVERNIGHT into US Mon. a.m. et:
           Australia TD Securities April Inflation & Job Ads, Mar. Building/House Approvals
           South Korea Mar Current Account & HSBC Apr Manufacturing PMI

           Singapore Q1 Unemployment Rate
           China HSBC April Manufacturing PMI
Monday,   May 04 US March Factory Orders
Fed's Evans speaks on the economy & monetary policy (Columbus IN 12:30pm et)
FSOC Members  Fed Gov. Tarullo. Fed's Rosengren, OCC Chief Curry, FDIC chief Gruenberg, speak at EGRPRA Outreach Meeting (Fed Reserve of Boston)
US Treasury Auctions $24B 3- & $24B 6-month Bills
Republican Dr. Ben Carson expected to toss his hat into the Presidential ring
Taiwan Administrator Meets with Chinese Pres. Xi Jinping (Beijing)
Saudi Arabian Capital Market Authority Publishes Rules Governing Foreign Direct Investment into its Stock market in preparation for opening that channel in June
Markit Eurozone, Italy, France & Germany April PMI
Eurozone May Sentix Investor Confidence

S.F. Fed's Willians speaks on creating jobs @Pacific Community Ventures Luncheon  (San Francisco 3:10pm)
South Africa April Vehicle Sales
Brazil HSBC April Manufacturing PMI & Trade Balance
UK & Japan Holidays
Singapore April Manufacturing PMI

    OVERNIGHT into US Tues. a.m. et:
         New Zealand April House Prices
         Australia March Trade Balance (Imports/Exports) + New Home Sales
         Reserve Bank of Australia Rate Decision (05/05 local time)
Tuesday,  May 05 Chico Fed's Evans speaks on economy & monetary poicy (Columbus IN)
MN Fed's Kocherlakota speaks at a town hall (Marhall MN 8pm)
US PMI Services Index
ISM US Services Index
US March International Trade Deficit
US Markit Composite PMI
Sen. Elizabeth Warren opens the Conference on Finance & Society Welcome Dinner
UK Markit/CIPS April Construction PMI
Eurozone March PPI
EU Commission Releases Economic Forecasts
Canada March Int'l Merchandise Trade
Eurozone March Retail Sales & PPI
Brazil IPC/Fipe April Inflation Index
Hong Kong March Retail Sales
South Korea & Japan Holidays
South Africa Q1 Unemployment Rate
   OVERNIGHT into US Wed. a.m. et:
          New Zealand Q1 Unemployment Rate/Avg Hourly Earnings/Labor Cost
          Australia Mar New Home Sales & Retail Sales
          UK BRC April Shop Price Index
          UK Halifax plc April House Prices  
          French March Gov't Budget Balance
          Hong Kong April Manufacturing PMI
          China HSBC April Services/Composite PMI

Wed ,       May 06 FOMC Chief Yellen (9:15am) converses w/ IMF's Christine Lagarde,  speeches from KC Fed's Esther George, at the Institute for New Economic Thinking Conference on Finance & Society (Washington DC thru 6th)
ADP April Private Employment Report
MBA weekly Mortgage/Refinance Applications
US Q1 Productivity & Unit Labor Costs
Atlanta Fed's Lockhart speaks on eco outlook & monetary policy (Baton Rouge, LA)
US Treasury Accounces Auction Plans incl. 3-, & 10- yr Notes & 30-yr Bonds
EIA weekly Petroleum Stats (thru 05/01)
Canada Ivey April PMI
Markit Eurozone, France, Italy, Germany April Services & Composite PMI
UK April Official Reserves & Markit CIPS Services/Composite PMI
Brazil March Industrial Production  + HSBC April Servies & Composite PMI & FX
Japan Holiday
    OVERNIGHT into US Thurs. a.m. et:
          Australia April Employment Change/Rate +AIG Performance of Construction Index
          Japanese April Monetary Base, Markit Services PMI, Markit/Jmma Composite PMI

          German March Factory Orders
          French Mar Trade Balance & Industrial Production

          Hong Kong April Foreign Reserves
          Singapore April Foreign Reserves
Thursday, May 07 Weekly US Jobless Claims
US April Monthly Chain Store Sales + Some Release Qtrly Sales
US March Consumer Credit (2pm et)

Challenger April Job Cut Report
EIA weekly Natural Gas Report  (thru 05/01)
Fed Balance Sheet
Money Supply
U.K. Elections
Russia Central Bank  Reserves
German March Factory Orders & Markit Construction PMI
Australia April Foreign Reserves
UK April New Car Registrations
Markit April France, Italy & Germany Retail PMI
Canada March Building Permits
Brazil April Auto Production & Sales
    OVERNIGHT into US Friday a.m. et:
          BoJ April 7--8 Meeting Minutes
& Prelim Apri Machine Tool Orders
          Swiss April Unemployment Report
          China April Trade Balance (Imports/Exports)

         
Friday,     May 08 US April Unemployment Report & Revisions to Mar & Feb, Avg Hrly Earnings
US March Wholesale Trade
Baker Hughes US Rig Count (1pm thru 05/08)
Swiss April Unemployment Rate
German March Industrial Production, Trade Balance & Current Account
Italian March Industrial Production
UK Trade Balance
Brazil April CPI
Swiss UBS Q1 Real Estate Bubble Index, Q1 CPI
UK March Visible Trade Balance
Canada April Unemployment Report/Rate/Change
& Housing Starts
Saturday,  May 09 Chinese April CPI & PPI
Germany's Bundesbank VP Buch speaks on "Monetary Policy on close inspection"

Sunday,      May 10 Mother's Day Celebrated in US
    OVERNIGHT into US Mon. a.m. et:
        Australia CBAHIA Q4 House Affordability & NAB April Business Conditions
         UK Halifax plc April House Prices
         Chinese April Aggregate Financing
         New Zealand Gov't March Operating Balance, April Housing Price Index & Card Spending
         Chinese April New Yuan Loans & Money Supply

Monday       May 11 April Labor Market Conditions (Fed. Report)
US Treasury Auctions $24B 3- & $24B 6-month Bills

BoE Interest Rate Decision, May Asset Purchase Target  ( 11am gmt)
      OVERNIGHT into US Tues. a.m. et:
           UK BRC April Like for Like Sales
            Japan April Official Reserve Assets
            Australia March Credit Card Purchases/Balances +Home Loans

Russian Holiday-Victory Day
Tuesday,     May 12 NFIB Small Business Optimism Index
March JOLTS (Job Quits & Turn Over)
US Treasury Auctions $24B 3-year Notes
S.F. Fed's Williams speaks on economic outlook (NY Ass'n for Business Economics 12:45pm et)
Former Fed Chief Alan Greenspan speaks at Int'l FInance Corp 17th P.E. Conference
US April Treasury Budget Statement
Australia Releases 2015/16 Federal Budget
Reserve Bk of New Zealand (RNBZ) Publishes Fiscal Stability Report
Sweden's Riksbank publishes April Policy Meeting Minutes
UK March Industrial + Manufacturing Production, & NIESR April GDP Estimate
India April CPI & Mar. Industrial Production & Manufacturers Output
South Africa March Manufacutring Production
    OVERNIGHT into US Wed. a.m. et:
          Japan March Trade Balance & Current Account +April Bank Lending, & Bankruptcies
          Australia Q1 Wage Cost Index
          BoJ Sato speaks at FIA Japan Financial Market Meeting
          South Korea April Unemployment Rate
Wed.,         May 13 MBA weekly Mortgage/Refinance Applications
April US Retail Sales
April Import/Export Prices
US March Business Inventories/Inventories:Sales
EIA weekly Petroleum Stats
US Treasury Auctions $24B 10-year Notes
BoE Releases Qtrly Inflation Report & Updates Growth, Inflation & Employment Forecasts BoE Gov. Mark Carney Press Conference
Iceland Central Bank Interest Rate Decision
ECB Minutes of its 04/15 Monetary Policy Meeting
French 15Q1 Preliminary GDP & April HICP +Non-Farm Payrolls
Spanish April CPI/HICP
Italian 15Q1 GDP & CPI/HICP
Chinese April Retail Sales & Industrial Production +Fixed Assets
German 15Q1 Preliminary GDP & April CPI/HICP /WPI
Italian Q1 Prelimiary GDP
UK April Jobless Claims & ILO March Unemployment Rate/Change +Avg Weekly Earnings
Eurozone Adv. Q1 GDP & March Industrial Production
Canada Teranet/National Bank April HPI
    OVERNIGHT into US Thurs. a.m. et
          New Zealand April Retail Sales & Performance of Manufacturing Index +Offshore Hldgs
          Japan M3 Money Supply & early May Purchases of Foreign Bonds & Stocks + Vice Versa
          India April WPI & WPI Manufacturing Inflation
          Chinese April Foreign Direct Investment
Thursday,  May 14 US April PPI & Final Demand
Weekly US Initial Jobless Claims
EIA weekly Natural Gas Report
US Treasury Auctions $16B in 30-year Bonds
US Treasury Announces Planned Auctions incl. 10-yr TIPS
US Fed's Balance Sheet
US Money Supply
European Bank for Reconstruction & Development Annual Meeting & Business Forum
Greek PM Tsipras, FinMin Varoufakis, Deputy FinMin Mardas, Economic Minister Stathakis, & Chief Exec. of European Financial Stability Facility & Deputy Dir. of  the European Dept @IMF Thomsen, hold an Economist Roundtable (Athens)
Japan April Machine Tool Orders & Tokyo Avg. Office Vacancies
South Africa March Mining Production & Gold Production
Brazil March Retail Sales
Canada March  New Housing Price Index
    OVERNIGHT into US Fri. a.m. et:
          Japanese March Loans, April Corporate Goods Price Index +Consumer Confidence
          Singapore March Retail Sales
          Swiss April PPI
|         Hong Kong Q1 GDP
          BoJ Gov. Kuroda speaks (Tokyo)
Friday,       May 15 US Monthly May Options Expire
Empire State May Manufacturing Survey
April US Industrial Production/Capacity Utilization
U.M. Preliminary May Consumer Sentiment
15Q1 eCommerce Sales
March US TICS
Baker Hughes US Rig Count (1pm et thru 05/15)
BoJ Gov. Kuroda speaks at the Yomiuri Int'l Economict Society
Eurozone April Trade Balance
India FX Reserves
Swiss April Producer & Import Prices
UK March Construction Output
Canada March Int'l Securities Transactions, & April Existing Home Sales
Saturday,  May 16

       WEEKS AHEAD:
05/20    FOMC Minutes of the 04/28--29 Meeing
                                      05/21    BoJ Meets
                                      05/27     Bk of Canada Meets

*FOMC 2015 Voting Members:  www.federalreserve.gov//newsevents/press/monetary/20150128a.htm
FOMC Chief Yellen, NY Fed's Dudley, Lael Brainard, Chicago Fed's Charles Evans, Fed. Gov. Stanley Fischer, Richmond Fed's Jeffrey Lacker, Atlanta's Dennis Lockhart, Fed. Gov. Jerome Powell, Fed Gov. Danniel Tarullo, San Francisco Fed's John Williams. (Non-voter Charles Plosser left Fed 03/01. His replacement arrives this summer.) Dallas Fed's Fisher left 3/31
                     

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