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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 10 |
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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
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| Monday
May 11 |
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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
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| Tuesday,
May 12 |
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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
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| Wed.,
May 13 |
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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
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| Thursday, May 14 |
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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)
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| Friday,
May 15 |
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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 Economic 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
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Saturday, May 16
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| Sunday,
May 17 |
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RBA Deputy Gov. Philip Lowe
speaks (Corporate Finance Forum)
OVERNIGHT into US Mon. a.m. et:
China April Foreign Direct
Investment
UK Rightmove May
House Prices
Singapore non-oil April
Exports
Japan March Machine Orders
& March Industrial Production/Utilization
BoJ Maeda
speaks on a panel @Corporate Finance Forum
Australia April New Motor
Vehicle Sales & RBA Ass't Gov Lowe Speaks
China April Property/House
Prices
Chicago Fed's Evans
speaks on eco conditions & monetary policy@Swedbank Global Outlook Seminar where its Gov.
Ingves + ECB's Mersch also speak (6am gmt)
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| Monday, May 18 |
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NAHB May Housing Market
Index
US Treasury Auctions $24B 3- & $24B 6-month Bills
Canada Victoria Day Holiday
Swiss March Retail Sales
Italian March Trade Balance
French 3-. 6-. & 12-month BTF Auctions
South Korea April PPI
OVERNIGHT into US Tues. a.m. et:
New Zealand Q1 PPI/Inputs/Outputs
&NZ Reserve Bk 2-yr Inflation Expected
Japan Tokyo & Nationwide Dept
Store Sales
RBA Minutes of May
policy meeting
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| Tuesday, May 19 |
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US April Housing
Starts/Building Permits
Redbook weekly US Retail Sales Snapshot
Swiss Nat'l Bk Dir Danthine speaks on "Swiss Monetary Policy Facts
& Fictions"
Bk of Canada Gov. Poloz speaks w/Q&A (Prince Edward Island)
ECB Nowotny & Austrian FinMin Schelling speak (Weiner Boerse Prize)
RBA Dpty Gov Lowe speaks (The Future of Int'l Governance & G20 Conf.
Sydney)
EU 25 April New Car Registrations CPI
UK April CPI & Retail Price Index + PPI + RPI
Hong Kong April Unemployment Rate
Eurozone March Trade Balance
German ZEW May Economic Surveys
South Africa Q1 Unemployment Rate
OVERNIGHT into US Wed. a.m. et:
Fed's Evans & Bk of
Italy Gov Vicsco speak at Conf on Economic Growth, Monetary Policy &
Structural Reform: Challenges ahead for US & Europe (Munich DE thru 20th)
Japan Q1 GDP &
Business Spending
Australia April Skilled Vacancies
South Africa April CPI
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| Wed ,
May 20 |
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FOMC Releases Minutes
of the 04/28--29 Meeing (2pm et)
Federal Reserve Bank of NY Conference: "Mortgage Contract Design:
Implications for Households, Monetary Policy & Financial Stability" (thru 21st)
MBA Mortgage/Refinance Applications
EIA weekly Petroleum Stats
Fed's Evans speaks on eco conditions & monetary policy (NABE Int'l
Symposium)
BoE Releases Minutes of its May policy meeting
German April PPI
Japan April Machine Tool Orders
RBA Ass't Gov Edey speaks @20th Annual Cards & Payments Conf
(Melbourne)
ECB Governing Council Meets (No monetary policy announcement expected)
Sweden's Riksbank holds executive board meeting
Eurozone March Construction Output
Canada March Wholesale Sales
OVERNIGHT into US Thurs. a.m. et.
New Zealand April Job
Ads & Net Migration + Credit Card Spending
Australia May Consumer
Inflation Expected & RBA FX Transactions
Swiss HSBC May
Manufacturing PMI
Japan Markit/JMMA May
Prelim Manufacturing PMI
China HSBC May Prelim
Manufacturing PMI
German May
Manufacturing & Services PMI
Italian April Wage
Inflation
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| Thursday, May 21 |
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Weekly US Jobless Claims
NAR April Existing Home Sales (expect a big number)
Chicago Fed Nat'l Activity Index
Philly Fed May Business Outlook Survey
Fed Gov. Fischer on "Past, Present & Future Challenges for the
Euro Area @ECB Forum on Central Banking (Sintra, Portugal 1:30pm et) thru
23rd
Federal Reserve Bk of NY Conf on Mortgage Contract Design: Implications
for Households, Monetary Policy, & Financial Stability
US Treasury Auctions Reopened $13B 10-yr TIPS
EIA weekly Natural Gas Stats
K.C. Fed Manufacturing Index
ECB Chief Draghi & Bd member Praet, IMF's Blanchard, BoE's
Carney, Central Bk Gov Honohan of Ireland, OECD's Mann, BoJ's Kuroda
& Mexico C.B. Gov. Carstens speak at ECB Forum on Central Banking (Sintra,
Portugal thru 23rd)
S.F. Fed's Williams & former Fed Plosser on policy panel panel on
Impact of Reform in Practice @Hoover Institution Central Bank Governance & Oversight
Reform (Stanford U)
BoE's Deputy Gov Cunliffe speaks (London)
US Treasury Announces Upcoming Auction Plans incl 5- & 7-year Notes, 10-yr TIPS
Markit Eurozone, French,German Composite Prelim PMI (Manufacturing+Service)
Eurozone March Current Account
UK April Retail Sales & May CBI Industrial Trends (Orders & Selling)
Hong Kong April CPI
Brazil April Unemployment Rate
South Africa Central Bank Interst Rate & Prime Rate Decisions (current 5.75%)
Fed Balance Sheet
US Money Supply
OVERNIGHT into US Fri. a.m. et
Japan Reuters May Tankan Index
& May Manufacturing PMI
BoJ May 22 Annual
Rise in Monetary Base at end of 2-day meeting
BoJ Meets, Issues Policy
Statement & Gov. Kuroda Press Conference
German Q1 Final GDP &
Gov't Spending & Private Consumption & Construction
French May Markit Manufacturing,
Services & Composite PMI
German May Manufacturing &
Services +Composite PMI
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| Friday,
May 22 |
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US April CPI
FOMC Chief Yellen speaks on economic outlook (Providence RI 1pm et)
Baker Hughes US Rig Count (thru 5/22 @1pm et)
US PMI flash Manufacturing Index
BoE Dputy Gov. Shafik speaks @Ass'n of Corporate Treasurers Conf.
(Manchester UK)
Italian March New Industrial Ordeers & Sales + March Retail Sales
German Q1 Domestic Demand, Exports/Imports & IFO May Business Climate Assessment
Eurozone May Manufacturing/Services & Composite PMI
UK April Central Gov't Finances, & Public Finances
Canada April CPI + March Retail Sales
Russia April Unemployment Rate
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| Saturday, May 23 |
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| Monday,
May 25 |
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US Memorial Day Holiday
US Markets Closed
Cleveland Fed's Mester speaks before Financial Intermediation Society
Academic Conference (Reykjavik Iceland)
(more overseas events will be posted next week)
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WEEKS AHEAD: 05/27 Bk of
Canada Meets
06/02 RBA Meets
06/03 Fed's Beige Book
ECB Meets
06/04 BoE Meets
06/11 RBNZ Meets
06/16--17 FOMC Meets, Members update forecast, Yellen
holds Press Conference
06/18 SNB Meets
06/19 BoJ 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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