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October 2020 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: |
| Sun.
Oct 18 |
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ECB Pres Lagarde
panelist @G30 Int'l Banking Seminar @IMF/World Bk Grp Mtg
BoE Gov Bailey @G-30 Int'l Banking Seminar (14:05 bst)
OVERNIGHT into US Mon. a.m. et:
Japan Sept Trade Balance
RBA (Aussie) Meeting Minutes
China NBS Data Press Conference: Q3 GDP,
Capacity Utilization, Sept Industrial Production, Fixed Asset Investment, Retail Sales,
Unemployment Rate
Eurozone Aug Construction Output
ECB's de Guindos opens XI
Financial Forum via Expansion in Madrid
UK Rightmove House Price Index
BCB (Brazil) Focus Market Readout, Sept
Federal Tax Revenue
Nat'l Bk of Belgium Financial Forum: "Brexit
& financial services"
ECB's Mersch speaks at MNI Connect Roundtable
BoE's Cunliffe at DC FinTech Week Leaders
Panel: Central Banks, CBDCs & Cryptocurrencies
ECB's Lane & Pres Lagarde speak
at ECB Conference on Monetary Policy: bridging science & practice (14:00 cet)
ECB Pres. Lagarde speaks at
16th Congress of the Regions de France (Paris 14:40)
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| Mon.
Oct 19 |
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FOMC
Chief Powell on "Cross-Border Payments & Digital Currencies"
@IMF (8am et)
BoE's Cunliffe IMF panel on Cross-Border Payments--Global Roadmap for
Improvements
Fed's Bostic, SEC's Clayton, Fed V.Ch. Quarles speak at SIFMA virtual Annual Meeting: The Capital Markets
Conference (thru 20th)
ECB's Fernandez-Bollo speaks @v-meeting with Mazars& OMFIF
NY Fed's Willliams opens & closes NY Fed webinar on Culture:
Partnerships in Building Ethical Norms (9am et)
Fed's Harker at Operation HOPE Annual Meeting
Post-COVID Recovery: Private Sector Response & Outlook (9am et)
Atlanta Fed
Financial Stability & the Coronavirus Pandemic (10:30am)
Canada Aug Wholesale Sales
US Treasury Auctions $54B 3-, & $51B 6-month Bills (11:30am et)
Fed V.Ch. Clarida on "US Eco Outlook & Monetary Policy"
@ABA Annual (11:45am)
Fed's Kashkari kicks off Fed Reserve Bk
of Minneapolis "Empowering the public to assess large bank resiliency (11am ct)
Fed Future of Innovation in an Inclusive Chicago (noon ct)
US Treasury Sept Budget Statement
OVERNIGHT into US Tues. a.m. et:
NZIER Q3 Business Confidence, Capacity
Utilization
RBA Ass't Gov Kent speaks
China Sept House Price Index, PBoC sets Oct
Prime Loan Rate
German Sept PPI
Swiss Sept Trade Balance/Watch Exports
EU Aug Current Account
Hong Kong Sept Unemployment Rate
ECB's Lane & BoE's Cunliffe
speak at Jt BoE/Banque de France/IMF/OECD workshop
on TICs & Financial Policies (thru 21st)
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| Tuesday, Oct 20 |
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US Sept Housing
Starts/Building Permits
Redbook weekly store sales snapshot
Fed V.Ch. Quarles "Financial Stability Board Agenda" @SIFMA
v-Annual (10:50am et)
US Treasury Auctions $30B reopened 119-day, & $30B reopened 42-day Bills
Fed's Bostic hosts Inclusive & Equitable Community Development
Recovery..(1pm)
Fed's Barkin & Daly speak on Promoting Growth & Prosperity thru
Banking
Industry: Gender Diversity C-Suite
Russia Sept GDP, Unemployment Rate, Wage Growth, Retail Sales
OVERNIGHT into US Wed a.m. et:
New Zealand Electronic Card & Credit Card
Spending
So.Korea Sept PPI
UK Sept CPI/Core CPI, Public
Sector Borrowing, PPI/Core PPI, Retail Price Index
ECB Pres Lagarde & Lane
participate in ECB Listens event w/European civil society organisations
Mexico Sept Unemployment Rate
ECB's Lane panelist at
Workshop on TICs & Financial Policies (15:55 cet)
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| Wed.
Oct 21 |
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MBA weekly Mortgage
Purchase/Refinance Applications (w/e 10/16)
Fed Gov Brainard "Economic & Monetary Policy Outlook" Society for
Prof. Economists (8:50am et)gg
BoE's Ramsden on Policy Challenges "UK Monetary Policy: Issues &
Outlook" @Society of Professional Economists v-Conf.
Atlanta Fed: Financial Stability & the Coronavirus Pandemic (10:30am
et)
Boston Fed's
Rosengren on "Maine Working Communities Challenge Event" (noon et)
FedTalk:
"How has COVID-19 Impacted Minority-Owned Firms" (noon)
Canada Sept CPI/Core CPI, New Housing Price Index, Aug Retail Sales
EIA weekly Petroleum/Gasoline/Distillates/Refineries Report (10:30am et; w/e 10/16)
US Treasury Auctions $22B reopened 20-year Bonds
Fed's Beige Book
St Louis Fed Monetary Policy in Ordinary &
Extraordinary Times (3:30pm ct)
OVERNIGHT into US Thurs. a.m. et:
BoJ Bond & Stock Transactions
RBA Ass't Gov Debelle speaks, NAB Qtrly
Business Confidence
German GfK Nov Consumer Confidence
Taiwan Sept Unemployment Rate
UK CBI Q4 Business Optimism Index, Oct CBI
Industrial Order Trends, Retail Sales
BoE Gov Bailey at The
Waterline Summit 2020--Int'l Business Day (10:25 bst)
ECB's Panetta keynotes ECB
Conference: A new horizon for pan-european payments & digital euro" (9:00 cet)
ECB's Hakkarainen speaks at
v-conf. "Cyber Security & Resilience: the basis of it all in digital
innovation" organized by the European Banking Federation
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| Thurs.
Oct 22 |
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US weekly Initial Jobless
Claims/Continuing Claims (no one talking about exhausted benefits)
BoE's Haldane opens 3rd Annual "Rebuilding Macroeconomics
Understandng Social Macroeconomics"
NAR Sept Existing Home Sales
EIA weekly Natural Gas Report (10:30am et; w/e 10/16)
US Senate Judiciary Committee votes on sending Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to US
Supreme Court to the full Senate
K.C. Fed Oct Manufacturing Index
US Treasury Auctions 4-, & 8-week Bills (values not announced at post)
The Economic Impact of Weather & Climate R. Tol Prof of Economics of
Climate Change hosted by FRB San Francisco (11am et)
US Treasury Auctions $27B 5-year TIPS
Atlanta Fed
Equitable Community Development Recovery Strategies for Practioners
Evening w/the Fed:
COVID-19 Long-Term Effects of Education Disruptions (4pm ct)
Fed's Kaplan Global Perspectives w/John B Taylor (Stanford U/Hoover 5pm)
OVERNIGHT into US Fri. a.m. et:
Trump v Biden final Presidential
Debate (9pm et)
New Zealand Q3 CPI, Trade Balance
Aussie Oct Markit Flash
Manufacturing/Services/Composite PMI
UK GfK Oct Consumer Confidence
Japan Sept CPI/Core CPI, Jibun
Bank Oct Flash Mnftg/Services/Composite PMI
Singapore URA Property Index, Sept CPI
UK Sept Retail Sales
EU, French, German, Oct Markit
Mnftg/Services/Composite (Flash) PMI
UK Oct CIPS/Markit Mnftg/Services/Composite
(flash) PMI, Autumn Budget
Mexico Aug Retail Sales
India Oct Bank Deposit & Loan Growth
Russian Central Bank Press Conference/Interest
rate Decision
Brazil Sept Current Account, Foreign Direct
Investment
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| Friday, Oct 23 |
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Markit Oct (flash)
Manufacturing/Services/Composite PMI
NY Fed Exec VP Logan panelist on the Initiative on Global Markets from Brookings Inst./
Chicago Booth Business School Task Force on Monetary Policy (9:05am edt)
K.C. Fed 5th Annual Code-A-Thon (thru 25th)
Atlanta Fed Financial Stability & the Coronavirus Pandemic (10:30am
et)
Fed's George @KC Fed
"Banking & Economy: Forum for Women in Banking"
Baker-Hughes weekly US/No. Am. Total/Oil Rig Count (1pm et)
US Treasury Budget Deficit
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| Sat.,
Oct 24 |
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| Sunday, Oct 25 |
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India Dussera Holiday
2nd Bund Summit "Digital Currency, Fintech & Inclusive Fnance"
OVERNIGHT into US Mon.. a.m. et:
Singapore Sept Industrial Production
Japan All Industries Activity Index, Corporate
Services Price Index
Germany Ifo Oct Current
Business Climate/Expectations, Bubba Monthly Report
Spain Q3 Unemployment Rate, PPI
Swiss Nat'l Bank Chair Jordan speaks
ECB Annual Government Finance Statistics &
Quarterly Gov't Deficit/Debt
Mexico Aug Economic Activity
BCB (Brazil) Focus Market Readout, Sept Bank
Lending
BoE 3Q20 Asset Purchase Facility Quarterly
Report
Hong Kong Chung Yeung Day Holiday
New Zealand Labour Day Holiday
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| Monday, Oct 26 |
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Chicago Fed Sept National
Activity Index
US Sept New Home Sales
Dallas Fed Oct Manufacturing Index
US Treasury Auctions $54B 3-, & $51B 6-month Bills (11:30am et)
Russia Aug Corporate Profits
OVERNIGHT into US Tues. a.m. et:
New Zealand Sept Trade Balance
So. Korea Q3 GDP
China Sept Industrial Profits
RBA Ass't Gov Bullock speaks
Hong Kong Sept Trade Balance
Eurozone Sept Loans to Companies &
Households
So. Africa Q3 Unemployment Rate
France Sept Unemployment Benefit Claims
ECB Nat'l Balance sheet of Euro area
monetary financial institutions ex-Eurosystem
ECB Euro area Bank Lending Survey
ECB's Enria statement @EU
Parliament ECON Cmte
UK CBI Oct Distributive Trades, BRC Shop
Price Index
BoE publishes Sept 2020 Capital Issuance
Mexico Sept Trade Balance
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| Tuesday Oct 27 |
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US Sept Durable &
Capital Goods Orders/Shipments
Redbook weekly store sales snapshot
FHFA Aug House Price Index
S&P/Case Chiller Aug Home Price Index
Conference Board's Oct Consumer Confidence
Richmond Fed Oct Manufacturing & Services Index,, Orders/Shipments
US Treasury Auctions $30B reopened 119-day & $30B reopened 42-day Bills
US Treasury Auctions $54B 2-year Notes
NY Fed/NYU Furman Ctr webinar
"The COVID-19 Eviction Cliff--Who's Affected & How to Mitigate
Short-andLong-term Crises? (2pm)
API weekly Crude Supplies Tally
OVERNIGHT into US Wed. a.m. et:
Aussie Q3 CPI/RBA Trimmed Mean & Weighted
Mean CPI
Spain Sept Retail Sales
Swiss Oct ZEW Economic Sentiment Index
So. Africa Sept CPI/Core CPI, Budget Balance
Italy Sept PPI
ECB's Enria Q&A on
"Covid-19, a view from the regulator & a retail banker" at online Retail
Banking Conference 2020 of the European Savings & Retail Banking Grp
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| Wed.
Oct 28 |
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MBA weekly Mortgage
Purchase/Refinance Applications (# declined 4 wks straight)
US Sept Trade Balance
US Sept Wholesale Inventories
Bk of Canada Interest Rate Decision, Press Conference Follows
EIA weekly Petroleum/Gasoline/Distillates/Refineries Report (w/e 10/23;
10:30am)
US Treasury Auctions $26B 2-year FRNs (11:30am et)
US Treasury Auctions $55B 5-year Notes (1pm et)
Boston Fed Main Street Lending Program--Recent Updates & Q&A
webinar (2pm et)
Brazil Interest Rate Decision, Fx Flows
Fed's Kaplan Global Perspectives webcast live
w/former BoE Gov Mark Carney, now U.N. special envoy for climate action & finance
(5pm)
OVERNIGHT into US Thurs. a.m. et:
Japan Oct Foreign Stock & Bond Transactions, Sept
Retail Sales
Aussie Q3 Import/Export Prices, NAB Qtrly Business
Confidence
BoJ QE & Interest Rate Decision,
Quarterly Outlook, Oct Consumer Confidence
Singapore Q3 Unemploymengt Rate, Sept Import/Export
Prices, PPI
South Africa Sept Private Sector Credit, Sept PPI
German Sept Unemployment Rate Harmonised, Oct
Unemployment Change, CPI/HICP
UK Oct Nationwide House Prices, Sept Car
Production
BoE Sept Consumer Credit, Consumer Loans, Mortgage
Approvals
Eurozone Oct Industrial/Economic/Services/Consumer
Sentiment-Expectations
BoE publishes Sept 2020 Money & Credit
ECB Interest & Deposit Facility Rate/QE
Decision-Statement (13:45 cet)
ECB's af Jochnick opens ECIAA Online
Banking Forum (European Institute of Internal Auditors)
ECB Gov. Bailey post-Meeting virtual Press
Conference (14:30 cet)
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| Thurs. Oct
29 |
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US weekly Initial Jobless
Claims/Continuing Claims
US Q3 GDP/Business Investment/PCE/Core PCE
US Sept Pending Home Sales
Canada Sept Building Permits
EIA weekly Natural Gas Report
US Treasury Auctions 4-, & 8-week Bills (values not announced at post)
Full Senate Expected to Vote on Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to Supreme Court
US Treasury Auctions $53B 7-year Notes
Atlanta Fed
"Biometrics: Technology & Policies" webinar (3pm et)
Brazil Sept Net Payrolls, Sept Budget Balance
OVERNIGHT into US Fri. a.m. et:
So. Korea Sept Construction Output, Mnftg &
Industrial Production, Retail Sales
Japan Sept Unemployment Rate, Jobs:Applications
Ratio, Tokyo CPI, (P) Industrial Production, Nov Industrial Production Forecast, Retail
Sales
Aussie Q3 PPI, CPI, Sept Private Sector Credit,
Housing Credit
Japan Sept Construction Orders, Housing
Starts
EU, France, Austria, Czech Rep., Italy,
Portugal, Spain, Taiwan, HK Q3 GDP
German Q3 GDP, Sept Retail Sales,
Import Prices
Swiss Sept Retail Sales
Italy Sept Unemployment Rate, Q3 GDP
French Sept Consumer Spending, CPI, HICP
Eurozone Sept Oct CPI, Sept Unemployment Rate
Brazil Aug Unemployment Rate, Sept National
Budget Balance
South Africa Sept Trade Balance, Sept CPI
ECB's Mersch Q&A @UBS v-event on
European Economic & Policy Outlook
ECB's de Guindos @"Circulo de
Empresarios--Foro virtual con socios"
Mexico Q3 GDP
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| Friday, Oct 30 |
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US Sept Personal
Income/Spending/PCE/Core PCE
ECB's McCaul keynotes @Sapienza Univ. of Rome (16:50 cet)
US Q3 Employment Cost Index (ECI)
Canada Aug GDP, Budget Balance, Sept IPPI, RMPI
Chicago Oct PMI
U.M. Oct Consumer Sentiment/Current Conditions/Expectations
Baker-Hughes weekly US/No.Am. Oil/Total Rig Count (1pm et; w/e 10/23)
Atlanta Fed's 11th Employment Conference-Work
in the Time of Covid (2pm et)
Colombia Interest Rate Decision
Mexico Sept Fiscal Budget Balance
OVERNIGHT into US Sat. a.m. et:
China NBS Oct Manufacturing PMI
Caixin China Oct Manufacturing PMI
Japan Tankan Index
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| Sat.
Oct 31 |
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ECB's Panetta participates
@Italy's "Il Foglio" online Festival dell'ottimismo 2020
Halloween |
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WEEKS AHEAD: 11/02
"Ten Years After the Dodd-Frank Act: Looking Back & Looking Forward" virtual
11/03 RBA (Aussie) Meets
11/04 FOMC 2-day Meeting Starts
11/05 FOMC post-Meeting Statement (2pm et), Powell Press
Conference (2:30pm et)
BoE Meets
11/06 Atlanta Fed's 11th Employment Conference-Work
in the Time of Covid #2 (2pm et)
11/11 RBNZ Meets
*FOMC 2020 Voting Members: Chairperson
Jerome Powell, as of 02/05/18, and ALL members of the FOMC Board of
Governors are permanent voters: That includes Randall Quarles, & Lael
Brainard, Richard Clarida, Gov Bowman, (Senate confirmed
09/12/19), plus New York Fed Pres, currently John Williams
(Formerly of the San Francisco Fed) who replaced William Dudley, who retired from the bank
on June 15, 2018.:New, revolving Regional Fed Bank leaders who are voters for
2020: MN Fed's Kashkari, Dallas Fed's Kaplan, Philly Fed's Harker, Cleveland Fed's Mester.
Other Fed Presidents include: Atlanta Fed's Raphael Bostic, new in August 2017
(replaced Dennis Lockhart), former McKinsey exec Thomas Barkin, who
assumed the title of Pres of Richmond Fed on 01/01/18. San
Francisco Fed named Mary Daly Pres/CEO as of 10/1/2018, who was
a voter until Feb. 2020, completing her predecessor's term (NY Fed CEO Wiliams).
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* HICP used in Europe, means Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices |
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