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May 2016

Time
Event
Previous
Forecast
Actual
Sun 1 May
9:00 PMI Manufacturing
50.2
50.3
50.1
9:00 PMI Services
53.8
 
53.5
Mon 2 May
*** Holiday (MAY Day)
 
 
 
*** Labour Day
 
 
 
7:15 Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley, Speech
 
 
 
7:30 AiG Performance of Mfg Index
58.1
 
53.4
9:30 NAB Business Conditions
+12
 
+9
9:30 NAB Business Confidence
+6
 
+5
13:00 Vehicle Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-3.2%
 
+7.2%
15:15 Retail Sales (Real)[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.2%
 
-1.3%
15:30 PMI Manufacturing
53.2
52.9
54.7
16:00 PMI Manufacturing
51.5
51.5
51.7
18:00 Minister of Economy and Finances of Italy Pier Carlo Padoan, Speech
 
 
 
20:50 Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Dennis P. Lockhart Greeting
 
 
 
21:45 PMI Manufacturing
50.8
50.8
50.8
22:00 ISM Manufacturing
51.8
51.4
50.8
22:00 ISM Prices Paid
51.5
52.0
59.0
22:00 Construction Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.5%
+0.5%
+0.3%
22:00 ECB President Mario Draght, Speech
 
 
 
Tue 3 May
*** Constitution Memorial Day
 
 
 
0:30 Swiss National President Thomas Jordan Speech
 
 
 
1:00 ECB Executive Board Member Lautenschlaeger Speech
 
 
 
5:30 San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams Speech
 
 
 
9:30 Building Approvals[month-on-month(MoM)]
+3.1%
-2.0%
+3.7%
9:30 Building Approvals[year-on-year(YoY)]
-9.0%
-14.0%
-6.5%
9:45 Caixin Media Manufacturing PMI
49.7
49.8
49.4
12:30 RBA Interest Rate Decision
2.00%
2.00%
1.75%
13:45 SECO Consumer Confidence
-14
-11
-15
16:30 PMI Manufacturing
51.0
51.2
49.2
17:00 Producer Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.7%
0.0%
+0.3%
17:00 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-4.2%
-4.3%
-4.2%
22:00 IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism
46.3
46.5
48.7
22:30 Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta J. Mester Speech
 
 
 
23:30 Donald Tusk, President of the European Council,Abe Prime Minister of Japan, Speech
 
 
 
Wed 4 May
*** Greenery Day
 
 
 
0:30 Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz Speech
 
 
 
2:00 San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams Speech
 
 
 
6:45 Employed labor force[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.9%
+0.6%
+1.2%
6:45 Employed labor force[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.3%
+1.3%
+2.0%
6:45 Unemployment Rate
5.3%
5.5%
5.7%
6:45 Participation Rate[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
68.4%
68.6%
69.0%
6:45 Private Wages Exc Overtime[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.4%
+0.3%
+0.4%
6:45 Private Wages Inc Overtime[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.4%
+0.3%
+0.4%
6:45 Average Hourly Earnings[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.2%
+0.5%
+0.3%
7:00 Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Dennis P. Lockhart Greeting
 
 
 
7:01 BRC Shop Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.7%
-1.7%
-1.7%
7:30 AiG Performance of Service Index
49.5
 
49.7
8:00 QV House Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+11.4%
 
+12.0%
9:00 ANZ Commodity Price[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.3%
 
-0.8%
16:00 PMI Services
53.2
53.2
53.1
16:00 PMI Composite
53.0
53.0
53.0
16:30 PMI Construction
54.2
54.0
52.0
17:00 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
-0.1%
-0.5%
17:00 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.4%
+2.6%
+2.1%
18:15 BUBA President Weidmann, Speech
 
 
 
19:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
-4.1%
 
-3.4%
20:15 ADP Employment Change
+200K
+195K
+156K
20:30 Trade Balance
$ -47.1B
$ -41.2B
$ -40.4B
20:30 Nonfarm Productivity[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
-2.2%
-1.3%
-1.0%
20:30 Unit Labor Costs[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+3.3%
+3.3%
+4.1%
20:30 International Merchandise Trade
C$ -1.91B
C$ -1.40B
C$ -3.41B
21:45 PMI Services
52.1
52.1
52.8
21:45 PMI Composite
51.7
 
52.4
22:00 ISM Non-Manf. Composite
54.5
54.8
55.7
22:00 Factory Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.7%
+0.6%
+1.1%
22:00 Durable Goods Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
+0.8%
+0.8%
22:00 Durables Goods Orders Ex Transportation[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
-0.1%
-0.2%
Thu 5 May
*** Children''s Day
 
 
 
*** Ascension Day
 
 
 
6:30 Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari, Speech
 
 
 
9:00 HIA New Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-5.3%
 
+8.9%
9:30 Trade Balance
A$ -3.410B
A$ -2.900B
A$ -2.163B
9:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
+0.3%
+0.4%
9:30 Retail Sales Ex Inflation[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.6%
+0.7%
+0.5%
9:45 Caixin Media non-Manufacturing PMI
52.2
 
51.8
10:30 Purchasing Managers Index
45.5
 
45.3
16:00 ECB Bulletin
 
 
 
16:30 PMI Services
53.7
53.5
52.3
16:30 Retail Sales - Value[year-on-year(YoY)]
-20.6%
-8.8%
-9.8%
19:30 Challenger Job Cuts[year-on-year(YoY)]
+31.7%
 
+5.8%
20:30 Initial Jobless Claims
257K
260K
274K
20:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
2.130M
2.128M
2.121M
20:30 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
+15.5%
-4.8%
-7.0%
23:30 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard, Speech
 
 
 
Fri 6 May
7:15 Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Dennis P. Lockhart Speech
 
 
 
7:15 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard, Speech
 
 
 
7:15 San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams Speech
 
 
 
7:15 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Robert Steven Kaplan, Speech
 
 
 
7:30 AiG Perf of Construction Index
45.2
 
50.8
7:50 Monetary Base[year-on-year(YoY)]
+28.5%
 
+26.8%
8:52 Climate Leading Index
99.00
 
99.10
9:30 RBA Quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy
 
 
 
20:30 Nonfarm Payrolls
+215K
+200K
+160K
20:30 Unemployment Rate
5.0%
4.9%
5.0%
20:30 Manufacturing Payrolls
-29K
-5K
+4K
20:30 Average Hourly Earnings[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.3%
+0.3%
20:30 Average Hourly Earnings[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.3%
+2.4%
+2.5%
20:30 Net Change in Employment
+40.6K
+1.0K
-2.1K
20:30 Unemployment Rate
7.1%
7.2%
7.1%
20:30 Participation Rate
65.9%
 
65.8%
22:00 Ivey Purchasing Managers Index
50.1
52.3
53.1
23:00 Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Lawrence Schembri Speech
 
 
 
Sat 7 May
3:00 Net Consumer Credit
$ +17.217B
$ +16.000B
$ +29.674B
Sun 8 May
10:08 Trade Balance
+1946.0¥ *B
+2549.5¥ *B
+2980.0¥ *B
10:30 Trade Balance
$ +29.86B
$ +40.00B
$ +45.56B
Mon 9 May
7:50 Bank of Japan Releases Minutes from March 14-15 Monetary Policy Meeting
 
 
 
8:00 Labor Cash Earnings[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.9%
+0.6%
+1.4%
9:30 ANZ Job Advertisements[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
 
-0.8%
13:00 Consumer Confidence
41.7
40.7
40.8
15:15 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.1%
+0.3%
15:15 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.9%
-0.7%
-0.4%
15:15 CPI - EU Harmonised[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
 
+0.2%
15:15 CPI - EU Harmonised[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.0%
 
-0.5%
15:30 Halifax House Price[month-on-month(MoM)]
+2.6%
-0.3%
-0.8%
15:30 Halifax House Price[year-on-year(YoY)]
+10.1%
+9.6%
+9.2%
16:30 Sentix Investor Confidence
+5.7
+6.0
+6.2
17:10 Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans Speech
 
 
 
17:10 ECB Vice-President Vitor Constancio, Speech
 
 
 
20:15 Housing Starts
204K
193K
191K
22:00 Labor Market Conditions Index
-2.1
-1.0
-0.9
Tue 10 May
1:00 Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari, Speech
 
 
 
7:01 BRC Sales Like-For-Like[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.7%
+0.5%
-0.9%
9:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.3%
+2.3%
+2.3%
9:30 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-4.3%
-3.7%
-3.4%
13:45 Unemployment Rate
3.6%
3.5%
3.5%
13:45 Unemployment Rate s.a.
3.5%
3.5%
3.5%
16:30 Trade Balance
£ -11.964B
£ -11.450B
£ -11.204B
18:00 NFIB Small Business Optimism
92.6
93.0
93.6
22:00 Wholesale Inventories[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.5%
+0.1%
+0.1%
22:00 Wholesale Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
+0.5%
+0.7%
22:00 JOLTs Job Openings
5445K
5400K
5757K
Wed 11 May
7:27 REINZ House Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+8.2%
 
+18.4%
8:30 Westpac Consumer Confidence Index
95.1
 
103.2
9:00 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Graeme Wheeler Attending in Parliament
 
 
 
9:30 Home Loans[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.5%
-1.5%
-0.9%
9:30 Investment Lending[month-on-month(MoM)]
+4.1%
 
+1.5%
13:00 Leading Index CI
96.8
96.3
98.4
13:00 Coincident Index CI
110.7
111.2
111.2
16:30 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.3%
+0.5%
+0.3%
16:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.5%
-0.4%
-0.2%
16:30 Manufacturing Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.1%
+0.3%
+0.1%
16:30 Manufacturing Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.8%
-1.9%
-1.9%
19:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
-3.4%
 
+0.4%
20:45 Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins,Speech
 
 
 
22:00 NIESR GDP Estimate
+0.3%
 
+0.3%
Thu 12 May
0:30 Austria National Bank Governor Ewald Nowotny Speech
 
 
 
2:00 Budget Statement
$ -108.0B
$ +107.0B
$ +106.5B
6:30 Business NZ PMI
54.7
 
56.5
6:45 Food Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.5%
 
+0.3%
7:00 Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor Malcolm Edey Speech
 
 
 
7:01 RICS House Prices
+42%
+35%
+41%
7:50 Balance of Payments - Current A/C
¥ +2434.9B
¥ +2965.6B
¥ +2980.4B
7:50 Trade Balance - BOP Basis
¥ +425.2B
¥ +906.7B
¥ +927.2B
7:50 Bank of Japan Releases Minutes from April 27-28 Monetary Policy Meeting
 
 
 
9:00 Consumer Inflation Expectation
+3.6%
 
+3.2%
12:30 Bankruptcies[year-on-year(YoY)]
-13.15%
 
-7.08%
13:00 Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Hiroshi Nakaso, Greetings
 
 
 
13:00 Economy Watchers Survey: Current
45.4
44.0
43.5
13:00 Economy Watchers Survey: Outlook
46.7
46.2
45.5
17:00 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.8%
0.0%
-0.8%
17:00 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.8%
+0.9%
+0.2%
19:00 BOE Announces Rates
0.50%
0.50%
0.50%
19:00 BOE Minutes
 
 
 
19:00 BOE Quarterly Inflation Report
 
 
 
20:30 Import price index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.6%
+0.3%
20:30 Import price index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-6.2%
-5.4%
-5.7%
20:30 Initial Jobless Claims
274K
270K
294K
20:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
2.121M
2.120M
2.161M
20:30 House Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
 
+1.2%
20:30 House Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.0%
 
+8.1%
20:30 New Housing Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.1%
+0.2%
20:30 New Housing Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.8%
+1.9%
+2.0%
22:00 Mortgage Delinquencies
4.77%
 
4.77%
23:00 Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta J. Mester Speech
 
 
 
23:45 Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President, Eric Rosengren Speech
 
 
 
Fri 13 May
1:30 Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Esther George, Speech
 
 
 
6:45 Retail Sales Ex Inflation[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.2%
+1.0%
+0.8%
7:50 Japan Money Stock M2[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.2%
+3.2%
+3.3%
7:50 Japan Money Stock M3[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.6%
+2.6%
+2.7%
11:00 Non Resident Bond Holdings
67.4%
 
66.5%
11:30 Bank of Japan Governor, Haruhiko Kuroda Speech
 
 
 
12:30 Indices of Tertiary Industry Activity[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
-0.1%
-0.7%
14:00 EU 27 New Car Registrations[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.0%
 
+9.1%
16:01 New Bank Lending
13700¥ *B
8000¥ *B
5556¥ *B
16:01 Money Supply M2[year-on-year(YoY)]
+13.4%
+13.5%
+12.8%
16:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.2%
+0.1%
-0.4%
16:30 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.9%
+1.5%
+0.8%
17:00 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.6%
+0.6%
+0.5%
17:00 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.6%
+1.6%
+1.5%
20:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.3%
+0.8%
+1.3%
20:30 Retail Sales Ex-Auto[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.5%
+0.8%
20:30 Producer Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
+0.3%
+0.2%
20:30 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.1%
+0.2%
0.0%
20:30 PPI Output Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
+0.1%
+0.1%
20:30 PPI Output Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.0%
+0.9%
+0.9%
22:00 Business Inventories[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
+0.2%
+0.4%
22:00 U. of Michigan Confidence
89.0
89.5
95.8
Sat 14 May
*** Buddha's Birthday
 
 
 
6:25 San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams Speech
 
 
 
13:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.8%
+6.5%
+6.0%
13:30 Industrial Production (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.8%
+6.1%
+5.8%
13:30 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+10.5%
+10.6%
+10.1%
13:30 Retail Sales (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+10.3%
+10.4%
+10.3%
13:30 Investment in Fixed Assets (Excluding Rural Households) (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+10.7%
+11.0%
+10.5%
Sun 15 May
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 16 May
*** [Holiday]Whit Monday
 
 
 
7:01 Rightmove House Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.3%
 
+0.4%
7:01 Rightmove House Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.3%
 
+7.8%
7:50 Domestic CGPI[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
+0.2%
-0.3%
7:50 Domestic CGPI[year-on-year(YoY)]
-3.8%
-3.7%
-4.2%
14:00 Machine Tool Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
-21.2%
 
-26.4%
20:30 Empire Manufacturing
+9.56
+6.50
-9.02
21:00 Existing Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.5%
 
+3.1%
22:00 NAHB Housing Market Index
58
59
58
Tue 17 May
4:00 Net Long-term TIC Flows
$ +72.0B
 
$ +78.1B
4:00 Net TIC Flows
$ +33.5B
 
$ -98.3B
7:00 Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari, Speech
 
 
 
9:30 RBA Minutes
 
 
 
9:30 New Motor Vehicle Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+2.2%
 
-2.5%
9:30 New Motor Vehicle Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.2%
 
+2.4%
11:00 RBNZ 2yr Inflation Expectation
+1.63%
 
+1.64%
12:30 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
+3.6%
 
+3.8%
12:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.1%
 
+0.2%
12:30 Capacity Utilization Ratio[year-on-year(YoY)]
-5.4%
 
+3.2%
15:15 Producer & Import Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
+0.1%
+0.3%
15:15 Producer & Import Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
-4.7%
-2.7%
-2.4%
15:45 ECB Executive Board Member Peter Praet, Speech
 
 
 
16:00 Bank of Portugal Governor Costa, ECB Supervisory Council President Nouy, Chairman of Single Resolution Board König, Speech
 
 
 
16:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.3%
+0.1%
16:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.5%
+0.5%
+0.3%
16:30 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.5%
+1.4%
+1.2%
16:30 Retail Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.3%
+0.1%
16:30 Retail Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.6%
+1.5%
+1.3%
16:30 RPI (MoM)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.6%
+1.6%
+1.4%
16:30 PPI Input[month-on-month(MoM)]
+2.0%
+1.1%
+0.9%
16:30 PPI Input[year-on-year(YoY)]
-6.5%
-6.7%
-6.5%
16:30 PPI Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.2%
+0.4%
16:30 PPI Output[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.9%
-0.8%
-0.7%
16:30 PPI Output Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.1%
+0.2%
16:30 PPI Output Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.2%
+0.3%
+0.5%
16:30 ONS House Price[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.6%
 
+9.0%
16:30 Unemployment Rate
3.4%
3.4%
3.4%
17:00 Trade Balance
€ +19.0B
 
€ +28.6B
17:00 Trade Balance sa
€ +20.2B
€ +22.0B
€ +22.3B
20:30 Housing Starts
1.089M
1.125M
1.172M
20:30 Housing Starts[month-on-month(MoM)]
-8.8%
+3.3%
+6.6%
20:30 Building Permits
1.086M
1.135M
1.116M
20:30 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
-7.7%
+5.5%
+3.6%
20:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.3%
+0.4%
20:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.9%
+1.1%
+1.1%
20:30 CPI Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.2%
+0.2%
20:30 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.2%
+2.1%
+2.1%
20:30 Manufacturing Shipments[month-on-month(MoM)]
-3.3%
-1.9%
-0.9%
21:15 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.6%
+0.3%
+0.7%
21:15 Capacity Utilization Ratio
74.8%
75.0%
75.4%
Wed 18 May
0:00 San Francisco FRB President John Williams, Atlanta FRB President Dennis P. Lockhart, discuss the economy
 
 
 
1:15 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Robert Steven Kaplan, Speech
 
 
 
6:45 Producer Prices- Outputs[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-0.8%
 
-0.2%
6:45 Producer Prices- Inputs[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-1.2%
 
-1.0%
7:50 Real Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-0.3%
+0.1%
+0.4%
7:50 Real Gross Domestic Product[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
-1.1%
+0.3%
+1.7%
7:50 Nominal GDP[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-0.2%
+0.5%
+0.5%
7:50 GDP Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.5%
+1.0%
+0.9%
8:30 Westpac Leading Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.12%
 
+0.24%
9:00 Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor Guy Debelle Speech
 
 
 
9:30 Wage Cost Index[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.5%
+0.5%
+0.4%
9:30 Wage Cost Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.2%
+2.2%
+2.1%
12:00 Tokyo Condominium Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-39.6%
 
-13.5%
16:00 Villeroy De Galhau, Governor of France Central Bank, Speech
 
 
 
16:30 Jobless Claims Change
+6.7K
+5.0K
-2.4K
16:30 Unemployment Rate
2.1%
2.1%
2.1%
16:30 ILO Unemployment Rate (3mths)
5.1%
5.1%
5.1%
17:00 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
17:00 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.2%
-0.2%
-0.2%
17:00 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.7%
+0.7%
+0.7%
19:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
+0.4%
 
-1.6%
20:30 International Securities Transactions
C$ +15.94B
 
C$ +17.17B
22:30 Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley, Speech
 
 
 
Thu 19 May
2:00 FOMC Released Meeting Minutes of 26th-27th Apr
 
 
 
7:50 Machinery Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
-9.2%
-2.0%
+5.5%
7:50 Machinery Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.7%
+0.8%
+3.2%
9:00 ANZ Consumer Confidence Index
120.0
 
116.2
9:30 Employed labor force
+26.1K
+12.0K
+10.8K
9:30 Unemployment Rate
5.7%
5.8%
5.7%
9:30 Participation Rate
64.9%
64.9%
64.8%
14:00 Machine Tool Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
-26.4%
 
-26.3%
16:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.3%
+0.6%
+1.3%
16:30 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.7%
+2.5%
+4.3%
16:30 Retail Sales Ex Auto Fuel[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.6%
+0.6%
+1.5%
16:30 Retail Sales Ex Auto Fuel[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.8%
+2.0%
+4.2%
17:00 Construction Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.1%
 
-0.9%
17:00 Construction Output[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.5%
 
-0.5%
19:30 ECB Releases Minutes from 21 Apr Meeting
 
 
 
20:30 Chicago Fed Nat Activity Index
-0.44
-0.20
+0.10
20:30 Philadelphia Fed.
-1.6
+3.0
-1.8
20:30 Initial Jobless Claims
294K
275K
278K
20:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
2.161M
2.158M
2.152M
20:30 Wholesale Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-2.2%
-0.5%
-1.0%
22:00 Leading Indicators[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.4%
+0.6%
Fri 20 May
11:00 Credit Card Spending[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.8%
 
+9.1%
13:00 Nationwide Department Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-2.9%
 
-3.8%
13:00 Tokyo Dept. Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.1%
 
-1.5%
15:00 Convenience Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.1%
 
+0.9%
16:00 Euro-Zone Current Account nsa
€ +11.1B
 
€ +32.3B
16:00 Euro-Zone Trade Balance sa
€ +19.0B
 
€ +27.3B
18:00 CBI Trends Total Orders
-11
-13
-8
20:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
-0.6%
-1.0%
20:30 Retail Sales Ex-Auto[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
-0.4%
-0.3%
20:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.6%
+0.3%
+0.3%
20:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.3%
+1.7%
+1.7%
20:30 CPI Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.7%
+0.1%
+0.2%
20:30 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.1%
+2.0%
+2.2%
22:00 Existing Home Sales
5.33M
5.40M
5.45M
22:00 Existing Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+5.1%
+1.3%
+1.7%
Sat 21 May
 
 
 
 
 
Sun 22 May
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 23 May
*** Victoria Day
 
 
 
7:50 Merchnds Trade Balance Total
¥ +755.0B
¥ +540.0B
¥ +823.5B
9:30 Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Hiroshi Nakaso Speech
 
 
 
12:30 All Industry Activity Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.2%
+0.5%
+0.1%
13:00 Supermarket Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.3%
 
-0.7%
13:00 Leading Index CI
98.4
 
99.3
13:00 Coincident Index CI
111.2
 
111.1
15:00 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.8%
 
+2.3%
16:00 PMI Manufacturing
51.7
51.9
51.5
16:00 PMI Services
53.1
53.2
53.1
16:00 PMI Composite
53.0
53.2
52.9
16:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.0%
+3.0%
+2.7%
18:15 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard, Speech
 
 
 
20:00 Williams・San Franciso of US Federal Reserve chairman speech
 
 
 
21:45 PMI Manufacturing
50.8
51.0
50.5
22:00 Consumer Confidence
-9.3
-9.0
-7.0
Tue 24 May
6:30 Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick T. Harker Speech
 
 
 
11:05 Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens, Speech
 
 
 
14:00 Trade Balance
+21.6*B francs
 
+25.0*B francs
15:00 ECB Executive Board Member Peter Praet, Speech
 
 
 
15:00 Katainen・The vice President of the European Commission(In charge of currency・economicissue) speech
 
 
 
16:30 Public Finances (PSNCR)
£ +16.6B
 
£ -2.4B
16:30 PSNB ex Interventions
£ +4.8B
£ +6.4B
£ +7.2B
17:00 ZEW Survey (Econ. Sentiment)
21.5
 
16.8
17:10 Bank of Finland Governor Erkki Liikanen attending in Parliament
 
 
 
18:00 CBI Reported Sales
-13
+8
+7
22:00 Richmond Fed Manufact. Index
+14
+8
-1
22:00 New Home Sales
511K
523K
619K
22:00 New Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.5%
+2.3%
+16.6%
Wed 25 May
6:45 Trade Balance
NZ$ +0.117B
NZ$ +0.025B
NZ$ +0.292B
9:00 DEWR Internet Skilled Vacancies[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.2%
 
+0.6%
14:00 UBS Consumption Indicator
1.51
 
1.47
17:00 ZEW Survey (Expectations)
+11.5
 
+17.5
18:30 ECB Vice-President Vitor Constancio, Speech
 
 
 
19:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
-1.6%
 
+2.3%
21:00 Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick T. Harker Speech
 
 
 
21:00 House Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.5%
+0.7%
21:00 House Price Index[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.4%
 
+1.3%
21:45 PMI Services
52.8
53.0
51.2
21:45 PMI Composite
52.4
 
50.8
22:00 Bank of Canada Rate Decision
0.50%
0.50%
0.50%
23:40 Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari, Speech
 
 
 
Thu 26 May
2:00 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Robert Steven Kaplan, Speech
 
 
 
7:50 Corp Service Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.2%
+0.2%
+0.2%
9:30 Private Capital Expenditure[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.8%
-3.5%
-5.2%
15:15 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
-4.5%
 
+1.0%
16:30 BBA Loans for House Purchase
45096
44700
40104
16:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.4%
+0.4%
+0.4%
16:30 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.1%
+2.1%
+2.0%
16:30 Index of Services (3mth/3mth)
+0.7%
+0.6%
+0.6%
16:30 Total Business Investment[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-2.0%
 
-0.5%
16:30 Total Business Investment[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.0%
 
-0.4%
16:30 Trade Balance
HK$ -47.0B
HK$ -42.0B
HK$ -31.0B
17:15 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard, Speech
 
 
 
20:30 Durable Goods Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
+0.5%
+3.4%
20:30 Durables Goods Orders Ex Transportation[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
+0.3%
+0.4%
20:30 Initial Jobless Claims
278K
275K
268K
20:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
2.152M
2.140M
2.163M
21:00 Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor Guy Debelle Speech
 
 
 
22:00 Pending Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.4%
+0.7%
+5.1%
22:00 Pending Home Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.9%
+0.2%
+2.9%
23:00 Kansas City Fed Manf. Activity
-4
-3
-5
Fri 27 May
0:00 Federal Reserve Bank Board Member Jerome Powell, Speech
 
 
 
6:30 Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor Guy Debelle Speech
 
 
 
7:05 GfK Consumer Confidence Survey
-3
-4
-1
7:30 National Consumer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.1%
-0.4%
-0.3%
7:30 Natl CPI Ex-Fresh Food[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.3%
-0.4%
-0.3%
7:30 Natl CPI Ex Food, Energy[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.7%
+0.7%
+0.7%
7:30 Tokyo CPI[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.4%
-0.5%
-0.5%
7:30 Tokyo CPI Ex-Fresh Food[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.3%
-0.4%
-0.5%
7:30 Tokyo CPI Ex Food, Energy[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.6%
+0.6%
+0.5%
9:30 Industry profits[year-on-year(YoY)]
+11.1%
 
+4.2%
20:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+0.5%
+0.9%
+0.8%
20:30 Personal Consumption[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.9%
+2.1%
+1.9%
20:30 GDP Price Index[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.7%
+0.7%
+0.6%
20:30 PCE Core[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+2.1%
+2.1%
+2.1%
22:00 U. of Michigan Confidence
95.8
95.4
94.7
22:30 Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Janet Yellen Speech
 
 
 
Sat 28 May
 
 
 
 
 
Sun 29 May
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 30 May
*** Memorial Day
 
 
 
*** Spring Bank Holiday
 
 
 
7:50 Retail Sales Value[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.1%
-1.2%
-0.8%
7:50 Department Store and Supermarket Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.2%
-1.2%
-0.7%
8:35 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard, Speech
 
 
 
9:00 HIA New Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+8.9%
 
-4.7%
9:30 Company Operating Profit[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-2.8%
+0.4%
-4.7%
15:00 KOF Leading Indicator
102.7
102.7
102.9
16:00 Germany Minister of Finance Wolfgang Schäuble, Speech
 
 
 
17:00 Economic Confidence
103.9
104.4
104.7
17:00 Business Climate Indicator
+0.13
+0.17
+0.26
17:00 Industrial Confidence
-3.7
-3.5
-3.6
17:00 Services Confidence
+11.5
+11.3
+11.3
17:00 Consumer Confidence
-7.0
-7.0
-7.0
20:30 Current Account Balance
C$ -15.38B
C$ -16.80B
C$ -16.77B
20:30 Industrial Product Price[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.6%
+0.4%
-0.5%
20:30 Raw Materials Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+4.5%
+1.1%
+0.7%
Tue 31 May
6:45 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
-9.8%
 
+6.6%
7:30 Unemployment Rate
3.2%
3.2%
3.2%
7:30 Job-To-Applicant Ratio
1.30
1.30
1.34
7:30 Household Spending[year-on-year(YoY)]
-5.3%
-1.3%
-0.4%
7:50 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
+3.8%
-1.5%
+0.3%
7:50 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.2%
-5.0%
-3.5%
9:00 ANZ Business Conditions
+6.2
 
+11.3
9:30 Current Account Balance
A$ -21.1B
A$ -19.5B
A$ -20.8B
9:30 Building Approvals[month-on-month(MoM)]
+3.7%
-3.0%
+3.0%
9:30 Building Approvals[year-on-year(YoY)]
-6.5%
-6.7%
+0.7%
9:30 Private Sector Credit[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.5%
+0.5%
9:30 Private Sector Credit[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.4%
+6.5%
+6.7%
11:00 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.8%
 
+7.8%
12:00 Vehicle Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.2%
 
-9.7%
13:00 SME Business Sentiment Index
47.8
47.5
45.6
13:00 Annualized Housing Starts
993K
950K
995K
13:00 Housing Starts[year-on-year(YoY)]
+8.4%
+4.1%
+9.0%
13:00 Construction Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
+19.8%
 
-16.9%
16:00 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.0%
+5.0%
+4.6%
16:30 Retail Sales - Value[year-on-year(YoY)]
-9.8%
-10.0%
-7.5%
16:37 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.6%
 
+2.7%
17:00 Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel Speech
 
 
 
17:00 Unemployment Rate
10.2%
10.2%
10.2%
17:00 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.2%
-0.1%
-0.1%
17:00 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.7%
+0.8%
+0.8%
20:30 Personal Income[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.4%
+0.4%
20:30 Personal Spending[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.7%
+1.0%
20:30 PCE Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.8%
+1.1%
+1.1%
20:30 PCE Core Deflator[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.2%
+0.2%
20:30 PCE Core Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.6%
+1.6%
+1.6%
20:30 Gross Domestic Product[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
-0.1%
-0.2%
20:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+0.8%
+2.8%
+2.4%
21:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind
182.79
184.07
184.50
21:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.66%
+0.77%
+0.85%
21:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.38%
+5.16%
+5.43%
21:45 Chicago Purchasing Manager
50.4
50.5
49.3
22:00 Consumer Confidence
94.2
96.1
92.6
22:30 Dallas Fed Manf. Activity
-13.9%
-8.0%
-20.8%