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May 2017

Time
Event
Previous
Forecast
Actual
Mon 1 May
*** Holiday (MAY Day)
 
 
 
*** Labour Day
 
 
 
7:30 AiG Performance of Mfg Index
57.5
 
59.2
13:00 Vehicle Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+13.8%
 
+5.4%
15:15 Retail Sales (Real)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.6%
 
+2.1%
20:30 Personal Income[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.3%
+0.2%
20:30 Personal Spending[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.2%
0.0%
20:30 PCE Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.1%
+1.9%
+1.8%
20:30 PCE Core Deflator[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
-0.1%
-0.1%
20:30 PCE Core Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.8%
+1.6%
+1.6%
21:45 PMI Manufacturing
52.8
52.8
52.8
22:00 ISM Manufacturing
57.2
56.5
54.8
22:00 ISM Prices Paid
70.5
67.5
68.5
22:00 Construction Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
+0.5%
-0.2%
Tue 2 May
7:50 Monetary Base[year-on-year(YoY)]
+20.3%
 
+19.8%
7:50 Bank of Japan Releases Minutes from March 15-16 Monetary Policy Meeting
 
 
 
8:20 Bank of Japan Governor, Haruhiko Kuroda Speech
 
 
 
9:45 Caixin Media Manufacturing PMI
51.2
51.3
50.3
12:30 RBA Interest Rate Decision
1.50%
1.50%
1.50%
15:30 PMI Manufacturing
58.6
58.2
57.4
16:00 PMI Manufacturing
56.8
56.8
56.7
16:30 PMI Manufacturing
54.2
54.0
57.3
17:00 Unemployment Rate
9.5%
9.4%
9.5%
Wed 3 May
*** Constitution Memorial Day
 
 
 
*** Buddha's Birthday
 
 
 
1:00 QV House Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+12.9%
 
+11.1%
6:45 Employed labor force[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.8%
+0.8%
+1.2%
6:45 Employed labor force[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.8%
+5.3%
+5.7%
6:45 Unemployment Rate
5.2%
5.1%
4.9%
6:45 Participation Rate
70.5%
70.5%
70.6%
6:45 Private Wages Exc Overtime[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.4%
+0.4%
+0.4%
6:45 Private Wages Inc Overtime[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.4%
+0.5%
+0.4%
6:45 Average Hourly Earnings[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-0.3%
+0.7%
+0.3%
7:01 BRC Shop Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.8%
-0.5%
-0.5%
7:30 AiG Performance of Service Index
51.7
 
53.0
16:30 PMI Construction
52.2
52.0
53.1
17:00 Producer Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
-0.1%
-0.3%
17:00 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.5%
+4.2%
+3.9%
17:00 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.4%
+0.5%
+0.5%
17:00 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.7%
+1.7%
+1.7%
19:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
+2.7%
 
-0.1%
20:15 ADP Employment Change
+263K
+175K
+177K
21:45 PMI Services
52.5
52.5
53.1
21:45 PMI Composite
52.7
 
53.2
22:00 ISM Non-Manf. Composite
55.2
55.8
57.5
Thu 4 May
*** Greenery Day
 
 
 
2:00 FOMC Rate Decision(Upper Bound)
1.00%
1.00%
1.00%
2:00 FOMC Rate Decision(Lower Bound)
0.75%
0.75%
0.75%
9:00 HIA New Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
 
-1.1%
9:00 ANZ Commodity Price[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
 
-0.2%
9:30 Trade Balance
A$ +3.574B
A$ +3.250B
A$ +3.107B
9:45 Caixin Media non-Manufacturing PMI
52.2
 
51.5
11:10 Reserve Bank of Australia Deputy Governor Philip Lowe Speech
 
 
 
13:45 SECO Consumer Confidence
-3
+3
-8
16:00 PMI Services
56.2
56.2
56.4
16:00 PMI Composite
56.7
56.7
56.8
16:30 PMI Services
55.0
54.5
55.8
16:30 Net Consumer Credit
£ +1.4B
£ +1.2B
£ +1.6B
16:30 Net Lending Sec. on Dwellings
£ +3.5B
£ +3.3B
£ +3.1B
16:30 Mortgage Approvals
68.3K
67.2K
66.8K
16:30 M4 Money Supply[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.3%
 
+0.3%
16:30 M4 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.7%
 
+6.6%
17:00 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.7%
+0.1%
+0.3%
17:00 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.8%
+2.1%
+2.3%
19:30 Challenger Job Cuts[year-on-year(YoY)]
-2.0%
 
-42.9%
20:30 Nonfarm Productivity[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+1.3%
-0.1%
-0.6%
20:30 Unit Labor Costs[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+1.7%
+2.7%
+3.0%
20:30 Trade Balance
$ -43.6B
$ -44.5B
$ -43.7B
20:30 Initial Jobless Claims
257K
248K
238K
20:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
1.988M
1.990M
1.964M
20:30 International Merchandise Trade
C$ -0.97B
C$ -1.00B
C$ -0.14B
22:00 Factory Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.0%
+0.4%
+0.2%
22:00 Durable Goods Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.7%
+0.7%
+0.9%
22:00 Durables Goods Orders Ex Transportation[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
 
0.0%
23:30 ECB President Mario Draght, Speech
 
 
 
Fri 5 May
*** Children''s Day
 
 
 
4:25 Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz Speech
 
 
 
7:30 AiG Perf of Construction Index
51.2
 
51.9
8:30 Purchasing Managers Index
49.9
 
51.1
9:30 RBA Quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy
 
 
 
11:00 RBNZ 2yr Inflation Expectation
+1.92%
 
+2.17%
16:30 Retail Sales - Value[year-on-year(YoY)]
-5.7%
-0.9%
+3.1%
20:15 Donald Tusk, President of the European Council, Speech
 
 
 
20:30 Nonfarm Payrolls
+98K
+190K
+211K
20:30 Unemployment Rate
4.5%
4.6%
4.4%
20:30 Manufacturing Payrolls
+11K
+10K
+6K
20:30 Average Hourly Earnings[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.3%
+0.3%
20:30 Average Hourly Earnings[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.7%
+2.7%
+2.5%
20:30 Net Change in Employment
+19.4K
+10.0K
+3.2K
20:30 Unemployment Rate
6.7%
6.7%
6.5%
20:30 Participation Rate
65.9%
 
65.6%
22:00 Ivey Purchasing Managers Index
61.1
 
62.4
23:30 FRB Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer, Speech
 
 
 
Sat 6 May
0:45 San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams Speech
 
 
 
1:30 Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President, Eric Rosengren Speech
 
 
 
1:30 Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Janet Yellen Speech
 
 
 
3:00 Net Consumer Credit
$ +15.206B
$ +14.000B
$ +16.431B
Sun 7 May
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 8 May
9:30 Building Approvals[month-on-month(MoM)]
+8.3%
-4.0%
-13.4%
9:30 Building Approvals[year-on-year(YoY)]
-4.9%
-10.0%
-19.9%
9:30 ANZ Job Advertisements[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
 
+1.4%
9:30 NAB Business Conditions
+14
 
+14
9:30 NAB Business Confidence
+6
 
+13
11:20 Trade Balance
+1643.4¥ *B
+1972.0¥ *B
+2623.0¥ *B
11:39 Trade Balance
$ +23.93B
$ +35.20B
$ +38.05B
13:00 Consumer Confidence
43.9
43.5
43.2
15:30 Halifax House Price[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
+0.1%
-0.1%
15:30 Halifax House Price[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.8%
+3.6%
+3.8%
16:30 Sentix Investor Confidence
+23.9
+25.2
+27.4
20:15 Housing Starts
253K
215K
214K
20:35 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard, Speech
 
 
 
20:45 Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta J. Mester Speech
 
 
 
22:00 Labor Market Conditions Index
+0.4
+1.0
+3.5
Tue 9 May
7:01 BRC Sales Like-For-Like[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.0%
+0.5%
+5.6%
8:00 Labor Cash Earnings[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.4%
+0.5%
-0.4%
9:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
+0.3%
-0.1%
9:30 Retail Sales Ex Inflation[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.9%
+0.5%
+0.1%
13:45 Unemployment Rate
3.4%
3.3%
3.3%
13:45 Unemployment Rate s.a.
3.3%
3.2%
3.3%
18:00 NFIB Small Business Optimism
104.7
104.0
104.5
20:30 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
-2.5%
+2.8%
-5.8%
22:00 JOLTs Job Openings
5743K
5725K
5743K
22:00 Wholesale Inventories[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
-0.1%
+0.2%
22:00 Wholesale Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.6%
 
0.0%
22:00 IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism
51.7
 
51.3
Wed 10 May
1:00 Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President, Eric Rosengren Speech
 
 
 
4:15 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Robert Steven Kaplan, Speech
 
 
 
7:50 Bank of Japan Releases Minutes from April26-27 Monetary Policy Meeting
 
 
 
9:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.9%
+1.1%
+1.2%
9:30 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.6%
+6.7%
+6.4%
13:00 Leading Index CI
104.8
105.5
105.5
13:00 Coincident Index CI
115.3
114.7
114.6
19:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
-0.1%
 
+2.4%
19:00 ECB President Mario Draght, Speech
 
 
 
20:30 Import price index[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
+0.1%
+0.5%
20:30 Import price index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.2%
+3.6%
+4.1%
Thu 11 May
0:00 Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President, Eric Rosengren Speech
 
 
 
2:00 Budget Statement
$ -176.2B
$ +179.0B
$ +182.4B
5:00 RBNZ Announces Rates
1.75%
1.75%
1.75%
6:00 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Graeme Wheeler,Speech
 
 
 
6:45 Food Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.3%
 
-0.8%
7:01 RICS House Prices
+22%
+20%
+22%
7:50 Balance of Payments - Current A/C
¥ +2813.6B
¥ +2593.0B
¥ +2907.7B
7:50 Trade Balance - BOP Basis
¥ +1076.8B
¥ +855.0B
¥ +865.5B
9:10 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Graeme Wheeler,Speech
 
 
 
12:30 Bankruptcies[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.36%
 
-2.15%
13:00 Economy Watchers Survey: Current
47.4
47.8
48.1
13:00 Economy Watchers Survey: Outlook
48.1
48.2
48.8
15:15 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.2%
+0.2%
15:15 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.6%
+0.5%
+0.4%
15:15 CPI - EU Harmonised[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
 
+0.5%
15:15 CPI - EU Harmonised[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.5%
 
+0.7%
16:00 ECB Bulletin
 
 
 
16:30 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.7%
-0.4%
-0.5%
16:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.8%
+2.0%
+1.4%
16:30 Manufacturing Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
-0.2%
-0.6%
16:30 Manufacturing Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.3%
+3.0%
+2.3%
16:30 Trade Balance
£ -12.461B
£ -11.600B
£ -13.441B
18:25 Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley, Speech
 
 
 
19:00 BOE Announces Rates
0.25%
0.25%
0.25%
19:00 BOE Minutes
 
 
 
19:00 BOE Quarterly Inflation Report
 
 
 
19:30 Bank of England Governor Mark Carney Press Conference
 
 
 
20:00 NIESR GDP Estimate
+0.5%
+0.4%
+0.2%
20:30 Producer Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
+0.2%
+0.5%
20:30 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.3%
+2.2%
+2.5%
20:30 PPI Output Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
+0.2%
+0.4%
20:30 PPI Output Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.6%
+1.6%
+1.9%
20:30 Initial Jobless Claims
238K
245K
236K
20:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
1.964M
1.980M
1.918M
20:30 New Housing Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.2%
+0.2%
20:30 New Housing Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.3%
 
+3.3%
Fri 12 May
5:00 REINZ House Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-10.7%
 
-31.0%
6:30 Business NZ PMI
57.8
 
56.8
7:50 Japan Money Stock M2[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.3%
+4.3%
+4.3%
7:50 Japan Money Stock M3[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.6%
+3.6%
+3.6%
11:00 Non Resident Bond Holdings
61.5%
 
61.5%
12:15 Bank of Japan Board Member Harada Yutaka, Speech
 
 
 
16:00 Money Supply M2[year-on-year(YoY)]
+10.6%
+10.8%
+10.5%
16:00 New Bank Lending
10200¥ *B
8150¥ *B
11000¥ *B
16:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.2%
+0.2%
+0.7%
16:30 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.1%
+3.7%
+4.3%
17:00 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.3%
+0.3%
-0.1%
17:00 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.2%
+2.3%
+1.9%
20:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.3%
+0.2%
+0.2%
20:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.4%
+2.3%
+2.2%
20:30 CPI Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
+0.2%
+0.1%
20:30 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.0%
+2.0%
+1.9%
20:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
+0.6%
+0.4%
20:30 Retail Sales Ex-Auto[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
+0.5%
+0.3%
20:30 House Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.9%
 
+1.2%
20:30 House Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+13.5%
 
+13.4%
21:00 Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans Speech
 
 
 
22:00 U. of Michigan Confidence
97.0
97.0
97.7
22:00 Business Inventories[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.2%
+0.2%
Sat 13 May
0:30 Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick T. Harker Speech
 
 
 
Sun 14 May
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 15 May
6:45 Retail Sales Ex Inflation[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.6%
+0.9%
+1.5%
7:50 Domestic CGPI[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
-0.1%
+0.2%
7:50 Domestic CGPI[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.4%
+1.8%
+2.1%
9:30 Home Loans[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.5%
0.0%
-0.5%
9:30 Investment Lending[month-on-month(MoM)]
-5.9%
 
+0.8%
10:00 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+10.9%
+10.8%
+10.7%
10:00 Retail Sales (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+10.0%
+10.2%
+10.2%
10:00 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.6%
+7.0%
+6.5%
10:00 Industrial Production (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.8%
+6.9%
+6.7%
10:00 Investment in Fixed Assets (Excluding Rural Households) (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+9.2%
+9.1%
+8.9%
13:00 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Assistant Governor John McDermott, Speec
 
 
 
14:00 Machine Tool Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
+22.8%
 
+34.7%
15:15 Producer & Import Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
0.0%
-0.2%
15:15 Producer & Import Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.3%
+1.0%
+0.8%
20:30 Empire Manufacturing
+5.2
+7.3
-1.0
21:00 Existing Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.1%
 
-1.7%
22:00 NAHB Housing Market Index
68
68
70
Tue 16 May
4:00 Net Long-term TIC Flows
$ +53.4B
 
$ +59.8B
4:00 Net TIC Flows
$ +19.3B
 
$ -0.7B
9:30 New Motor Vehicle Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.9%
 
+0.3%
9:30 New Motor Vehicle Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-3.0%
 
+0.1%
9:30 RBA Minutes
 
 
 
12:30 Indices of Tertiary Industry Activity[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.1%
-0.2%
14:00 EU 27 New Car Registrations[year-on-year(YoY)]
+11.2%
 
-6.6%
16:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.4%
+0.5%
16:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.3%
+2.6%
+2.7%
16:30 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.8%
+2.3%
+2.4%
16:30 Retail Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.4%
+0.5%
16:30 Retail Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.1%
+3.4%
+3.5%
16:30 RPI (MoM)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.4%
+3.7%
+3.8%
16:30 PPI Input[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
0.0%
+0.1%
16:30 PPI Input[year-on-year(YoY)]
+17.9%
+17.0%
+16.6%
16:30 PPI Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.2%
+0.4%
16:30 PPI Output[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.6%
+3.4%
+3.6%
16:30 PPI Output Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.2%
+0.5%
16:30 PPI Output Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.5%
+2.5%
+2.8%
16:30 ONS House Price[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.8%
+5.3%
+4.1%
17:00 Trade Balance
€ +17.8B
€ +25.8B
€ +30.9B
17:00 Trade Balance sa
€ +19.2B
€ +18.7B
€ +23.1B
17:00 ZEW Survey (Econ. Sentiment)
26.3
 
35.1
17:00 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.5%
+0.5%
+0.5%
17:00 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.7%
+1.7%
+1.7%
20:30 Housing Starts
1.215M
1.260M
1.172M
20:30 Housing Starts[month-on-month(MoM)]
-6.8%
+3.7%
-2.6%
20:30 Building Permits
1.260M
1.270M
1.229M
20:30 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
+3.6%
+0.2%
-2.5%
21:15 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.5%
+0.4%
+1.0%
21:15 Capacity Utilization Ratio
76.1%
76.3%
76.7%
22:00 Mortgage Delinquencies
4.80%
 
4.71%
23:30 Austria National Bank Governor Ewald Nowotny Speech
 
 
 
Wed 17 May
6:45 Producer Prices- Outputs[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.5%
 
+1.4%
6:45 Producer Prices- Inputs[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.0%
 
+0.8%
7:50 Machinery Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.5%
+2.5%
+1.4%
7:50 Machinery Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.6%
+1.2%
-0.7%
8:30 Westpac Consumer Confidence Index
99.0
 
98.0
9:30 Wage Cost Index[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.5%
+0.5%
+0.5%
9:30 Wage Cost Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.9%
+1.9%
+1.9%
12:30 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-2.1%
 
-1.9%
12:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.3%
 
+3.5%
12:30 Capacity Utilization Ratio[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.2%
 
-1.6%
16:30 Jobless Claims Change
+25.5K
 
+19.4K
16:30 Unemployment Rate
2.2%
 
2.3%
16:30 ILO Unemployment Rate (3mths)
4.7%
4.7%
4.6%
17:00 Construction Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
+6.9%
 
-1.1%
17:00 Construction Output[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.1%
 
+3.6%
17:00 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
+0.4%
+0.4%
17:00 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.9%
+1.9%
+1.9%
17:00 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.2%
+1.2%
+1.2%
19:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
+2.4%
 
-4.1%
20:30 Manufacturing Shipments[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
+1.3%
+1.0%
Thu 18 May
7:50 Real Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.3%
+0.5%
+0.5%
7:50 Real Gross Domestic Product[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+1.2%
+1.7%
+2.2%
7:50 Nominal GDP[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.4%
+0.1%
0.0%
7:50 GDP Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.1%
-0.7%
-0.8%
9:00 Consumer Inflation Expectation
+4.1%
 
+4.0%
9:00 ANZ Consumer Confidence Index
121.7
 
123.9
9:30 Employed labor force
+60.9K
+5.0K
+37.4K
9:30 Unemployment Rate
5.9%
5.9%
5.7%
9:30 Participation Rate
64.8%
64.7%
64.8%
14:30 Tokyo Condominium Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+26.6%
 
+38.6%
16:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.8%
+1.1%
+2.3%
16:30 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.7%
+2.1%
+4.0%
16:30 Retail Sales Ex Auto Fuel[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.5%
+1.0%
+2.0%
16:30 Retail Sales Ex Auto Fuel[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.6%
+2.6%
+4.5%
19:30 ECB Releases Minutes from 27th April Meeting
 
 
 
20:30 Philadelphia Fed.
+22.0
+18.5
+38.8
20:30 Initial Jobless Claims
236K
240K
232K
20:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
1.918M
1.950M
1.898M
20:30 International Securities Transactions
C$ +38.84B
 
C$ +15.13B
20:45 ECB Executive Board Member Lautenschlaeger Speech
 
 
 
20:50 Austria National Bank Governor Ewald Nowotny Speech
 
 
 
22:00 Leading Indicators[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.4%
+0.3%
Fri 19 May
1:00 ECB President Mario Draght, Speech
 
 
 
1:15 Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta J. Mester Speech
 
 
 
11:00 Credit Card Spending[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.1%
 
+6.4%
16:00 Euro-Zone Current Account nsa
€ +27.9B
 
€ +44.8B
16:00 Euro-Zone Trade Balance sa
€ +37.9B
 
€ +34.1B
16:30 Unemployment Rate
3.2%
3.2%
3.2%
17:00 ECB Executive Board Member Peter Praet, Speech
 
 
 
18:00 CBI Trends Total Orders
+4
+4
+9
20:00 ECB Vice-President Vitor Constancio, Speech
 
 
 
20:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.5%
+0.4%
20:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.6%
+1.7%
+1.6%
20:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.6%
+0.3%
+0.7%
20:30 Retail Sales Ex-Auto[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
+0.2%
-0.2%
21:15 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard, Speech
 
 
 
22:00 Consumer Confidence
-3.6
-3.0
-3.3
Sat 20 May
 
 
 
 
 
Sun 21 May
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 22 May
*** Victoria Day
 
 
 
7:01 Rightmove House Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.1%
 
+1.2%
7:01 Rightmove House Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.2%
+2.0%
+3.0%
7:50 Merchnds Trade Balance Total
¥ +614.7B
¥ +520.7B
¥ +481.7B
15:00 Convenience Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.01%
 
+0.3%
15:00 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.8%
 
+3.0%
20:30 Chicago Fed Nat Activity Index
+0.08
+0.10
+0.49
22:00 Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick T. Harker Speech
 
 
 
Tue 23 May
1:30 Reserve Bank of Australia Deputy Governor Guy Debelle Speech
 
 
 
7:30 Federal Reserve Bank Board Member Lael Brainard, Speech
 
 
 
9:10 Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans Speech
 
 
 
12:30 All Industry Activity Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.7%
-0.5%
-0.6%
13:00 Supermarket Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.8%
 
+0.6%
14:00 Machine Tool Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
+34.7%
 
+34.7%
14:00 Nationwide Department Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.9%
 
+0.7%
14:00 Tokyo Dept. Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.2%
 
-0.8%
14:00 Trade Balance
+31.0*B francs
 
+19.7*B francs
15:15 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.2%
 
-1.3%
16:00 PMI Manufacturing
56.7
56.5
57.0
16:00 PMI Services
56.4
56.4
56.2
16:00 PMI Composite
56.8
56.7
56.8
16:30 Public Finances (PSNCR)
£ +34.3B
 
£ -15.2B
16:30 PSNB ex Interventions
£ +5.1B
£ +8.7B
£ +10.4B
16:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.5%
+1.5%
+2.0%
18:00 CBI Reported Sales
+38
+10
+2
20:30 Wholesale Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
+0.8%
+0.9%
21:00 Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari, Speech
 
 
 
21:45 PMI Manufacturing
52.8
53.0
52.5
21:45 PMI Services
53.1
53.3
54.0
21:45 PMI Composite
53.2
 
53.9
22:00 New Home Sales
621K
610K
569K
22:00 New Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+5.8%
-1.8%
-11.4%
22:00 Richmond Fed Manufact. Index
+20
+15
+1
Wed 24 May
5:00 Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari, Speech
 
 
 
6:45 Trade Balance
NZ$ +0.332B
NZ$ +0.267B
NZ$ +0.578B
8:00 Bank of Japan Governor, Haruhiko Kuroda Speech
 
 
 
8:00 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Graeme Wheeler,Speech
 
 
 
8:30 Westpac Leading Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.08%
 
-0.12%
9:00 DEWR Internet Skilled Vacancies[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.6%
 
+0.1%
13:00 Leading Index CI
105.5
 
105.5
13:00 Coincident Index CI
114.6
 
114.4
16:30 ECB Executive Board Member Peter Praet, Speech
 
 
 
19:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
-4.1%
 
+4.4%
20:45 ECB President Mario Draght, Speech
 
 
 
21:00 House Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
+0.5%
+0.6%
21:00 House Price Index[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.5%
 
+1.4%
22:00 Existing Home Sales
5.71M
5.65M
5.57M
22:00 Existing Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+4.4%
-1.1%
-2.3%
22:00 Bank of Canada Rate Decision
0.50%
0.50%
0.50%
Thu 25 May
*** Ascension Day
 
 
 
2:00 FOMC Released Meeting Minutes of 2-3 May
 
 
 
6:00 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Robert Steven Kaplan, Speech
 
 
 
16:00 Reserve Bank of Australia Deputy Governor Guy Debelle Speech
 
 
 
16:30 BBA Loans for House Purchase
41061
40800
40750
16:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.3%
+0.3%
+0.2%
16:30 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.1%
+2.1%
+2.0%
16:30 Index of Services (3mth/3mth)
+0.5%
+0.3%
+0.2%
16:30 Total Business Investment[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-0.9%
+0.3%
+0.6%
16:30 Total Business Investment[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.9%
 
+0.8%
16:30 Trade Balance
HK$ -42.3B
HK$ -39.2B
HK$ -34.1B
20:30 Wholesale Inventories[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.2%
-0.3%
20:30 Initial Jobless Claims
232K
238K
234K
20:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
1.898M
1.925M
1.923M
22:00 Federal Reserve Bank Board Member Lael Brainard, Speech
 
 
 
23:00 Kansas City Fed Manf. Activity
+7
+9
+8
Fri 26 May
1:00 ECB Vice-President Vitor Constancio, Speech
 
 
 
7:30 National Consumer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.2%
+0.4%
+0.4%
7:30 Natl CPI Ex-Fresh Food[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.2%
+0.4%
+0.3%
7:30 Natl CPI Ex Food, Energy[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
7:30 Tokyo CPI[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.1%
0.0%
+0.2%
7:30 Tokyo CPI Ex-Fresh Food[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.1%
0.0%
+0.1%
7:30 Tokyo CPI Ex Food, Energy[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.1%
-0.1%
0.0%
7:50 Corp Service Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.8%
+0.9%
+0.7%
10:00 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard, Speech
 
 
 
20:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+0.7%
+0.9%
+1.2%
20:30 Personal Consumption[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.3%
+0.4%
+0.6%
20:30 GDP Price Index[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+2.3%
+2.3%
+2.2%
20:30 PCE Core[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+2.0%
+2.0%
+2.1%
20:30 Durable Goods Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.9%
-1.4%
-0.7%
20:30 Durables Goods Orders Ex Transportation[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
+0.4%
-0.4%
22:00 U. of Michigan Confidence
97.7
97.5
97.1
Sat 27 May
9:30 Industry profits[year-on-year(YoY)]
+23.8%
 
+14.0%
Sun 28 May
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 29 May
*** Memorial Day
 
 
 
*** Spring Bank Holiday
 
 
 
*** Dragon Boat Festival
 
 
 
9:15 San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams Speech
 
 
 
15:15 Austria National Bank Governor Ewald Nowotny Speech
 
 
 
16:00 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.3%
+5.2%
+4.9%
21:00 ECB President Mario Draght, Speech
 
 
 
Tue 30 May
*** Dragon Boat Festival
 
 
 
6:45 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.8
 
-7.6
7:30 Unemployment Rate
2.8%
2.8%
2.8%
7:30 Job-To-Applicant Ratio
1.45
1.46
1.48
7:30 Household Spending[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.3%
-0.9%
-1.4%
7:50 Retail Sales Value[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.1%
+2.3%
+3.2%
7:50 Department Store and Supermarket Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.8%
+0.3%
+1.1%
9:30 Building Approvals[month-on-month(MoM)]
-13.4%
+3.0%
+4.4%
9:30 Building Approvals[year-on-year(YoY)]
-19.9%
-18.1%
-17.2%
15:00 KOF Leading Indicator
106.0
105.8
101.6
17:00 Economic Confidence
109.6
110.0
109.2
17:00 Business Climate Indicator
+1.09
+1.11
+0.90
17:00 Industrial Confidence
+2.6
+3.1
+2.8
17:00 Services Confidence
+14.2
+14.2
+13.0
17:00 Consumer Confidence
-3.3
-3.3
-3.3
20:30 Personal Income[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.4%
+0.4%
20:30 Personal Spending[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
+0.4%
+0.4%
20:30 PCE Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.8%
+1.7%
+1.7%
20:30 PCE Core Deflator[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
+0.1%
+0.2%
20:30 PCE Core Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.6%
+1.5%
+1.5%
20:30 Current Account Balance
C$ -10.73B
C$ -12.00B
C$ -14.05B
20:30 Industrial Product Price[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
 
+0.6%
20:30 Raw Materials Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.6%
 
+1.6%
21:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind
193.49
 
195.39
21:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.69%
+0.90%
+0.87%
21:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.85%
+5.70%
+5.89%
22:00 Consumer Confidence
120.3
119.5
117.9
22:30 Dallas Fed Manf. Activity
+16.8%
+15.0%
+17.2%
Wed 31 May
1:00 Federal Reserve Bank Board Member Lael Brainard, Speech
 
 
 
7:01 GfK Consumer Confidence Survey
-7
-8
-5
7:01 BRC Shop Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.5%
-0.3%
-0.4%
7:50 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.9%
+4.2%
+4.0%
7:50 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.5%
+6.1%
+5.7%
8:47 PMI Services
54.0
 
54.5
8:54 PMI Manufacturing
51.2
51.0
51.2
9:00 ANZ Business Conditions
+11.0
 
+14.9
9:30 Private Sector Credit[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.4%
+0.4%
9:30 Private Sector Credit[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.0%
+4.9%
+4.9%
12:00 Vehicle Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.7%
 
+16.3%
13:00 SME Business Sentiment Index
48.6
 
48.9
13:00 Annualized Housing Starts
984K
970K
1.004M
13:00 Housing Starts[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.2%
-1.5%
+1.9%
13:00 Construction Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.1%
 
-0.2%
14:00 UBS Consumption Indicator
1.50
 
1.48
16:00 ZEW - Credit Suisse Switzerland Expectation of Economic Growth
+22.2
 
+30.8
16:30 Net Consumer Credit
£ +1.6B
£ +1.5B
£ +1.5B
16:30 Net Lending Sec. on Dwellings
£ +3.1B
£ +3.0B
£ +2.7B
16:30 Mortgage Approvals
66.8K
66.0K
64.6K
16:30 M4 Money Supply[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
 
+1.2%
16:30 M4 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.6%
 
+8.2%
17:00 Unemployment Rate
9.5%
9.4%
9.3%
17:00 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.9%
+1.5%
+1.4%
17:00 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.2%
+1.0%
+0.9%
17:14 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+13.7%
 
+14.4%
19:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
+4.4%
 
-3.4%
20:00 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Robert Steven Kaplan, Speech
 
 
 
20:30 Gross Domestic Product[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
+0.2%
+0.5%
20:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+2.6%
+4.2%
+3.7%
21:45 Chicago Purchasing Manager
58.3
57.0
59.4
22:00 Pending Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.8%
+0.5%
-1.3%
22:00 Pending Home Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.5%
 
-5.4%