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May 2025

Time
Event
Previous
Forecast
Actual
Thu 1 May
*** Labour Day
 
 
 
7:00 PMI Manufacturing
51.7
 
51.7
9:30 Import price index[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.2%
 
+3.3%
9:30 Export price index[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+3.6%
 
+2.1%
9:30 Trade Balance
A$ +2.852B
A$ +3.200B
A$ +6.900B
11:02 BOJ Statement on Monetary Policy
 
 
 
11:02 BoJ Announces Rates
0.50%
0.50%
0.50%
11:02 Outlook for Economic Activity and Prices (the Outlook Report)
 
 
 
13:00 Consumer Confidence
34.1
33.8
31.2
13:00 Vehicle Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+8.8%
 
+4.6%
14:30 Bank of Japan Governor Ueda Katsuo Press Conference
 
 
 
14:30 Retail Sales (Real)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.2%
 
+2.2%
16:30 Net Consumer Credit
£ +1.3B
£ +1.2B
£ +0.9B
16:30 Net Lending Sec. on Dwellings
£ +3.3B
£ +3.2B
£ +13.0B
16:30 Mortgage Approvals
65.1K
64.5K
64.3K
16:30 M4 Money Supply[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
 
+0.3%
16:30 M4 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.9%
 
+3.4%
16:30 PMI Manufacturing
44.0
44.0
45.4
19:30 Challenger Job Cuts[year-on-year(YoY)]
+204.8%
 
+62.7%
20:30 Initial Jobless Claims
223K
223K
241K
20:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
1.833M
1.865M
1.916M
21:45 PMI Manufacturing
50.7
50.5
50.2
22:00 ISM Manufacturing
49.0
47.9
48.7
22:00 ISM Prices Paid
69.4
73.0
69.8
22:00 Construction Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.6%
+0.2%
-0.5%
Fri 2 May
*** Labour Day
 
 
 
2:00 EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report[week-over-week]
+88bcf
+109bcf
+107bcf
6:45 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.7%
 
+9.6%
7:30 Unemployment Rate
2.4%
2.4%
2.5%
7:30 Job-To-Applicant Ratio
1.24
1.25
1.26
7:50 Monetary Base[year-on-year(YoY)]
-3.1%
 
-4.8%
9:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.4%
+0.3%
9:30 Retail Sales Ex Inflation[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.8%
+0.3%
0.0%
9:30 Producer Price Index[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.8%
 
+0.9%
9:30 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.7%
 
+3.7%
15:30 PMI Manufacturing
48.9
48.6
45.8
16:00 PMI Manufacturing
48.7
48.7
49.0
16:00 ECB Bulletin
 
 
 
16:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.9%
+1.2%
+2.0%
16:30 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.5%
+2.1%
+3.1%
16:30 Retail Sales - Value[year-on-year(YoY)]
-13.0%
-7.0%
-3.5%
17:00 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.2%
+2.1%
+2.2%
17:00 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.4%
+2.5%
+2.7%
17:00 Unemployment Rate
6.2%
6.1%
6.2%
20:30 Nonfarm Payrolls
+185K
+138K
+177K
20:30 Unemployment Rate
4.2%
4.2%
4.2%
20:30 Manufacturing Payrolls
+3K
-5K
-1K
20:30 Average Hourly Earnings[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.3%
+0.2%
20:30 Average Hourly Earnings[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.8%
+3.9%
+3.8%
22:00 Factory Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.5%
+4.5%
+4.3%
22:00 Durable Goods Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
+9.2%
+9.2%
+9.2%
22:00 Durables Goods Orders Ex Transportation[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Sat 3 May
*** Constitution Memorial Day
 
 
 
Sun 4 May
*** Greenery Day
 
 
 
Mon 5 May
*** Children''s Day
 
 
 
*** May Day
 
 
 
*** Labour Day
 
 
 
*** Buddha's Birthday
 
 
 
7:00 PMI Services
51.4
 
51.0
14:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
+0.2%
0.0%
14:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.3%
+0.2%
0.0%
14:30 CPI - EU Harmonised[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
 
+0.7%
14:30 CPI - EU Harmonised[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.1%
 
+0.3%
16:30 Sentix Investor Confidence
-19.5
-11.5
-8.1
21:45 PMI Services
51.4
51.2
50.8
21:45 PMI Composite
51.2
51.2
50.6
22:00 ISM Non-Manf. Composite
50.8
50.2
51.6
Tue 6 May
*** Holiday
 
 
 
9:00 ANZ Commodity Price[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.4%
 
0.0%
9:30 Building Approvals[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
-1.5%
-8.8%
9:45 Caixin Media non-Manufacturing PMI
51.9
51.8
50.7
13:45 Unemployment Rate
2.9%
2.9%
2.8%
13:45 Unemployment Rate s.a.
2.8%
2.8%
2.8%
15:35 Martin Schlegel, Chairman of Swiss National Bank, Speech
 
 
 
16:00 PMI Services
49.7
49.7
50.1
16:00 PMI Composite
50.1
50.1
50.4
16:30 PMI Services
48.9
48.9
49.0
17:00 Producer Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
-1.4%
-1.6%
17:00 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.0%
+2.5%
+1.9%
20:30 Trade Balance
$ -123.2B
$ -137.2B
$ -140.5B
20:30 International Merchandise Trade
C$ -1.41B
C$ -1.60B
C$ -0.51B
22:00 Ivey Purchasing Managers Index
51.3
 
47.9
Wed 7 May
6:45 Employed labor force[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-0.2%
+0.1%
+0.1%
6:45 Employed labor force[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.2%
-0.5%
-0.7%
6:45 Unemployment Rate
5.1%
5.3%
5.1%
6:45 Participation Rate
70.9%
71.0%
70.8%
6:45 Private Wages Inc Overtime[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.6%
+0.5%
+0.4%
6:45 Private Wages Exc Overtime[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.6%
+0.5%
+0.4%
6:45 Average Hourly Earnings[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.3%
 
+0.2%
8:30 Purchasing Managers Index
48.3
 
48.3
16:30 PMI Construction
46.4
46.0
46.6
17:00 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
-0.1%
-0.1%
17:00 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.9%
+1.6%
+1.5%
17:00 Petra Tschudin, Member of the Governing Board of Swiss National Bank, Panel Discussion
 
 
 
19:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
-4.2%
 
+11.0%
22:30 EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report[week-over-week]
-2696kbbl
-1632kbbl
-2032kbbl
Thu 8 May
2:00 FOMC Rate Decision(Upper Bound)
4.50%
4.50%
4.50%
2:00 FOMC Rate Decision(Lower Bound)
4.25%
4.25%
4.25%
2:30 Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Jerome Powell Press Conference
 
 
 
3:00 Net Consumer Credit
$ -0.614B
$ +9.387B
$ +10.172B
7:01 RICS House Prices
+2%
-4%
-3%
7:50 Bank of Japan Releases Minutes from Monetary Policy Meeting Holden on Mar 18-19
 
 
 
14:00 Halifax House Price[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.5%
-0.1%
-0.3%
14:00 Halifax House Price[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.8%
 
+3.2%
19:02 BOE Announces Rates
4.50%
4.25%
4.25%
19:02 BOE Minutes
 
 
 
19:02 BOE Quarterly Inflation Report
 
 
 
19:30 Bank of England Deputy Governor Andrew Bailey, Press Conference
 
 
 
20:30 Nonfarm Productivity[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+1.7%
-0.8%
-0.8%
20:30 Unit Labor Costs[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+2.0%
+5.1%
+5.7%
20:30 Initial Jobless Claims
241K
230K
228K
20:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
1.908M
1.895M
1.879M
22:00 Wholesale Inventories[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.5%
+0.5%
+0.4%
22:00 Wholesale Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+2.0%
+0.9%
+0.6%
22:30 EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report[week-over-week]
+107kbbl
+100kbbl
+104kbbl
Fri 9 May
7:30 Labor Cash Earnings[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.7%
+2.5%
+2.1%
7:30 Household Spending[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.5%
+0.2%
+2.1%
11:01 Trade Balance
+7367.2¥ *B
 
+7000.0¥ *B
11:06 Trade Balance
$ +102.64B
$ +95.45B
$ +96.18B
13:00 Leading Index CI
108.2
107.5
107.7
13:00 Coincident Index CI
117.3
115.9
116..0
14:00 Olli Rehn, Governor of the Bank of Finland, Speech
 
 
 
15:00 SECO Consumer Confidence
-34.8
-33.0
-42.4
16:40 Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey, speech
 
 
 
18:15 Williams, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Speech
 
 
 
18:45 Federal Reserve Bank FRB Vice Chairman Barr, Speech
 
 
 
19:15 Bank of England Monetary Chief Economist Huw Pill, Speech
 
 
 
20:30 Federal Reserve Board memberAdriana Kugler, Speech
 
 
 
20:30 Net Change in Employment
-32.6K
+5.0K
+7.4K
20:30 Unemployment Rate
6.7%
6.8%
6.9%
20:30 Participation Rate
65.2%
65.3%
65.3%
21:10 Lietuva Central Bank chairman Gediminas Šimkus, Speech
 
 
 
22:00 Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee, Speech
 
 
 
23:30 Williams, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Panel Discussion
 
 
 
23:30 Christopher Waller, Federal Reserve Board member, Panel Discussion
 
 
 
Sat 10 May
7:45 Alberto G. Musalem, President of St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, Panel Discussion
 
 
 
7:45 Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth M. Hammack, Panel Discussion
 
 
 
7:45 European Central Bank Executive Board Member Isabel Schnabel, Panel Discussion
 
 
 
9:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.1%
-0.1%
-0.1%
9:30 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-2.5%
-2.8%
-2.7%
Sun 11 May
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 12 May
7:50 Balance of Payments - Current A/C
¥ +4060.7B
¥ +3790.8B
¥ +3678.1B
7:50 Trade Balance - BOP Basis
¥ +712.9B
¥ +547.7B
¥ +516.5B
12:30 Bankruptcies[year-on-year(YoY)]
-5.84%
 
+5.74%
13:00 Economy Watchers Survey: Current
45.1
44.6
42.6
13:00 Economy Watchers Survey: Outlook
45.2
44.6
42.7
16:00 Bank of England Deputy Governor Clare Lombardelli, Speech
 
 
 
18:30 Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee Member Megan Greene, Speech
 
 
 
20:50 Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee Member Catherine L. Mann, Speech
 
 
 
22:25 Federal Reserve Board memberAdriana Kugler, Speech
 
 
 
Tue 13 May
0:00 Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee Member Alan Taylor, Speech
 
 
 
2:00 Budget Statement
$ -160.5B
$ +256.0B
$ +258.4B
7:01 BRC Sales Like-For-Like[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.9%
+2.3%
+6.8%
7:50 Japan Money Stock M2[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.8%
 
+0.5%
7:50 Japan Money Stock M3[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.4%
 
+0.1%
7:50 Bank of Japan Releases Minutes from Monetary Policy Meeting Holden on Apr 30 - May 1
 
 
 
8:30 Westpac Consumer Confidence Index
90.1
 
92.1
9:30 NAB Business Confidence
-3
 
-1
9:30 NAB Business Conditions
+3
 
+2
14:00 Jobless Claims Change
-16.9K
 
+5.2K
14:00 Unemployment Rate
4.5%
 
4.5%
14:00 ILO Unemployment Rate (3mths)
4.4%
4.5%
4.5%
15:00 Bank of Spain Governor Jose Luis Escriva Speech
 
 
 
16:00 Gabriel Makhlouf, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, Speech
 
 
 
16:45 Bank of England Monetary Chief Economist Huw Pill, Speech
 
 
 
17:00 ZEW Survey (Econ. Sentiment)
-18.5
 
+11.6
18:00 NFIB Small Business Optimism
97.4
95.0
95.8
20:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
+0.3%
+0.2%
20:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.4%
+2.4%
+2.3%
20:30 CPI Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.3%
+0.2%
20:30 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.8%
+2.8%
+2.8%
23:00 Bank of Netherland Governor Klaas Knot,Speech
 
 
 
23:00 Governor of the Bank of England Andrew Bailey, speech
 
 
 
Wed 14 May
7:50 Domestic CGPI[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.3%
+0.2%
7:50 Domestic CGPI[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.3%
+4.0%
+4.0%
9:30 Wage Cost Index[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.7%
+0.8%
+0.9%
9:30 Wage Cost Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.2%
+3.2%
+3.4%
15:05 Bank of England Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden, Speech
 
 
 
16:15 Germany Central Bank President Joachim Nagel, Speech
 
 
 
17:02 Money Supply M2[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.0%
+7.2%
+8.0%
17:15 Federal Reserve Board member Christopher Waller, Speech
 
 
 
19:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
+11.0%
 
+1.1%
20:30 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
+2.9%
-0.5%
-4.1%
21:10 Federal Reserve Board member Philip N. Jefferson, Speech
 
 
 
22:00 Austria's Central Bank Governor Holzmann, Speech
 
 
 
22:30 EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report[week-over-week]
-2032kbbl
-1963kbbl
+3454kbbl
Thu 15 May
5:40 President of San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank Mary C. Daly, Speech
 
 
 
6:45 Food Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.5%
 
+0.8%
9:00 Consumer Inflation Expectation
+4.2%
 
+4.1%
9:30 Employed labor force
+36.4K
+22.5K
+89.0K
9:30 Unemployment Rate
4.1%
4.1%
4.1%
9:30 Participation Rate
66.8%
66.8%
67.1%
14:00 Machine Tool Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
+11.4%
 
+7.7%
14:00 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.1%
+0.6%
+0.7%
14:00 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.5%
+1.2%
+1.3%
14:00 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.7%
-0.5%
-0.7%
14:00 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.4%
-0.8%
+0.7%
14:00 Manufacturing Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
+2.4%
-0.7%
-0.8%
14:00 Manufacturing Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.5%
-0.5%
-0.8%
14:00 Trade Balance
£ -20.964B
£ -19.000B
£ -19.869B
14:00 Total Business Investment[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-1.9%
+0.4%
+5.9%
14:00 Total Business Investment[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.8%
+2.3%
+8.1%
14:00 Index of Services (3mth/3mth)
+0.6%
+0.7%
+0.7%
14:30 Producer & Import Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
 
-0.5%
14:30 Producer & Import Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.1%
 
+0.1%
15:05 ECB Executive Board Member Piero Cipollone, Speech
 
 
 
15:50 ECB Executive Board Member Frank Elderson, Speech
 
 
 
17:00 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.4%
+0.4%
+0.3%
17:00 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.2%
+1.2%
+1.2%
17:00 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.1%
+2.0%
+2.6%
17:00 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.0%
+2.5%
+3.6%
17:00 Employed labor force[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.1%
 
+0.3%
17:00 Employed labor force[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.8%
 
+0.8%
18:15 Vice-President of the ECB Luis de Guindos, Speech
 
 
 
19:30 ECB Executive Board Member Piero Cipollone, Speech
 
 
 
19:30 Governor of the Bank of France François Villeroy de Galhau, Speech
 
 
 
20:15 Housing Starts
214K
226K
278K
20:30 Empire Manufacturing
-8.1
-8.0
-9.2
20:30 Philadelphia Fed.
-26.4
-11.0
-4.0
20:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.7%
0.0%
+0.1%
20:30 Retail Sales Ex-Auto[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
+0.3%
+0.1%
20:30 Producer Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
+0.2%
-0.5%
20:30 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.4%
+2.5%
+2.4%
20:30 PPI Output Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.3%
-0.4%
20:30 PPI Output Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.0%
+3.1%
+3.1%
20:30 Initial Jobless Claims
229K
228K
229K
20:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
1.872M
1.890M
1.881M
20:30 Manufacturing Shipments[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
-1.9%
-1.4%
20:30 Wholesale Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.0%
-0.3%
+0.2%
20:40 Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Jerome Powell, Speech
 
 
 
21:00 Existing Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-4.8%
+1.0%
-0.1%
21:15 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.3%
+0.1%
0.0%
21:15 Capacity Utilization Ratio
77.8%
77.8%
77.7%
22:00 Business Inventories[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.2%
+0.1%
22:00 NAHB Housing Market Index
40
40
34
22:00 Dr. Swati Dhingra, Member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, Speech
 
 
 
22:30 EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report[week-over-week]
+104bcf
+111bcf
+110bcf
Fri 16 May
2:05 Federal Reserve Bank FRB Vice Chairman Barr, Speech
 
 
 
6:30 Business NZ PMI
53.2
 
53.9
7:50 Real Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.6%
-0.1%
-0.2%
7:50 Real Gross Domestic Product[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+2.4%
-0.3%
-0.7%
7:50 Nominal GDP[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.2%
+0.8%
+0.8%
7:50 GDP Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.9%
+3.2%
+3.3%
11:00 Non Resident Bond Holdings
61.9%
 
61.6%
11:00 RBNZ 2yr Inflation Expectation
+2.06%
 
+2.29%
12:00 Bank of Japan Policy Board Member NAKAMURA Toyoaki, Speech
 
 
 
12:30 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.1%
 
+0.2%
12:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.3%
 
+1.0%
12:30 Capacity Utilization Ratio[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.1%
 
-2.4%
14:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.1%
 
+8.5%
16:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+20%
+2.0%
+1.9%
16:30 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.1%
+3.1%
+3.1%
17:00 Trade Balance
€ +24.0B
 
€ +36.8B
17:00 Trade Balance sa
€ +22.7B
 
€ +27.9B
20:30 Housing Starts
1.339M
1.364M
1.361M
20:30 Housing Starts[month-on-month(MoM)]
-10.1%
+3.0%
+1.6%
20:30 Building Permits
1.481M
1.450M
1.412M
20:30 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.9%
-1.2%
-4.7%
20:30 Import price index[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.4%
-0.3%
+0.1%
20:30 Import price index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.8%
-0.2%
+0.1%
20:30 International Securities Transactions
C$ -10.45B
 
C$ -4.23B
21:00 Martin Schlegel, Chairman of Swiss National Bank, Speech
 
 
 
22:00 U. of Michigan Confidence
52.2
53.4
50.8
23:00 European Central Bank Executive Board Member Olli Rehn, Speech
 
 
 
23:00 Bank of England Deputy Governor Clare Lombardelli, Speech
 
 
 
Sat 17 May
4:00 Net Long-term TIC Flows
$ +112.9B
 
$ +161.8B
4:00 Net TIC Flows
$ +248.9B
 
$ +254.3B
9:40 President of San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank Mary C. Daly, Speech
 
 
 
Sun 18 May
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 19 May
*** Victoria Day
 
 
 
6:45 Producer Prices- Inputs[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-0.9%
 
+2.9%
6:45 Producer Prices- Outputs[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-0.1%
 
+2.1%
7:01 Rightmove House Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.4%
 
+0.6%
7:01 Rightmove House Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.3%
 
+1.2%
10:00 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.9%
+5.8%
+5.1%
10:00 Retail Sales (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.6%
+5.0%
+4.7%
10:00 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.7%
+5.7%
+6.1%
10:00 Industrial Production (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.5%
+6.4%
+6.4%
10:00 Investment in Fixed Assets (Excluding Rural Households) (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.2%
+4.2%
+4.0%
12:30 Indices of Tertiary Industry Activity[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.5%
-0.2%
-0.3%
17:00 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.6%
+0.6%
+0.6%
17:00 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.2%
+2.2%
+2.2%
17:00 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.7%
+2.7%
+2.7%
17:30 Madis Müller, Governor of Bank of Estonia, Speech
 
 
 
20:30 Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic, Speech
 
 
 
20:45 Federal Reserve Bank of New York Williams, Speech
 
 
 
20:45 Federal Reserve Board member Philip N. Jefferson, Speech
 
 
 
22:00 Leading Indicators[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.8%
-1.0%
-1.0%
Tue 20 May
0:30 Martin Schlegel, Chairman of Swiss National Bank, Speech
 
 
 
1:15 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie K. Logan, Panel Discussion
 
 
 
1:30 Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari, Speech
 
 
 
12:30 RBA Interest Rate Decision
4.10%
3.85%
3.85%
12:30 RBA Quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy
 
 
 
13:00 Convenience Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.7%
 
+2.0%
13:00 New Condominium Construction in Tokyo Metropolitan Area[year-on-year(YoY)]
-9.8%
 
+3.5%
14:55 Governor of the National Bank of Belgium, Pierre Wunsch, Speech
 
 
 
16:00 Euro-Zone Trade Balance sa
€ +40.6B
 
€ +50.9B
16:00 Bank of England Monetary Chief Economist Huw Pill, Speech
 
 
 
16:30 Unemployment Rate
3.2%
3.2%
3.4%
17:00 Construction Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.2%
 
+0.1%
17:00 Construction Output[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.6%
 
-1.1%
18:00 Bank of Netherland Governor Klaas Knot,Speech
 
 
 
20:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
-0.2%
-0.1%
20:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.3%
+1.6%
+1.7%
21:00 Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic, Speech
 
 
 
21:00 Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Tom Barkin, Speech
 
 
 
21:30 Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President, Susan M. Collins, speech
 
 
 
22:00 Consumer Confidence
-16.7
-16.0
-15.2
Wed 21 May
1:00 Alberto G. Musalem, President of St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank, Speech
 
 
 
6:45 Trade Balance
NZ$ +0.794B
 
NZ$ +1.426B
7:00 Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Beth M. Hammack, Panel Discussion
 
 
 
7:00 President of San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank Mary C. Daly, Speech
 
 
 
7:50 Merchnds Trade Balance Total
¥ +559.4B
¥ +215.3B
¥ -115.8B
8:30 Westpac-MI Leading Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.15%
 
-0.01%
14:00 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+1.0%
+1.2%
14:00 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.6%
+3.3%
+3.5%
14:00 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.4%
+3.6%
+3.8%
14:00 Retail Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+1.4%
+1.7%
14:00 Retail Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.2%
+4.2%
+4.5%
14:00 RPI (MoM)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.8%
 
+4.2%
15:00 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.9%
 
+2.9%
16:30 ONS House Price[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.4%
 
+6.4%
19:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
+1.1%
 
-5.1%
22:30 EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report[week-over-week]
+3454kbbl
-741kbbl
+1328kbbl
Thu 22 May
0:00 European Central Bank Executive Board Member Olli Rehn, Speech
 
 
 
0:15 Federal Reserve Board Member Bowma, Speech
 
 
 
0:15 Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Tom Barkin, Speech
 
 
 
7:00 PMI Manufacturing
51.7
 
51.7
7:00 PMI Services
51.0
 
50.5
7:50 Machinery Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
+4.3%
-1.6%
+13.0%
7:50 Machinery Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.5%
-1.8%
+8.4%
9:30 Noguchi, Member of the Policy Board Bank of Japan, Speech
 
 
 
13:00 Supermarket Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.2%
 
+3.4%
14:00 Machine Tool Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.7%
 
+7.7%
14:00 Public Finances (PSNCR)
£ +2.8B
 
£ +9.1B
14:00 PSNB ex Interventions
£ +14.1B
 
£ +20.2B
15:00 Austria's Central Bank Governor Holzmann, Speech
 
 
 
16:00 PMI Manufacturing
49.0
49.2
49.4
16:00 PMI Services
50.1
50.5
48.9
16:00 PMI Composite
50.4
50.6
49.5
16:20 Croatian National Bank Governor Boris Vujčić, Speech
 
 
 
16:30 PMI Manufacturing
45.4
46.1
45.1
16:30 PMI Services
49.0
50.0
50.2
16:30 Andrew Hauser, RBA Deputy Governor, speech
 
 
 
16:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.4%
+1.6%
+2.0%
18:00 CBI Trends Total Orders
-26
-24
-30
18:50 Bank of England Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden, Speech
 
 
 
19:00 Dr. Swati Dhingra, Member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, Speech
 
 
 
19:30 ECB releases Minutes of Meeting on April 16th and 17th
 
 
 
20:30 Chicago Fed Nat Activity Index
+0.03
-0.25
-0.25
20:30 Initial Jobless Claims
229K
230K
227K
20:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
1.867M
1.883M
1.903M
20:30 Bank of England Monetary Chief Economist Huw Pill, Speech
 
 
 
20:30 Industrial Product Price[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
-0.5%
-0.8%
20:30 Raw Materials Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.7%
-2.3%
-3.0%
21:30 Germany Central Bank President Joachim Nagel, Speech
 
 
 
21:45 PMI Manufacturing
50.2
49.9
52.3
21:45 PMI Services
50.8
51.0
52.3
21:45 PMI Composite
50.6
50.3
52.1
22:00 Existing Home Sales
4.02M
4.10M
4.00M
22:00 Existing Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-5.9%
+2.0%
-0.5%
22:30 EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report[week-over-week]
+110bcf
+119bcf
+120bcf
23:00 Kansas City Fed Manf. Activity
-4
-5
-3
Fri 23 May
2:00 Federal Reserve Bank of New York Williams, Speech
 
 
 
6:45 Retail Sales Ex Inflation[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.9%
0.0%
 
7:01 GfK Consumer Confidence Survey
-23
-22
 
7:30 National Consumer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.6%
+3.5%
 
7:30 Natl CPI Ex-Fresh Food[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.2%
+3.4%
 
7:30 Natl CPI Ex Food, Energy[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.9%
+3.0%
 
13:30 Nationwide Department Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-2.8%
 
 
13:30 Tokyo Dept. Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-4.2%
 
 
14:00 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.3%
 
14:00 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.6%
+4.5%
 
14:00 Retail Sales Ex Auto Fuel[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.5%
+0.1%
 
14:00 Retail Sales Ex Auto Fuel[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.3%
+4.4%
 
16:30 European Central Bank Executive Board Member Olli Rehn, Speech
 
 
 
20:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.4%
+0.7%
 
20:30 Retail Sales Ex-Auto[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.5%
-0.1%
 
22:00 New Home Sales
724K
695K
 
22:00 New Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+7.4%
-4.0%
 
Sat 24 May
 
 
 
 
 
Sun 25 May
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 26 May
*** Memorial Day
 
 
 
*** Spring Bank Holiday
 
 
 
13:00 Leading Index CI
107.7
 
 
13:00 Coincident Index CI
116.0
 
 
16:30 Trade Balance
HK$ -45.4B
 
 
Tue 27 May
7:01 BRC Shop Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.1%
 
 
7:50 Corp Service Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.1%
 
 
9:30 Industry profits[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.8%
 
 
12:00 EU 27 New Car Registrations[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.2%
 
 
14:00 Trade Balance
+63.5*B francs
 
 
17:00 Consumer Confidence
-15.2
 
 
17:00 Economic Confidence
93.6
94.2
 
17:00 Industrial Confidence
-11.2
 
 
17:00 Services Confidence
+1.4
 
 
18:00 CBI Reported Sales
-8
 
 
20:30 Durable Goods Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
+7.5%
-8.2%
 
20:30 Durables Goods Orders Ex Transportation[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.4%
+0.1%
 
21:00 House Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
 
 
21:00 House Price Index[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.4%
 
 
21:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.40%
 
 
21:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.50%
 
 
22:00 Consumer Confidence
86.0
87.0
 
22:30 Dallas Fed Manf. Activity
 
 
 
Wed 28 May
10:00 RBNZ Announces Rates
3.50%
3.25%
 
16:00 UBS Expectation of Economic Growth
-51.6
 
 
19:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
-5.1%
 
 
22:00 Richmond Fed Manufact. Index
-13
 
 
Thu 29 May
*** Ascension Day
 
 
 
2:00 FOMC Releases Meeting Minutes of May 6-7
 
 
 
9:00 ANZ Business Conditions
+49.3
 
 
9:30 Private Capital Expenditure[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-0.2%
+0.4%
 
13:00 Consumer Confidence
31.2
32.0
 
20:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
-0.3%
-0.3%
 
20:30 Personal Consumption[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.8%
 
 
20:30 GDP Price Index[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+3.7%
 
 
20:30 PCE Core[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+3.5%
 
 
20:30 Initial Jobless Claims
227K
 
 
20:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
1.903M
 
 
20:30 Current Account Balance
C$ -4.99B
 
 
22:00 Pending Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+6.1%
 
 
22:00 Pending Home Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.1%
 
 
22:30 EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report[week-over-week]
+120bcf
 
 
Fri 30 May
0:00 EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report[week-over-week]
+1328kbbl
 
 
6:00 ANZ Consumer Confidence Index
98.3
 
 
6:45 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
+9.6%
 
 
7:30 Unemployment Rate
2.5%
2.5%
 
7:30 Job-To-Applicant Ratio
1.26
1.26
 
7:30 Tokyo CPI[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.5%
+3.4%
 
7:30 Tokyo CPI Ex-Fresh Food[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.4%
+3.5%
 
7:30 Tokyo CPI Ex Food, Energy[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.1%
+3.2%
 
7:50 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
-1.2%
 
7:50 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.0%
+0.3%
 
7:50 Retail Sales Value[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.1%
+2.9%
 
7:50 Department Store and Supermarket Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.7%
 
 
9:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.4%
 
9:30 Building Approvals[month-on-month(MoM)]
-8.8%
+3.0%
 
9:30 Private Sector Credit[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.5%
+0.5%
 
9:30 Private Sector Credit[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.5%
 
 
13:00 Annualized Housing Starts
1.080M
696K
 
13:00 Housing Starts[year-on-year(YoY)]
+39.1%
-23.6%
 
13:00 Construction Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.5%
 
 
15:00 KOF Leading Indicator
97.1
98.5
 
16:00 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.6%
 
 
16:30 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.7%
 
 
20:30 Personal Income[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.5%
+0.3%
 
20:30 Personal Spending[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.7%
+0.2%
 
20:30 PCE Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.3%
+2.2%
 
20:30 PCE Core Deflator[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
+0.1%
 
20:30 PCE Core Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.6%
+2.5%
 
20:30 Wholesale Inventories[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
 
 
20:30 Gross Domestic Product[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
 
 
20:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+2.6%
 
 
21:45 Chicago Purchasing Manager
44.6
45.5
 
22:00 U. of Michigan Confidence
50.8
 
 
Sat 31 May
*** Tuen Ng Festival
 
 
 
9:30 PMI Manufacturing
49.0
 
 
9:30 PMI Services
50.4