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April/MAY 2017 Economic
Statistics
and Other Economic Influences |
TUESDAYS:
Weekly Chain Store Sales*
Average Hourly Earnings*
API Weekly Gas/Oil Stockpiles Report* ** (4:30p.m.)
WEDNESDAYS:
Mortgage Applications Data
EIA Weekly Report on Gas & Oil Stockpiles* (10a.m.)
THURSDAYS:
Weekly Unemployment Report*
Weekly Mutual Fund Flows*
Natural Gas Storage Levels* (a.m.)
*Except Holidays ** As of 1/09
All Dates Subject to Change: |
| Sunday,
April 23 |
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1st Round of French General
Election
World Bank/IMF Joint Meetings Wrap w/"Digitalization: Revolutionizing
Fiscal Policy and Systems w/IMF's Lipton, GOOGL's Atkinson, MIT's McAfee, +
Advisor to Gov't of India Subramanian
OVERNIGHT into US Mon. a.m. et:
UK Rightmove April House Prices
German March Import
Price Index + IFO Biz climate/Expectations/Current
Eurozone FY16 Gov't Debt/GDP
Ratio
UK CBI April Total Order Trends/Selling
Prices/Biz Optimism
Irish Central Bank Gov Lane & FinMin
Noonan speak at official opening of the bank's new headquarters (Dublin)
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| Monday, April 24 |
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Chicago Fed April Nat'l Activity
Index
Dallas Fed April Manufacturing Survey
Canada Feb Wholesale Sales
Fed's Kashkari on "Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute
TBTF" 6th Fink Investing Conference (UCLA Los Angeles 11:30am)
US Treasury Auctions $39B 3-, & $33B 6- month Bills
Fed's Kashkari Repeats "Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute TBTF"
w/Q&A @Claremont McKenna College (Claremont CA 3:15pm)
OVERNIGHT into US Tues. a.m. et:
Japan Corporate Services Price
Index
ECB Bank Lending Survey
UK March Public Finances/Net
Borrowing
Hong Kong March Exports/Imports
Euro Area 16Q4 Gov't Debt/Deficit
Norges Bank Dpty Gov Nicolaisen
speaks @Norwegian Academy of Science & Letters
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| Tuesday, April 25 |
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FHFA Feb House Price Index
S&P Case Shiller Feb House Price Index
US March New Home Sales
Redbook weekly Store Sales Snapshot
Brazil March Current Account & Foreign Direct Investment
Conference Board's April Consumer Confidence
Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index
US Treasury Auctions 4-wk & $20B 52-week Bills
(11:30am et)
US Treasury Auctions $26B 2-year Notes (1pm et)
OVERNIGHT into US Wed. a.m. et:
New Zealand March Net Migration/Visitors,
March Credit Card Spending
RBA Gov. Lowe speaks, & Aussie Q1
CPI, March Skilled Vacancies
Japan Feb All Industry Activity &
March Machine Tool Orders
Singapore March Industrial Production
Swiss UBS March Consumption Indicator +
ZEW Apr. Expectations
So. Africa March PPI
BoJ & Riksbank start,
separate, 2-day meetings (thru 27th)
Frankfurt
Finance Summit 2017--"Europe Reloaded" (Frankfurt DE)
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| Wed.
April 26 |
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MBA weekly Mortgage/Refinance
Applications
US Revisions to Retail Sales
EIA weekly Petroleum/Gasoline/Distillates Stats (w/e 4/21)
US Treasury Auctions $15B 2-year FRN Notes (11:30am et)
Canada Feb Retail Sales
Brazil March Bank Lending & Foreign Exchange Flows
US Treasury Auctions $34B 5-year Notes (1pm et Last auction wasn't
smooth)
OVERNIGHT into US Thurs. a.m. et:
South Korea 17Q1 GDP
BoJ Monetary Policy Statement,
Outlook (27th local time)
China March Swift Global Payments,
Industrial Profits
Aussie Q1 Import/Export Price Index ment,
Outlook, Balance Rate, 10-yr Target Rate (27th local time)
SNB (Swiss) Q1 Earnings, March Trade Balance
(Imports/Exports)
Eurozone & German GfK March
Consumer/Business/Industrial/Services Confidence Survey
BoJ post-Meeting Press Conference
Riksbank (Swedish) Central Bank
Interest Rate Decision (27th local time, Stockholm)
ECB MPC Rate Decision/QE Target (27th
local time)
Eurozone, Spain, Italy, German April
CPI & HICP
Spain Q1 Unemployment Rate
Italy March Trade Balance, April Comsumer &
Business Confidence
Eurozone April Business & Consumer
Confidence/Expections
UK CBI April Retailing Reported Sales
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| Thursday, Apr. 27 |
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ECB post-Meeting Press
conference
US weekly Unemployment Claims
T-3 Trades for End of Month
US March Durable Goods Orders/Shipments
US March (Adv) Int'l Trade Deficit
US March Retail & Wholesale Inventories
Russia Central Bank Reserves
NAR March Pending Home Sales
EIA weekly Natural Gas Report
K.C. Fed April Manufacturing Index
US Treasury Auctions $28B 7-year Notes (1pm et Last Auction wasn't
smooth)
USDA Farm Prices (3pm et)
Fed weekly Balance Sheet & Money Supply
OVERNIGHT into US Fri. am. et:
South Korea March Industrial Production
& Service Sector Output
New Zealand March Trade Balance
UK GfK April Consumer Confidence Survey +
Lloyd's Business Barometer
Japan March Jobless Rate,
Household Spending, CPI, Retail Trade, Industrial Production
Singapore URA Q1 Property Index &
March Bank Lending
Aussie March Housing &
Private Sector Credit, Q1 PPI
UK April Nationwide House Prices
Aussie March Private Sector Credit, Q1
PPI
Japan March Vehicle Production, Housing
Starts, Construction Orders
France 17Q1 GDP
SNB's Jordan & Studer
speak at Central Bank AGM (Bern), + 17Q1 Currency Allocation (Bern 28th local time)
German March Retail Sales
South Africa March Private Sector Credit
+ M3
French March CPI
Italian Apr. CPI, HICP, PPI
Spain Q1 GDP, March Retail Sales, Feb
Current Account
UK Mar. BBA Loans for House
Purchases, Q1 (Adv) GDP, Feb Index of Services
Eurozone April CPI
India March Federal Fiscal Deficit, Bank
Loan & Deposit Growth
Russia April Interest Rate Deicsion
South Africa March Trade Balance
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| Friday, April
28 |
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US 17Q1(adv) GDP, Personal
Consumption, PCE
US 17Q1 ECI (Employment Cost Index)
Canada Feb GDP, & March Industrial Product & Raw Materails Price Index
Chicago April PMI
U.M. (F) April Consumer Sentiment
Brazil March Budget Balance, Debt/to GDP Ratio
Baker-Hughes weekly US/North American Rig Count (1pm et)
Fed Gov. Brainard on "Fintech & the Future of Finance"
w/Q&A @Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern Univ. Evanston IL 1:15pm)
Pres. Trump speaks at NRA (Nat'l Rifle Ass'n) Annual Convention (Atlanta
GA to 30th)
Fed's Harker on "How STEM Can Get You Anywhere" at X-STEM
Symposium w/Q&A (D.C. 2:30pm)
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| Saturday, April 29 |
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China April Manufacturing
& Non-Manufacturing PMI
Japanese Show Day Holiday
China Labour Day Holiday
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| Sunday,
April 30 |
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China April Manufacturing
& Non-Manufacturing PMIs
OVERNIGHT into US Mon. a.m. et:
AIG April (Aussie) Performance of
Manufacturing +CoreLogic House Price Index + TD Securities Inflation + RBA Commodity Index
Japan April Official Reserves, Nikkei
Manufacturing PMI, Vehicle Sales
South Korea April Trade Balance
Swiss March Retail Sales & April
Total Sight Deposits
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| Monday,
May 01 |
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US March Personal
Income/Outlays
US April Manufacturing PMI
US April Manufacturing ISM/employment/prices paid/new orders
US March Construction Spending
Treas Sec'y Mnuchin speaks
Canada RBC & Markit April Manufacturing PMI
US Treasury Auctions $39B 3-, & $33B 6-month Bills (that's it for the week!)
Holidays in UK, India, Russia, China, Spain, France, Switzerland, So. Africa,
Brazil, Hong Kong, Germany, SIngapore, So. Korea, for either May Day or Labour Day
OVERNIGHT into US Tues. a.m. et:
BoJ Minutes of 03/15--16 Meeting &
Monetary Base at End of Period (04/28)
BoJ's Kuroda speaks at
Asian Deveopment Bank Institute/Univ. of Pennsylvania Jt Global Think Tank
Summit (Yokohama Japan thru 3rd)
Japan Nikkei April Services &
Composite PMI
China Caixin April Manufacturing
PMI
South Korea April CPI + April Nikkei
Manufacturing PMI
RBA (Aussie) MPC Meeting
Statement/Rate Decision (05/02 local time)
India Nikkei Markit April Manufacturing
PMI
BoJ Core CPI (y/o/y)
German March Import Price Index
Eurozone, France, Italy, Germany,
& Spain Markit April Manufacturing PMI
Swiss SVME April PMI
Italy March Unemployment Rate
UK Markit April Manufacturing PMI
Eurozone March Unemployment Rate
ECB Regulaton Chief Nouy panelist
(Vienna)
South Africa April Vehicle Sales
Singapore April Manufacturing PMI
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| Tuesday, May 02 |
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US April Motor Vehicle Sales
FOMC 2-day Meeting Starts (thru 3rd)
Redbook weekly US Store Sales Snapshot
Brazil April Markit Manufacturing PMI + Trade balance
OVERNIGHT into US Wed. a.m. et:
New Zealand Q1 Unemployment
Report/Change/Wages, QV April House Prices
UK BRC April Shop Price Index
AIG (Aussie) April Performance of
Services
Spain Unemployment
Rate/Change
German April Unemployment
Rate/Change
UK Markit/CIPS April Construction
PMI
Eurozone 17Q1 (Adv) GDP, March
PPI
ICMA
(Int'l Capital Market Ass'n) Annual General Meeting/Conference (Luxembourg thru
5th)
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| Wed.,
May 03 |
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FOMC post-Meeting Statement
(2pm et)
MBA weekly US Mortgage/Refinance Applications
ADP April Employent Report
Brazil March Industrial Production + FX Flows
US Treasury Refunding Announcement includes 3-, 10-, & 30-year
(8:30am et)
US April Services PMI
US April non-Manufacturing ISM
US weekly Petroleum/Gasoline/Distillates Report (w/e 4/28)
Holidays in Hong Kong, South Korea & Japan
OVERNIGHT into US Thurs. a.m. et:
New Zealand ANZ April Commodity Price
Aussie March Trade Balance
China Caixin April Services &
Composite PMI
RBA (Aussie) Gov Lowe speaks
India Nikkei April service PMI
Russia April Markit Services PMI
Norges Bank (Norway) MPC Meeting
Announcement (05/04 local time)
Markit Eurozone, France, Germany, Italy,
& Spain Services & Composite Apr. PMI
ECB's Board Member Mersch speaks
at Conference (Luxembourg)
South Africa Standard Bank April PMI
UK April New Car Registrations,
Markit/CIPS Services & Composite PMI
BoE April Official Reserves,
March Net Consumer Credit, Mortgage Approvals, M4 Money Supply
Asian Development Bank's 50th Annual
Meeting (thru May 7th, Yokohama Japan)
Eurozone Mar Retail Sales
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| Thursday, May 04 |
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US April Chain Store Sales (9 still
report)
Challenger April Job-Cut Report
US March International Trade Deficit
Canada March Int'l Merchandise Trade Balance
US weekly Jobless Applications
US 17Q1 (P) Productivity & Costs
Russia FX Reserves
US March Factory Orders
US (F) March Durable Goods Orders/Shipments
EIA weekly Natural Gas Report
Former Fed Plosser & John Taylor speak @Hoover Institution Foundations of Monetary
Policy Conference
US Fed weekly Balance Sheet & US Money Supply
OVERNIGHT into US Fri. a.m. et:
BoC Gov Poloz speaks (Mexico)
Aussie AiG April Performance of
Construction Index, HIA Mar. New Home Sales
India FX Reserves
ASEAN FinMins & Central Bank
Governors/Deputies Joint Meeting (Tokyo to May 5th)
ECB's Praet speaks
(Brussels)
ECB Chief Draghi speaks
at an award ceremony (Lausanne Suisse)
RBA (Aussie) post-Meeting
Statement on Monetary Policy
Swiss/UBS Q1 Real Estate Bubble Index +
April FX reserves
Markit Eurozone, German, French &
Italian Apr. Retail & Construction PMI
European Commission Pres Juncker
& EU Council Pres Tusk speak (Florence)
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| Friday,
May 05 |
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US April Unemployment
Report/Change/Participation/Hrly Earnings
Canada April Employment Report/Change/Participation/Wages + Ivey PMI
Fed V.Ch Fischer speaks at Hoover Institution's Structural
Foundations of Monetary Policy: A
Policy Conference (11:30am et Stanford CA)
Canada Ivey April PMI
Brazil April Auto Production/Sales
Fed's Williams keynotes Shadow Open Market Cmte (SOMC) Spring Meeting: "Reforming the Fed & Government-Sponsored
Enterprises" w/Q&A (NY 12:45pm)
Baker-Hughes weekly U.S./North AmericaRig Count (1pm for w/e 4/28)
FOMC Chief Yellen on "125 Years of Women's Participation in the
Economy" at Brown Univ. (1:30pm Providence RI)
Fed's Bullard, Evans & Rosengren panelists @Monetary Policy
Conference w/Q&A (starting 1pm)
US March Consumer Credit (3pm -Debt really!)
Holidays in South Korea & Japan
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| Saturday, May 06 |
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UK Halifax April House Prices
Fed's Williams debates "Has the 'Neutral' Interst Rate Declined and How Does
that Affect Fed Decisions?" at SIEPR-
Hoover Institution Joint Monetary Policy Conference w/Q&A, John Taylor
moderates (3:30pm SIEPR=Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research)
Chinese & Japanese FinMins & Central Bankers Meet (Tokyo)
BoJ's Kuroda & Philippines Central Bank gov Tetangco roundtable
participants at Asian Development Bank/BoJ Joint Session
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WEEKS AHEAD: 05/08
Fed's Mester speaks at Chicago Council on Global
Affairs on "From Main Street to Wall Street: Economic Growth, Monetary Policy &
the Federal Reserve" (Chicago)
05/11 BoE MPC Meets
RBNZ (New Zealand) MPC Meets
05/24 BoC MPC Meets
*FOMC 2017 Voting Members: Five
governors on the FOMC are permanent voters: Janet Yellen, Stanley Fischer, Lael Brainard,
Jay Powell and Dan Tarullo.vote at every meeting. (Board Governors endure 2 vacancies that
Senate refuses to confirm). NY Fed pres.also a permanent FOMC voting member. The
rest of the voters, in 2017, are 5 of the 11 regional Fed Pres.:New voting
members, for 2017, include Philly Fed Pres. Patrick Harker, Minneapolis Fed Pres Neel
"Too Big to Fail" Kashkari, Dallas Fed's Robert Kaplan, and Chiago Fed Pres
Charles Evans. Evans was last a voter in 2015. The other 3 are
voters for the first time. Loretta Mester (Cleveland), Eric
Rosengren (Boston), James Bullard (St. Louis) and Esther George (Kansas City) have lost
their votes in 2017. In an Oct. speech, Harker said he would have preferred if rates had
been raised at the prior FOMC meeting. Kaplan was a 23-yr veteran of Goldman Sachs before
winding up at Harvard Business School. Mester & George are hawks that dissented at
several 2016 meetings until the 2016 rate hike announced 12/14 but aren't voters in 2017.
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