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April 2020 Economic
Statistics
and Other Economic Influences |
TUESDAYS:
Weekly Chain Store Sales*
Average Hourly Earnings*
API Weekly Gas/Oil Stockpiles Report* ** (4:30p.m.)
WEDNESDAYS:
Mortgage Applications Data
EIA Weekly Report on Gas & Oil Stockpiles* (10a.m.)
THURSDAYS:
Weekly Unemployment Report*
Weekly Mutual Fund Flows*
Natural Gas Storage Levels* (a.m.)
*Except Holidays ** As of 1/09
All Dates Subject to Change: |
| Sunday,
Apr 05 |
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OVERNIGHT
into US Mon. a.m. et:
New Zealand ANZ Mar Comodity Prices,
Job Ads, M1 Inflation Gauge
China Mar Fx Reserves
India Mar Nikkei Services PMI
German Feb Factory Orders, Construction
PMI
Swiss KOF Leading Indicators
UK Mar GfK Consumer Confidence
Eurozone Sentix April
Consumer/Investor/Industrial/Confidence & Inflation Expectations
Russia Mar CPI
Brazil Mar CPI, Auto Production & Sales
OPEC+ RESCXHEDULED Teleconference
Meeting
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| Monday, Apr 06 |
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BoC (Canada)
Q1 Overall Business Outlook Survey, Outlook for Future Sales
Conference Board's March Consumer Trends Index
US Treasury Auctions $54B 3-. & $45B 6-month Bills (11am et)
Stress Tests Due @ Federal Reserve from Large Banks (Ironic considering
worse conditions developing)
FRB Bd of Governors/FRB NY Canceled "Developments in Empirical
Microeconomics Conference
US Treasury Auctions $60B reopened 52-week Bills maturing
May 21, 2020 (11am et)
US Treasury Auctions $40B 3-year Notes (1pm et)
OVERNIGHT into US Tues. a.m. et:
Aussie AiG Mar Performance of Service Index, Feb Trade
Balance
South Korea Current Account
Japan Feb Labor Cash Earnings, Household
Spending, Mar Fx Reserves
RBA (Aussie) MPC Cash Interest Rate Target/Statement (04/07
local time)
German Feb Industrial Production
French Feb Trade Balance/Current Account, Maar Fx Reserves
UK 4Q19 Unit Labor Costs/Output p/hour/Labour Productivity,
Halifax HPI
Italian Feb Retail Sales
Eurogroup Meetings ECB Chief Lagarde
videoconferencing in
Mexican Mar CPI
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| Tuesday, Apr 07 |
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Redbook
weekly store sales snapshot
US Feb JOLTS (Job Openings didn’t’ collapse until March)
Canada Ivey Mar PMI
US Treasury Auctions $40B reopened 6-month Bills maturing 8/6/2020 (11am
et)
US Treasury Auctions $25B reopened 10-year Notes maturing 02/15/2030
US Feb Consumer Credit (3pm et)
OVERNIGHT into US Wed. a.m. et:
Japan Feb Core Machinery Orders, Trade Balance, BoP
Current Account
RBA (Aussie) Chart Pack Release
Aussie Feb Home + Investor Loan Values
Japan Mar Bankruptcies, Eco Watchers Survey of
Current Conditions/Outlook
New Zealand REINZ Mar House Sales
Swiss Mar Unemployment Rate
Mexican Feb Industrial Production (6am et)
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| Wed.
Apr 08 |
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MBA
weekly Mortgage Purchase/Refinance Applications (7am et)
Canada Mar Housing Starts, Feb Building Permits
IMF-World Bank VIRTUAL Meeting
EIA weekly Petroleum/Gasoline/Distillates/Refineries Report (w/e/04/03;
10:30am et)
US Treasury Auctions $17B reopened 30-year Bonds due 02/15/2050
FOMC March 15th (Sunday) Extraordinary Meeting Minutes (2pm et)
OVERNIGHT into US Thurs. a.m. et:
UK RICS Mar House Price Balance
South Korea MPC April Interest Rate Decision
Japan Mar Household Confidence
RBA (Aussie) Financial Stability Review
Swiss Q1 Real Estate Index of Family Honmes
China Mar New Yuan Loans/Aggregate Financing, Foreign
Direct Investment, Money Supply
German Feb Trade Balance/Current Account
Japan (P) Mar Machine Tool Orders
Italian Feb Industrial Production
UK Feb GDP, Construction Output,
Industrial + Mnftg Production, Feb Trade Balance, Construction Output, Index of Services
South Africa Feb
Manufacturing + Mining Production/Gold Production
ECB Account of March 11--12 Monetary Policy
Meeting
Brazil Mar CPI, IPCA Inflation Index SA
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| Thurs,
Apr 09 |
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US
weekly Jobless Claims/Continuing Claims
US Mar PPI –Final Demand (8:30am et)
OPEC+ Teleconference Rescheduled from 04/06
Canada Mar Unemployment Rate/Change/Participation/Full-/Part-time/Wages
UK NIESR Mar GDP Estimate (9am et)
U.Michigan (P) Apr Consumer Sentiment (10am et)
US Feb Wholesale Trade/Inventories
EIA weekly Natural Gas Report (10:30am et)
US Treasury Auctions 4-, & 8-week Bills (value not announced at post)
WASDE Report (noon et)
Baker-Hughes weekly Oil/Nat Gas US/No. Am. Rig Count (w/e 04/03 1pm et)
US Treasury/Bond Markets close 2pm
Aggregate Reserves of US Depository Institutions (first since Supplemental Reserves were
untied)
OVERNIGHT into US Fri. a.m. et:
Japan Mar Lending, Domestic Corporate Goods Price
Index (PPI)
China Mar CPI + PPI
India Bank Loan & Deposit Growth, Fx Resrves
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| Friday, Apr 10 |
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Good
Friday Holiday in most of the Western World
ALL US Equity & Bond Markets CLOSED
US Mar CPI/Core CPI
US Mar Avg Hourly Earnings/Real Avg Weekly Earnings
Assets & Liabilities of Commercial Banks in US (4:15pm)
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| Saturday, Apr 11 |
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| Sunday, Apr 12 |
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EASTER
OVERNIGHJT into US Mon. a.m. et:
India Feb Industrial Production, Manufacturing
Output, Mar CPI
South Korea Mar Import/Export Price Index
New Zealand Mar House Prices, Electronic Card
Retail Sales, Feb Migration
Singapore Q1 GDP
China Mar New Yuan Loans, Aggregate
Financing, Foreign Direct Investment
Swiss Q1 Real Estate Index of Homes, Mar Trade
Balance
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| Monday, Apr 13 |
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Most of Western Markets Closed for Easter
Monday
US Treasury Auctions $57B 3-, & $48B 6-month Bills (11:30am et)
US Treasury Auctions $35B reopened 3-month Bills Mature 6/23/2020
OVERNIGHT into US Tues. a.m. et:
Aussie Mar NAB Business
Confidence/Conditions/Outlook
India Mar WPI Food, fuel, Inflation,
Manufacturing Price Hikes
IMF April 2020 World Economic Outlook
G7 Teleconference includes
ECB's Lagarde & Panetta
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| Tuesday Apr 14 |
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NFIB Small Business Optimism Index
US Mar Import/Export Price Index
St. Louis Fed's Bullard Covid-19 teleconference via Zoom (cannot confirm)
US Treasury Auctions $65B reopened 3-month Bills Maturing 05/18/2020 (1pm
et)
US Treasury Auctions $25B reopened 6-month Bills Maturing 6/13/2020 (1pm et)
Atlanta Fed's Bostic speaks @AlabamaWorks (3pm et)
OVERNIGHT into US Wed. a.m. et:
Aussie Westpac April Consumer Confidence
South Korea Mar Trade Balance
French, Italian, Spanish CPI/HICP
South Africa Feb Retail Sales
G20 FinMins & Central Bank Governors meet
via teleconference (noon cet)
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| Wed.
Apr 15 |
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MBA weekly
Mortgage/Refinance Applications (w/e 04/10; 7am et)
US Mar (adv) Retail Sales (8:30am et)
NY FRB/Empire State April Manufacturing Survey
Canada Mar Existing Home Sales
US Mar Industrial & Manufacturing Production/Capacity Utilization
India Trade Balance
Chicago FRB CANCELLED
13th Risk Conference "A World in Motion..."
BoC (Canada) MPC Interest Rate Decision/Statement/Monetary Policy Report
BoC Chief Poloz Press Conference
US Feb Business Inventories
NAHB Apr Housing Market Index
UK Treasury Select Cmte-Oral Evidence--Economic impact of coronavirus (1530 gmt)
EIA weekly Petroleum/Gasoline/Refineries Report (10:30am et)
Fed's Bostic teleconference to Birmingham Clubs (1pm et)
Fed Releases Beige Book (2pm et)
US Feb TICS (4pm et)
OVERNIGHT into US Thurs. a.m. et:
UK BRC Mar Like for Like Sales
Aussie Mar Unemployment
Rate/Change/Participation/Full- +Part-time
Aussie RBA Mar Fx Transactions/Reserves
China Mar New Home Prices
Japan April Tankan Survey
UK Sovereign Debt to be Rated by Moody's
German Mar CPI/HICP, Wholesale Price Index
Swiss Mar Producer & Import Prices
German Apri IFO Business Index
BoE Bank Liabilities/Credit Conditions Survey
Eurozone Feb Industrial Production
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| Thurs.
Apr 16 |
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US weekly Initial Claims for
Unemployment/Continuing Claims (8:30am et)
US Mar Housing Starts/Building Permits
Canada Feb Manufacturing Sales
IMF/World Bank Jt Spring Teleconference
Philly FRB Business Manufacturing Index/Conditions/Outlook/Employment/Orders/Prices
ADP Canada Nonfarm Employment Change
Philly FRB CANCELED Macro Conference
BoE's Teneyro speaks on "Monetary Policy During Pandemics: Inflation
before, during, and after COVID" (14:30 gmt)
EIA weekly Natural Gas Report (10:30am et; w/e 04/10)
US Treasury Auctions 4-, & 8-week Bills (11:30am et; value not announced at post)
OVERNIGHT into US Fri. a.m. et:
China Q1 GDP, Mar Fixed Assets, Industrial
Production, Property Investment. Retail Sales, Unemployment Rate, Nat'l
Statistics Bureau Press Conference
South Korea Mar Unemployment Rate
(COVID-19 lockdowns)
Singapore Mar Trade Balance
Japan Feb (F) Industrial
Production/Capacity Utilization, Tertiray Industry Index, Mar Dept Store Sales
EU 25 Mar New Car Registrations,
Mar CPI/HICP, Construction Output
Italian Feb Trade Balance
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| Friday,
Apr 17 |
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Canada Feb Int'l Securities
Transactions
Baker-Hughes weekly Oil/Gas US/No. Am. Rig Count (1pm et; w/e 04/10)
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| Saturday, Apr 18 |
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WEEKS AHEAD:04/27--28
BoJ MPC Meets
04/28--29 FOMC Meets
04/30 ECB MPC Meets
05/07 BoE MPC Meets
05/14--15 Chicago FRB Workshop
on Monetary & Financial History
05/21 Cleveland FRB "Inflation: Drivers &
Dynamics" Conference
*FOMC 2020 Voting Members: Chairperson
Jerome Powell, as of 02/05/18, and ALL members of the FOMC Board of
Governors are permanent voters: That includes Randall Quarles, & Lael
Brainard, Richard Clarida, Gov Bowman, (Senate confirmed
09/12/19), plus New York Fed Pres, currently John Williams
(Formerly of the San Francisco Fed) who replaced William Dudley, who retired from the bank
on June 15, 2018.:New, revolving Regional Fed Bank leaders who are voters for
2020: MN Fed's Kashkari, Dallas Fed's Kaplan, Philly Fed's Harker, Cleveland Fed's Mester.
Other Fed Presidents include: Atlanta Fed's Raphael Bostic, new in August 2017
(replaced Dennis Lockhart), former McKinsey exec Thomas Barkin, who
assumed the title of Pres of Richmond Fed on 01/01/18. San
Francisco Fed named Mary Daly Pres/CEO as of 10/1/2018, who was
a voter until Feb. 2020, completing her predecessor's term (NY Fed CEO Wiliams). 2019
Hawks dissenting against 2019 rate cuts were K.C. Fed's George, Boston's
Rosengren, and St. Louis' Bullard but he wanted a bigger cut,
earlier, who was backed by Chicago's Evans.
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