Economic Calendar

Saturday, May 7

Economic Data/Events:

• China forex reserves

Sunday, May 8

Economic Data/Events:

• Former secretary for security and chief secretary John Lee is expected to be named replacement for Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam.
• Atlanta Fed financial market conference starts

Monday, May 9

Economic Data/Events:

• US Wholesale Inventories
• President Putin expected to speak
• BOJ releases Minutes to last policy decision
• Mexico CPI
• China Trade, aggregate financing, money supply, new yuan loans
• France Trade
• Singapore foreign reserves
• Indonesia GDP, CPI, consumer confidence
• Japan cash earnings, PMI services, composite

Tuesday, May 10

Economic Data/Events:

• Fed’s Mester and Bostic speak at Atlanta Fed conference
• Fed’s Williams speaks NABE/Bundesbank symposium
• Fed’s Waller and Kashkari speak at the Economic Club of Minnesota
• Germany ZEW survey expectations
• Italy industrial production
• Italy PM Draghi visits White House
• Japan household spending
• Mexico international reserves
• New Zealand home sales, card spending
• Australia household spending, business confidence, retail sales
• Thailand consumer confidence

EVENTS:

Wednesday, May 11

Economic Data/Events:

• US CPI
• Fed’s Bostic speaks
• China CPI, FDI
• Germany CPI
• ECB’s Knot speaks in Madrid
• Australia consumer confidence
• Japan leading index
• EIA Crude Oil Inventory Report

Thursday, May 12

Economic Data/Events:

• US PPI, initial jobless claims
• Fed’s Daly speaks in Alaska
• President Biden hosts special summit of ASEAN leaders
• USDA World Agricultural Supply/Demand report
• UK GDP
• G-7 and NATO foreign ministers meetings begin in Germany
• India CPI
• UK Industrial production
• Mexico central bank (Banxico) rate decision: Expected to raise Overnight Rate by 50bps to 7.00%
• Mexico industrial production
• Russia trade
• Japan BoP, bank lending, bankruptcies
• New Zealand food prices, net migration, inflation expectations
• Australia consumer inflation expectations
• South Africa manufacturing production

Friday, May 13

Economic Data/Events:

• US University of Michigan consumer sentiment
• Federal Reserve Bank of New York hosts “Climate Change: Implications for Macroeconomics” symposium
• France CPI
• Poland CPI
• Russia CPI and GDP
• Norway GDP
• Eurozone Industrial production
• Turkey Industrial production
• Canada existing home sales
• India trade
• Japan money stock
• New Zealand manufacturing index
• Thailand foreign reserves, forward contracts
• China medium-term lending
• RBA Bullock speaks

Sovereign Rating Updates:

• Switzerland (Fitch)
• Iceland(S&P)

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