Next Week
May 15, 2015
Central Bank Beat: Interest rate policy meetings are scheduled in Japan, Indonesia, Turkey, South Africa and Colombia. Minutes will be published for the last meetings at the Reserve Bank of Australia, Bank of England, European Central Bank and Federal Reserve. The heads of the ECB (Draghi), Bank of Canada (Poloz), and Bank of Japan (Kuroda) speak publicly, as do Fisher, Evans, and Williams of the Federal Reserve.
Holiday: Victoria Day in Canada on Monday.
U.S. Data Releases: Housing starts, building permits, Philly and K.C. Fed manufacturing indices, Chicago Fed National Activity Index, National Association of Home Builders index, existing home sales, index of leading economic indicators, consumer prices, and weekly observations of jobless insurance claims, chain store sales, consumer comfort, mortgage applications, and energy inventories.
Japanese Data: Machinery orders, revised industrial production, 1Q GDP, supermarket and department store sales, all industry index, tertiary index, capacity usage, preliminary manufacturing PMI, and index of leading economic indicators.
Other Selected Asian Statistical Releases: Chinese property prices, PMI manufacturing, and index of leading economic indicators. Thai GDP, South Korean PPI and India’s index of leading economic indicators. Hong Kong and Malaysian consumer prices.
Euroland Data: Current account, trade balance, EU car sales, consumer prices, construction output, ZEW index, and manufacturing and service-sector purchasing manager preliminary indices.
Members of the Eurozone: German PMI, ZEW index, IFO business climate index, PPI, and GDP. French PMI, business sentiment, and index of leading economic indicators. Italian industrial orders, current account, trade balance, and retail sales. Spanish trade, PPI, and index of leading economic indicators. Belgian trade and consumer confidence. Dutch consumer spending, consumer sentiment, and unemployment. Austrian CPI and industrial output. Portuguese PPI and Greek current account.
U.K. Statistics: CPI, RPI, PPI, DCLG house price index, Rightmove house price index, industrial trends index, public-sector borrowing, and retail sales.
Nordic Europe: Icelandic CPI and wages. Danish consumer sentiment and retail sales. Norwegian GDP.
Eastern Europe: Polish PPI, retail sales, and wage inflation. Romanian current account and Czech producer prices.
Canada: Consumer prices, retail sales, and wholesale turnover.
Latin America: Mexican GDP and Brazil’s index of leading economic indicators.
Australia and New Zealand: Australian auto sales, consumer confidence, expected inflation, and index of leading economic indicators. New Zealand PPI, service-sector PMI, and annual budget.
Turkey and South Africa: Turkish consumer sentiment and South African CPI and retail sales.
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