Next Week’s Menu: May 4-10, 2024
May 3, 2024
Central Banks: Monetary policies will be reviewed in the U.K., Australia, Brazil, Mexico, Sweden, Poland, Serbia, Moldova, Iceland, and Malaysia. A summary of the Bank of Japan’s April 25-26th Board meeting will be published, and markets will get a clearer idea of how much intervention has been done by Japan. Governor Bailey of the Bank of England will hold a press conference Thursday after the Monetary Policy Committee meeting and also answer questions arising from the simultaneous publication of a new quarterly Monetary Policy Report. Fed officials with public speaking opportunities next week will include Williams, Kashkari, Goolbee, Logan, and Cook.
Holidays: There are Monday holidays in Japan (Children’s Day) and the U.K. (the early spring bank holiday), and Germany, Switzerland and France will be observing the religious Ascension Day on Thursday.
More Purchasing Managers Surveys Will Be Released: covering the non-oil sectors of Egypt and Saudi Arabia; private sectors in Singapore, Hong Kong, South Africa and Lebanon; service industries in China, Euroland, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Russia, India, Brazil and Japan; and construction in the U.K., Euroland, Germany, France and Italy.
U.S. Data Releases: University of Michigan/Reuters index of consumer confidence and RCM/TIPP optimism index. Also weekly jobless insurance claims, energy inventories, chain store sales and mortgage applications.
Japan and China: Japanese current account, international reserves, average cash earnings, bank lending, household spending, machine tool orders and economy watchers index. Chinese current account, trade balance, foreign direct investment and international reserves.
Other Asia: Indian industrial production, South Korea’s current account and Indian GDP.
Euroland Releases: Retail sales and producer prices.
Members of the Euro Area: German, Latvian and Spanish industrial production. German trade balance and industrial orders. Italian retail sales and industrial sales. French current account.
U.K. and Switzerland: British quarterly and March GDP, as well as monthly trade deficit, RICS and Halifax housing indices, industrial production, and construction output. Swiss unemployment.
Eastern Europe: Romania’s PPI and Czech retail sales.
Australia, New Zealand and Turkey: Australian retail sales and housing permits. New Zealand’s business purchasing managers index. Turkish industrial production and unemployment.
Canada, Brazil and Mexico: Canadian labor market statistics and IVEY-PMI survey. Brazilian consumer prices and retail sales. Mexican CPI, consumer confidence and industrial production.
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