Date |
9:54pm |
Currency |
Impact |
|
Detail |
Actual |
Forecast |
Previous |
Chart |
Sun
May 6
|
All Day
|
EUR |
|
French Presidential Elections
|
|
|
|
|
|
5:45pm
|
NZD |
|
Labor Cost Index q/q
|
|
0.7%
|
0.8% |
0.9%  |
|
6:30pm
|
AUD |
|
AIG Construction Index
|
|
47.9
|
|
51.1 |
|
6:50pm
|
JPY |
|
Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes
|
|
|
|
|
|
All Day
|
CNY |
|
Bank Holiday
|
|
|
|
|
|
8:30pm
|
AUD |
|
ANZ Job Advertisements m/m
|
|
3.5%
|
|
1.9% |
|
8:30pm
|
AUD |
|
NAB Business Confidence
|
|
13
|
|
10 |
|
Mon
May 7
|
12:00am
|
JPY |
|
BOJ Meeting Minutes
|
|
|
|
|
|
12:45am
|
CHF |
|
Unemployment Rate
|
|
2.9%
|
2.8% |
2.9% |
|
All Day
|
GBP |
|
Bank Holiday
|
|
|
|
|
|
3:30am
|
EUR |
|
Sentix Investor Confidence
|
|
40.8
|
37.3 |
34.7 |
|
5:00am
|
EUR |
|
German Factory Orders m/m
|
|
2.4%
|
-0.4% |
4.3%  |
|
7:30am
|
CAD |
|
Building Permits m/m
|
|
27.4%
|
2.9% |
-23.3%  |
|
2:00pm
|
USD |
|
Consumer Credit m/m
|
|
13.5B
|
4.2B |
5.6B  |
|
8:30pm
|
AUD |
|
Building Approvals m/m
|
|
-11.4%
|
-4.8% |
9.0%  |
|
8:30pm
|
AUD |
|
Retail Sales m/m
|
|
1.1%
|
0.5% |
0.9% |
|
Tue
May 8
|
All Day
|
EUR |
|
French Bank Holiday
|
|
|
|
|
|
4:30am
|
AUD |
|
Annual Budget Release
|
|
|
|
|
|
5:00am
|
EUR |
|
German Industrial Production m/m
|
|
-0.1%
|
0.0% |
0.4%  |
|
7:15am
|
CAD |
|
Housing Starts
|
|
212K
|
214K |
214K  |
|
9:00am
|
USD |
|
Wholesale Inventories m/m
|
|
0.3%
|
0.4% |
0.4%  |
|
4:00pm
|
NZD |
|
RBNZ Financial Stability Report
|
|
|
|
|
|
5:45pm
|
NZD |
|
FPI m/m
|
|
0.2%
|
|
0.0% |
|
6:01pm
|
GBP |
|
BRC Retail Sales Monitor y/y
|
|
2.4%
|
|
3.9% |
|
6:01pm
|
GBP |
|
Nationwide Consumer Confidence
|
|
90
|
88 |
88 |
|
8:30pm
|
AUD |
|
HPI q/q
|
|
1.1%
|
1.2% |
1.1%  |
|
Wed
May 9
|
12:00am
|
JPY |
|
Leading Indicators
|
|
40.0%
|
40.0% |
27.3%  |
|
1:00am
|
EUR |
|
German Trade Balance
|
|
15.5B
|
15.0B |
14.7B  |
|
1:45am
|
EUR |
|
French Gov Budget Balance
|
|
-24.7B
|
|
-20.0B |
|
2:00am
|
EUR |
|
ECB President Trichet Speaks
|
|
|
|
|
|
4:30am
|
GBP |
|
BRC Shop Price Index y/y
|
|
0.8%
|
|
0.7% |
|
8:30am
|
USD |
|
Currency Manipulation Hearings
|
|
|
|
|
|
9:30am
|
USD |
|
Crude Oil Inventories
|
|
5.5M
|
0.9M |
1.2M |
|
12:00pm
|
CHF |
|
Gov Board Member Jordan Speaks
|
|
|
|
|
|
1:15pm
|
USD |
|
FOMC Statement
|
|
|
|
|
|
1:15pm
|
USD |
|
Federal Funds Rate
|
|
5.25%
|
5.25% |
5.25% |
|
5:45pm
|
NZD |
|
Employment Change q/q
|
|
1.2%
|
1.0% |
0.1%  |
|
5:45pm
|
NZD |
|
Unemployment Rate
|
|
3.8%
|
3.8% |
3.7% |
|
6:50pm
|
JPY |
|
Bank Lending y/y
|
|
1.0%
|
|
1.0% |
|
6:50pm
|
JPY |
|
M2 Money Stock y/y
|
|
1.1%
|
1.1% |
1.1% |
|
7:00pm
|
NZD |
|
Business NZ Manufacturing Index
|
|
54.2
|
|
56.8  |
|
8:30pm
|
AUD |
|
Employment Change
|
|
49.6K
|
12.5K |
5.2K  |
|
8:30pm
|
AUD |
|
Unemployment Rate
|
|
4.4%
|
4.5% |
4.5% |
|
Thu
May 10
|
12:45am
|
CHF |
|
SECO Consumer Climate
|
|
20
|
19 |
17 |
|
1:00am
|
EUR |
|
German WPI m/m
|
|
0.8%
|
0.6% |
0.5% |
|
1:00am
|
JPY |
|
Prelim Machine Tool Orders y/y
|
|
7.2%
|
|
9.7%  |
|
1:45am
|
EUR |
|
French Industrial Production m/m
|
|
0.2%
|
0.4% |
1.2%  |
|
1:45am
|
EUR |
|
French Trade Balance
|
|
-1.6B
|
-2.7B |
-2.4B  |
|
2:00am
|
JPY |
|
Economy Watchers Sentiment
|
|
49.7
|
50.4 |
50.8 |
|
3:00am
|
EUR |
|
Italian Industrial Production m/m
|
|
0.5%
|
0.6% |
-0.4%  |
|
3:00am
|
GBP |
|
Halifax HPI m/m
|
|
1.1%
|
0.7% |
1.2%  |
|
3:30am
|
GBP |
|
Manufacturing Production m/m
|
|
0.6%
|
0.5% |
-0.7%  |
|
3:30am
|
GBP |
|
Trade Balance
|
|
-7.0B
|
-6.7B |
-6.9B  |
|
3:30am
|
GBP |
|
Industrial Production m/m
|
|
0.3%
|
0.4% |
-0.3%  |
|
4:00am
|
GBP |
|
Prime Minister Blair Speaks
|
|
|
|
|
|
6:00am
|
GBP |
|
MPC Rate Statement
|
|
|
|
|
|
6:00am
|
GBP |
|
Official Bank Rate
|
|
5.50%
|
5.50% |
5.25% |
|
6:45am
|
EUR |
|
Minimum Bid Rate
|
|
3.75%
|
3.75% |
3.75% |
|
7:30am
|
CAD |
|
Trade Balance
|
|
4.6B
|
5.4B |
5.2B  |
|
7:30am
|
CAD |
|
NHPI m/m
|
|
0.3%
|
0.5% |
0.5% |
|
7:30am
|
EUR |
|
ECB Press Conference
|
|
|
|
|
|
7:30am
|
USD |
|
Trade Balance
|
|
-63.9B
|
-60.0B |
-57.9B  |
|
7:30am
|
USD |
|
Import Prices m/m
|
|
1.3%
|
1.1% |
1.5%  |
|
7:30am
|
USD |
|
Unemployment Claims
|
|
297K
|
320K |
306K  |
|
9:00am
|
USD |
|
FOMC Member Kroszner Speaks
|
|
|
|
|
|
9:30am
|
USD |
|
Natural Gas Storage
|
|
96B
|
96B |
87B |
|
10:00am
|
USD |
|
Chicago Fed President Moskow Speaks
|
|
|
|
|
|
1:00pm
|
USD |
|
Federal Budget Balance
|
|
177.7B
|
145.0B |
-96.3B |
|
6:01pm
|
GBP |
|
NIESR GDP Estimate
|
|
0.7%
|
|
0.7%  |
|
9:00pm
|
CNY |
|
PPI y/y
|
|
2.9%
|
2.8% |
2.7% |
|
Fri
May 11
|
3:55am
|
CNY |
|
Trade Balance
|
|
16.9B
|
15.0B |
6.9B |
|
6:00am
|
CAD |
|
Employment Change
|
|
-5.2K
|
18.5K |
54.9K |
|
6:00am
|
CAD |
|
Unemployment Rate
|
|
6.1%
|
6.1% |
6.1% |
|
7:30am
|
USD |
|
Core Retail Sales m/m
|
|
0.0%
|
0.5% |
1.1%  |
|
7:30am
|
USD |
|
PPI m/m
|
|
0.7%
|
0.6% |
1.0% |
|
7:30am
|
USD |
|
Retail Sales m/m
|
|
-0.2%
|
0.4% |
1.0%  |
|
7:30am
|
USD |
|
Core PPI m/m
|
|
0.0%
|
0.2% |
0.0% |
|
9:00am
|
USD |
|
Business Inventories m/m
|
|
-0.1%
|
0.2% |
0.2%  |
|
Sat
May 12
|
9:00pm
|
CNY |
|
M2 Money Supply y/y
|
|
17.1%
|
17.3% |
17.3% |
|
9:00pm
|
CNY |
|
New Yuan Loans
|
|
422B
|
|
442B |
|