From BOJ Meeting to the Global PMIs to the Philippine-U.S. Drills and Quarterly Earnings Data, here’s what you need to know about the week ahead.
Monday
Philippines and US military forces commence annual war games near Taiwan and South China Sea, where Manila and Beijing are embroiled in territorial dispute. Through May 10 – Bloomberg
China loan prime rates
March export orders
EU foreign affairs ministers meet in Luxembourg to discuss Ukraine and Middle East – Bloomberg
April consumer confidence
Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau presents annual letter to French President – Bloomberg
Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau Speaks at conference in Paris on climate finance – Bloomberg
ECB President Christine Lagarde speaks at Yale University – Bloomberg
BOE regulatory policy maker Nathanaël Benjamin delivers keynote speech at Bloomberg private equity conference in London – Bloomberg
Bank of Canada issues quarterly market participants survey – Bloomberg
Tuesday
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to visit Germany and Poland through Wednesday – Bloomberg
Global Manufacturing and Services PMI
ECB’s Panetta Speaks in Rome – Bloomberg
ECB’s Nagel Speaks in Berlin – Bloomberg
BOE policy maker Jonathan Haskel speaks on inflation expectations at an occasional econometrics seminar series at the Centre for Econometric Analysis – Bloomberg
BOE chief economist Huw Pill makes speech at University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business in London – Bloomberg
March New Home Sales
Wednesday
April IFO business climate
Bank of Spain Chief de Cos Speak at Supervision Conference – Bloomberg
Bundesbank Chief Nagel Speaks on Central Bank Money – Bloomberg
Bank of France Chief Villeroy Speaks at Supervision Conference – Bloomberg
ECB Executive Board members Piero Cipollone and Isabel Schnabel speak in Frankfurt – Bloomberg
March Durable Goods Orders
BOC Minutes
Thursday
2024 Auto China held in Beijing, one of the automotive industry’s premier events – Bloomberg
ECB Governing Council member Boris Vujcic speaks at banking conference in Opatija, Croatia – Bloomberg
ECB’s Challenges for Monetary Policy Transmission in a Changing World (CHaMP) conference in Frankfurt, through Friday. Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel, Governing Council member Fabio Panetta to speak – Bloomberg
Swiss National Bank issues first quarter results – Bloomberg
Q1 GDP first estimate
March pending home sales
Friday
BOJ Meeting
EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager and the bloc’s top antitrust officials speak at the European Commission’s annual antitrust conference – Bloomberg
ECB 1-3 Year CPI expectations
ECB’s Centeno Participates in Panel in Frankfurt – Bloomberg
Swiss National Bank President Thomas Jordan speaks in Bern – Bloomberg
March personal income and spending
March PCE core deflator
April U. of Michigan consumer sentiment
Earnings
Previews
Focus on U.S. Economic Calendar
Top 10 Macro/Financial Charts of the Previous Week – w16
What Happened in the World Economy Last Week – in charts – w16 (Bloomberg)
*Note: Previous reports can be found here
