Economic Events - Month Ahead Events

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AU

13/05/2026 01:30 consumer confidence
13/05/2026 02:30 home loans
13/05/2026 02:30 wage price index
13/05/2026 02:30 business confidence
14/05/2026 02:00 consumer inflation expectations
15/05/2026 02:00 consumer inflation expectations
18/05/2026 00:30 RBA Assistant Governor Sarah Hunter speaks
19/05/2026 02:30 RBA meeting minutes
21/05/2026 00:00 flash composite PMI
21/05/2026 02:30 employment change
21/05/2026 02:30 unemployment
27/05/2026 00:00 RBA Monetary Policy Board Member Carolyn Hewson Speaks
27/05/2026 02:30 CPI
28/05/2026 02:30 private capital expenditure
28/05/2026 02:30 plant machinery capital expenditure
28/05/2026 02:30 building capital expenditure
29/05/2026 02:30 private sector credit

CA

15/05/2026 13:15 housing starts
15/05/2026 13:30 manufacturing sales
18/05/2026 00:00 Victoria Day. Financial markets closed.
18/05/2026 00:00 Victoria Day. Financial markets closed
19/05/2026 13:30 CPI
22/05/2026 13:30 PPI
22/05/2026 13:30 retail sales
26/05/2026 13:30 manufacturer sales
28/05/2026 13:30 current account
29/05/2026 13:30 GDP
29/05/2026 16:00 budget balance

CH

14/05/2026 00:00 Ascension Day. Financial markets closed.
15/05/2026 07:30 industrial production
18/05/2026 08:00 GDP
25/05/2026 00:00 Whit Monday. Financial markets closed.
27/05/2026 09:00 economic sentiment index
28/05/2026 07:30 nonfarm payrolls

CN

15/05/2026 23:00 current account
18/05/2026 16:00 unemployment
18/05/2026 16:00 retail sales
18/05/2026 16:00 industrial production
20/05/2026 15:15 interest rate decision

DE

13/05/2026 13:45 current account
15/05/2026 07:00 wholesale prices
20/05/2026 07:00 PPI
21/05/2026 08:30 flash composite PMI
22/05/2026 07:00 GDP
22/05/2026 07:00 consumer confidence
22/05/2026 09:00 Ifo business climate
29/05/2026 07:00 export and import prices
29/05/2026 08:55 unemployment
29/05/2026 13:00 CPI

ES

14/05/2026 08:00 CPI
19/05/2026 09:00 trade balance
26/05/2026 08:00 PPI
28/05/2026 08:00 retail sales
28/05/2026 11:00 business confidence
29/05/2026 08:00 CPI
29/05/2026 09:00 current account

EU

13/05/2026 10:00 industrial production
13/05/2026 10:00 employment change
13/05/2026 10:00 GDP
19/05/2026 10:00 trade balance
20/05/2026 08:00 ECB non-monetary policy meeting
20/05/2026 10:00 CPI
21/05/2026 09:00 current account
21/05/2026 09:00 flash composite PMI
21/05/2026 10:00 construction output
21/05/2026 15:00 consumer confidence
22/05/2026 00:00 Eurogroup meeting
22/05/2026 00:00 negotiated wage growth
28/05/2026 10:00 economic sentiment index
28/05/2026 10:00 industrial sentiment index
29/05/2026 09:00 money supply

FR

13/05/2026 06:30 unemployment
13/05/2026 07:45 CPI
21/05/2026 08:15 flash composite PMI
22/05/2026 07:45 business climate indicator
22/05/2026 07:45 business confidence
27/05/2026 07:45 consumer confidence
28/05/2026 07:45 PPI
29/05/2026 07:45 GDP
29/05/2026 07:45 CPI

IE

14/05/2026 09:00 CPI
14/05/2026 09:00 harmonised CPI
15/05/2026 09:00 trade balance
21/05/2026 09:00 average weekly earnings
22/05/2026 09:00 wholesale prices
28/05/2026 00:00 retail sales
29/05/2026 09:00 harmonised CPI

IT

15/05/2026 09:00 CPI
18/05/2026 09:00 trade balance
20/05/2026 09:00 construction output
21/05/2026 09:00 current account
28/05/2026 09:00 consumer confidence
28/05/2026 11:00 PPI
29/05/2026 09:00 unemployment
29/05/2026 10:00 CPI
29/05/2026 11:00 GDP

JP

13/05/2026 00:50 current account
14/05/2026 05:00 Bank of Japan policy board member Kazuyuki Masu speaks
15/05/2026 00:50 PPI
16/05/2026 08:25 Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Himino Ryozo speaks
19/05/2026 00:50 GDP
19/05/2026 05:30 industrial production
21/05/2026 00:50 trade balance
21/05/2026 01:30 flash composite PMI
21/05/2026 02:30 Bank of Japan policy board member Koeda Junko speaks
22/05/2026 00:30 CPI
29/05/2026 00:30 unemployment
29/05/2026 00:50 industrial production
29/05/2026 06:00 consumer confidence

UK

13/05/2026 07:00 employment change
13/05/2026 07:00 unemployment
13/05/2026 19:00 Bank of England External Member Monetary Policy Committee Catherine Mann speaks
14/05/2026 00:01 house price balance
14/05/2026 07:00 manufacturing production
14/05/2026 07:00 industrial production
14/05/2026 07:00 GDP
14/05/2026 07:00 trade balance
14/05/2026 15:10 Bank of England Financial Policy Committee external member Liz Oakes speaks
14/05/2026 17:15 Bank of England Chief Economist and Executive Director Huw Pill speaks
19/05/2026 07:00 unemployment
19/05/2026 07:00 employment change
20/05/2026 07:00 PPI
20/05/2026 07:00 CPI
21/05/2026 09:30 flash composite PMI
22/05/2026 00:01 consumer confidence
22/05/2026 07:00 public sector net borrowing
22/05/2026 07:00 retail sales
25/05/2026 00:00 Spring Bank Holiday. Financial markets closed.
26/05/2026 08:00 Grocery Market Share  Worldpanel (Kantar)

US

13/05/2026 13:30 PPI
13/05/2026 15:30 EIA crude oil stocks
14/05/2026 13:30 export and import prices
14/05/2026 13:30 initial jobless claims
14/05/2026 13:30 retail sales
14/05/2026 15:30 EIA natural gas stocks
15/05/2026 00:00 Federal Reserve Vice Chair Michael Barr speaks
15/05/2026 13:30 New York empire state manufacturing index
15/05/2026 14:15 industrial production
15/05/2026 17:00 NOPA crush report
19/05/2026 13:55 Redbook index
20/05/2026 15:30 EIA crude oil stocks
20/05/2026 19:00 FOMC minutes
21/05/2026 13:30 Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index
21/05/2026 13:30 initial jobless claims
21/05/2026 13:30 building permits
21/05/2026 14:45 flash composite PMI
21/05/2026 15:30 EIA natural gas stocks
21/05/2026 16:00 Kansas City Fed manufacturing activity
22/05/2026 15:00 Conference Board leading index
22/05/2026 15:00 Michigan consumer sentiment index
25/05/2026 00:00 Memorial Day. Financial markets closed.
25/05/2026 13:30 Chicago Fed national activity index
26/05/2026 13:55 Redbook index
26/05/2026 14:00 house price index
26/05/2026 14:00 S&P/Case-Shiller home price index
26/05/2026 15:00 Conference Board consumer confidence
26/05/2026 15:30 Dallas Fed manufacturing index
27/05/2026 15:00 Richmond Fed manufacturing index
28/05/2026 13:10 building permits
28/05/2026 13:30 durable goods orders
28/05/2026 13:30 GDP
28/05/2026 13:30 personal consumption expenditures
28/05/2026 13:30 quarterly personal consumption expenditures
28/05/2026 13:30 initial jobless claims
28/05/2026 15:00 new home sales
28/05/2026 15:30 EIA natural gas stocks
28/05/2026 17:00 EIA crude oil stocks
29/05/2026 13:30 wholesale inventories
29/05/2026 14:45 Chicago PMI

ZA

13/05/2026 10:30 unemployment
14/05/2026 10:30 mining production
20/05/2026 09:00 CPI
20/05/2026 12:00 retail sales
21/05/2026 12:00 building permits
28/05/2026 10:30 PPI
28/05/2026 14:00 interest rate decision
29/05/2026 07:00 money supply
29/05/2026 13:00 trade balance

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