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Mon, May 20
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07:00 Japan Leading Index CI final, Mar 97.6
14:30 US Chicago Fed National Activity Index, Apr -0.23
Tue, May 21
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06:30 Japan All Industry Activity Index, Mar -0.4/ 0.6/
08:00 Germany Producer Prices, Apr -0.1/0.1 -0.2/0.4
08:00 Finland Unemployment Rate, Apr 9.0
09:30 Sweden Unemployment Rate, Apr 8.7 8.6 8.8
Unemployment Rate SA, Apr 8.3 8.3 8.4
10:30 UK CPI, Apr 0.4/2.6 0.3/2.8
CPI Core, Apr /2.3 /2.4
Wed, May 22
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Japan BOJ Target Rate, May 22
10:00 EMU Current Account SA, Mar 16.3bn
10:30 UK Bank of England Minutes
Public Finances (PSNCR), Apr 31.3bn
Retail Sales, Apr 0.0/1.9 -0.7/-0.5
11:03 Sweden SNDO T-bill auction: 10bn: 89
16:00 US Existing Home Sales, Apr 4.99mn 5.0mn 4.92mn
20:00 Fed Releases Minutes from Apr 30 - May 1 FOMC Meeting
Thu, May 23
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03:45 China HSBC PMI Manufacturing flash, May 50.4 50.4
09:00 France PMI Manufacturing preliminary, May 44.8 44.4
PMI Services preliminary, May 44.5 44.3
09:30 Germany PMI Manufacturing advance, May 48.5 48.1
PMI Services advance, May 50.0 49.6
10:00 EMU PMI Manufacturing advance, May 47.0 47.0 46.7
PMI Services advance, May 47.2 47.1 47.0
PMI Composite advance, May 47.2 47.1 46.9
Italy Retail Sales, Mar -0.2/-4.8
10:30 UK GDP preliminary, Q1 0.3/0.6 0.3/0.6
14:30 US Initial Jobless Claims, May 17 346k 360k
15:00 House Price Index, Mar 0.8/ 0.7/
16:00 EMU Consumer Confidence advance, May -21.8 -22.3
US New Home Sales, Apr 425k 430k 417k
17:00 Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Activity, May -5.0 -5.0
Fri, May 24
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08:00 Germany GDP (sa, wda) final, Q1 0.1/-0.2 0.1/-0.2
Exports, Q1 -0.6/ -2.0/
Imports, Q1 -0.9/ -0.6/
GfK Consumer Confidence Survey, Jun 6.2 6.2
08:45 France Business Confidence Indicator, May 89.0 88.0
09:15 Sweden Consumer Confidence, May 6.5 6.8 5.2
Economic Tendency Survey, May 94.5 94.9 94.1
Manufacturing Confidence SA, May -8 -7 -8
10:00 Germany IFO - Business Climate, May 104.4 104.4
IFO - Current Assessment, May 107.2 107.2
IFO - Expectations, May 101.6 101.6
14:30 US Durable Goods Orders, Apr 1.7/ 2.0/ -5.7/
Durables ex transportation, Apr 0.5/ -1.4/
Capital Goods Orders non-defence ex air, Apr 0.5/ 0.2/
Capital Goods Shipment non-defence ex air, Apr 0.3/ 0.3/