US 0830 ET Apr housing starts expected -26.0% to 900,000, Mar -22.3% to 1.216 million. Apr building permits expected -25.9% to 1.000 million, Mar -7.0% to 1.35 million.
1000 ET Fed Chair Jerome Powell testifies with Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin on the Quarterly CARES Act report before the Senate Banking Committee.
1000 ET Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari (voter) discusses the economy in a virtual town hall meeting.
1400 ET Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren (non-voter) participates in an online discussion on “The Impact of the COVID-19 Public Health Crisis on the New England Economy and Federal Reserve Actions taken in Response.â€
JAPAN 0030 ET Revised Japan Mar industrial production, previous -3.7% m/m and -5.2% y/y.
1950 ET Japan Mar core machine orders expected -6.7% m/m and -8.6% y/y, Feb +2.3% m/m and -2.4% y/y
EUR 0200 ET Eurozone Apr new car registrations, Mar -55.1% y/y.
0500 ET Eurozone Mar construction output, Feb -1.5% m/m and -0.9% y/y.
UK 0430 ET UK Apr jobless claims change, Mar +12,200. Apr claimant count rate, Mar 3.5%.
0430 ET UK Mar ILO unemployment rate expected +0.6 to 4.6%, Feb +0.1 to 4.0%.
0430 ET UK Mar avg weekly earnings expected +2.7% 3-mo avg/year-over-year, Feb +2.8% 3-mo avg/ year-over-year. Mar weekly earnings ex-bonus expected +2.6% 3-mo avg/year-over-year, Feb +2.9% 3-mo avg/year-over-year.
GERMANY 0500 ET German May ZEW expectations if economic growth expected +1.8 to 30.0, Apr +77.7 to 28.2
