US 0830 ET Weekly initial unemployment claims expected -1.398 million to 5.25 million, previous +3.341 million to 6.648 million. Weekly continuing claims, previous +1.245 million to 3.029 million.
0830 ET Mar PPI final demand expected -0.4% m/m and +0.5% y/y Feb -0.6% m/m and +1.3% y/y. Mar PPI ex food & energy expected unch m/m and +1.2% y/y, Feb -0.3% m/m and +1.4% y/y.
1000 ET Fed Chair Jerome Powell will give an economic update via webcast hosted by the Brookings Institute.
1000 ET Preliminary-April University of Michigan U.S. consumer sentiment index expected -14.1 to 75.0. Mar -11.9 to 89.1.
1000 ET Feb wholesale trade sales, Jan +1.6%. Revised Feb wholesale inventories expected -0.5%, previous -0.5%.
1600 ET San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly (non-voter) takes part in an online Quora discussion.
JAPAN 0100 ET Japan Mar consumer confidence expected -3.4 to 35.0, Feb -0.7 to 38.4.
0200 ET Japan Mar machine tool orders, Feb -29.6% y/y.
1950 ET Japan Mar PPI expected -0.6% m/m and -0.1% y/y, Feb -0.4% m/m and +0.8% y/y.
GERMANY 0200 ET German Feb trade balance expected +16.5 billion euros, Jan +13.8 billion euros. Feb exports expected -1.0%
ITALY 0400 ET Italy Feb industrial production expected -1.7% m/m and -2.3% y/y, Jan +3.7% m/m and -0.1% y/y.
UK 0430 ET UK Feb monthly GDP expected +0.1% m/m and +0.1% 3-mo/3-mo, Jan unch m/m and unch 3-mo/3-mo.
0430 ET UK Feb index of services expected +0.2% m/m and +0.3% 3-mo/3-mo, Jan +0.1% m/m and unch 3-mo/3-mo.
0430 ET UK Feb industrial production expected +0.1% m/m and -3.0% y/y, Jan +1.2% m/m and -2.9% y/y.
0430 ET UK Feb manufacturing production expected +0.1% m/m and -4.0% y/y, Jan +0.2% m/m and -3.6% y/y.
0430 ET UK Feb construction output expected +0.3% m/m and +0.2% y/y, Jan -0.8% m/m and +1.6% y/y.
CANADA 0830 ET Canada Mar net change in employment expected -500,000, Feb +30,300. Mar unemployment rate expected +1.9 to 7.5%, Feb +0.1 to 5.6%.
CHINA 2130 ET China Mar CPI expected +4.9% y/y, Feb +5.2% y/y. Mar PPI expected -1.1% y/y, Feb -0.4% y/y.
n/a China Mar new yuan loans expected +1.800 trillion yuan, Feb +905.70 billion yuan. May aggregate financing
