US 0830 ET Weekly initial unemployment claims expected -745,000 to 4.500 million, previous -1.37 million to 5.245 million. Weekly continuing claims expected +5.024 million to 17.000 million, previous +4.53 million to 11.976 million.
0945 ET Preliminary Apr Markit manufacturing PMI expected -13.5 to -35.0, Mar -2.2 to 48.5. Apr Markit services PMI expected -9.8 to 30.0, Mar -9.6 to 39.8.
1000 ET Mar new home sales expected -16.1% to 642,000, Feb -4.4% to 765,000.
1100 ET Apr Kansas City Fed manufacturing activity expected -20 to -37, Mar -22 to -17.
1100 ET Treasury announces amount of 2-year T-notes (previous $40 billion), 2-year floating-rate notes (previous $18 billion), 5-year T-notes (previous $41 billion) and 7-year T-notes previous ($32 billion) to be auctioned Apr 27-28.
GERMANY 0200 ET German May GfK consumer confidence expected -4.5 to -1.8, Apr -5.6 to 2.7.
0330 ET German Apr Markit/BME manufacturing PMI expected -6.4 to 39.0, Mar -2.6 to 45.4. Apr Markit services PMI expected -3.7 to 28.0, Mar -20.8 to 31.7.
FRANCE 0325 ET France Apr Markit manufacturing PMI expected -6.2 to 37.0, Mar -6.6 to 43.2. Apr Markit services PMI expected -2.9 to 24.5, Mar -25.1 to 27.4.
EUR 0400 ET Eurozone Apr Markit manufacturing PMI expected -6.5 to 38.0, Mar -4.7 to 44.5. Apr Markit composite PMI expected -4.7 to 25.0, Mar -21.9 to 29.7.
UK 0430 ET UK Apr Markit manufacturing PMI expected -5.8 to 42.0, Mar -3.9 to 47.8. Apr Markit/CIPS services PMI expected -6.7 to 27.8, Mar -18.7 to 34.5.
0430 ET UK Mar public sector net borrowing expected +1.8 billion pounds, Feb -0.4 billion pounds.
0600 ET UK Apr CBI trends total orders expected -22 to -51, Mar -11 to -29. Apr CBI trends selling prices expected -4 to 3, Mar +9 to 7.
1901 ET UK Apr GfK consumer confidence expected -6 to -40, Mar -27 to -34.
JAPAN 1930 ET Japan Mar national CPI expected +0.4% y/y, Feb +0.4% y/y. Mar national CPI ex-fresh food expected +0.4% y/y, Feb +0.6% y/y. Mar national CPI ex fresh food & energy expected +0.6% y/y, Feb +0.6% y/y.
1950 ET Japan Mar PPI services prices expected +1.8% y/y, Feb +2.1% y/y.
