US
0830 ET Apr non-farm payrolls expected +193,000, Mar +103,000. Apr private payrolls expected +190,000, Mar +102,000. Apr manufacturing payrolls expected +20,000, Mar +22,000. Apr unemployment rate expected -0.1 to 4.0%, Mar unch at 4.1%.
0830 ET Apr avg hourly earnings expected +0.2% m/m and +2.7% y/y, Mar +0.3% m/m and +2.7% y/y. Apr avg weekly hours all-employees expected unch at 34.5 hours, Mar unch at 34,5 hours.
1200 ET New York Fed President William Dudley (voter) speaks in a press interview about the financial tumult of our times and the challenges ahead.
1500 ET San Francisco Fed President John Williams (voter) in the luncheon speaker at a Hover Institute policy conference on “Currencies, Capital and Central Bank Balances.â€
1730 ET Fed Vice Chairman Randal Quarles speaks on liquidity regulation and the size of the Fed’s balance sheet at a Hoover Institution monetary policy conference.
2000 ET Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan (non-voter) speaks at a conference on currencies and capital and central bank balances.
ITA
0345 ET Italy Apr Markit/ADACI services PMI expected +0.4 to 53.0, Mar -2.4 to 52.6.
FRA 0350 ET Revised France Markit services PMI, prelim-Apr +0.5 to 57.4.
GER
0355 ET Revised German Markit services PMI, prelim-Apr +0.2 to 54.1.
UK
0400 ET UK Apr new car registrations, Mar -15.7% y/y.
EUR
0400 ET Revised Eurozone Apr composite PMI, prelim-Apr unch at 55.2.
0500 ET Eurozone Mar retail sales expected +0.5% m/m and +1.9% y/y, Feb +0.1% m/m and +1.8% y/y.
CAN
1000 ET Canada Apr Ivey purchasing managers index, Mar +0.2 to 59.8.
JPN n/a
Japanese markets closed for Greenery Day.
Commodity Calendar – Friday 5/4/2018
Date Time Event Survey Prior
5/4/2018 13:00 Baker Hughes U.S. Rotary Gas Rigs 4-May — 195
5/4/2018 13:00 Baker Hughes U.S. Rotary Oil Rigs 4-May — 825
5/4/2018 13:00 Baker Hughes U.S. Rig Count 4-May — 1021