| US | 0315 ET | Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks on the topic of ‘Monetary Policy Influences on Global Financial Conditions and International Capital Flows’ on a panel at a Swiss National Bank and IMF conference in Zurich. | |
| 1000 ET | Mar JOLTS job openings expected +48,000 to 6.100 million, Feb -176,000 to 6.052 million. | ||
| 1300 ET | Treasury auctions $31 billion of 3-year T-notes. | ||
| GER | 0200 ET | German Mar trade balance expected +22.5 billion euros, Feb +18.5 billion euros. Mar exports expected +1.8% m/m, Feb -3.1% m/m. Mar imports expected +1.0% m/m, Feb -1.3% m/m. | |
| 0200 ET | German Mar current account balance expected +27.0 billion euros, Fed +20.7 billion euros. | ||
| 0200 ET | German Mar industrial production expected +0.8% m/m and +3.0% y/y, Feb -1.6% m/m and +2.6% y/y. | ||
| UK | 0330 ET | UK Apr Halifax house prices expected -0.2% m/m and +3.2% 3-mo/year-over-year, Mar +1.5% m/m and +2.7% 3-mo/ year-over-year. | |
| 1901 ET | UK Apr BRC sales like-for-like expected -0.8% y/y, Mar +1.4% y/y. | ||
| CAN | 0815 ET | Canada Apr housing starts expected +220,000, Mar 225,200. | |
| JPN | 2000 ET | Japan Mar real cash earnings expected -0.5% y/y, Feb -0.8% y/y. Mar labor cash earnings expected +1.0% y/y, Feb +1.0% y/y. |
| Commodity Calendar – Tuesday 5/8/2018 | ||||
| Date Time | Event | Survey | Prior | |
| 5/8/2018 12:00 | DOE Short-Term Crude Outlook | May | — | 58.68 |
| 5/8/2018 12:00 | DOE Short-Term Mogas Outlook | May | — | 2.61 |
| 5/8/2018 12:00 | DOE Short-Term Diesel Outlook | May | — | 2.9 |
| 5/8/2018 12:00 | DOE Short-Term Ht Oil Outlook | May | — | 2.85 |
| 5/8/2018 12:00 | DOE Short-Term NatGas Outlook | May | — | 10.95 |