US
0830 ET Weekly initial unemployment claims expected +4,000 to 215,000, previous unch at 211,000. Weekly continuing claims expected -10,000 to 1.780 million, previous +30,000 to 1.790 million.
0830 ET May Philadelphia Fed business outlook survey expected -2.2 to 21.0, Apr +0.9 to 23.2.
0830 ET USDA weekly Export Sales.
1000 ET Apr leading indicators expected +0.4%, Mar +0.3%.
1045 ET Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari speaks at a moderated Q&A at an event in Minneapolis.
1100 ET Treasury announces amount of 2-year T-notes (previous $32 billion), 2-year floating-rate notes (previous $19 billion), 5-year T-notes (previous $35 billion), and 7-year T-notes (previous $29 billion) to be auctioned May 22-24.
1330 ET Dallas Fed President Robert Kaplan (non-voter) speaks in a moderated Q&A at an event at the Richardson Chamber of Commerce.
1300 ET Treasury auctions $11 billion 10-year TIPS.
EUR
0200 ET Eurozone Apr new car registrations, Mar -5.3% y/y.
0500 ET Eurozone Mar construction output, Feb -0.5% m/n and +0.4% y/y.
JPN
1930 ET Japan Apr national CPI expected +0.7% y/y, Mar +1.1% y/y. Apr national CPI ex fresh food expected +0.8% y/y, Mar +0.9% y/y. Apr national CPI ex fresh food & energy expected +0.4% y/y, Mar +0.5% y/y.
Commodity Calendar – Thursday 5/17/2018
Date Time Event Survey Prior
5/17/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Corn-Total 10-May — 785.6
5/17/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Corn-Old Crop 10-May — 695.6
5/17/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Soybeans-Total 10-May — 632.6
5/17/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Soybeans-Old 10-May — 354.3
5/17/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Wheat-Total 10-May — 83.4
5/17/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Wheat-Old 10-May — 35.2
5/17/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Cotton-Total 10-May — 421.7
5/17/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Cotton-Old 10-May — 193.1
5/17/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Soy Meal-Total 10-May — 90.3
5/17/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Soy Meal-Old 10-May — 90.9
5/17/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Soy Oil-Total 10-May — 46.4
5/17/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Soy Oil-Old 10-May — 45.4
5/17/2018 10:30 EIA Working Natural Gas Implied Flow 11-May — 89
5/17/2018 10:30 EIA Natural Gas Storage Change 11-May — 89