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Monday, 12 May 2025 

Time Country Indices Period Previous Forecast Actual
03:00

Economy Watchers Survey Apr 45.1; 45.2 44.7 42.6; 42.7
16:00

Federal Budget Balance Apr -160.5 256.4 258.4bln
21:01

BRC Retail Sales Monitor Apr 0.9% 2.4% 6.8%
21:50

Summary of Opinions
21:50

M2 Money Supply + CD Apr 0.8%; 0.4% 0.6% 0.5%; 0.1%
23:30

NAB Business Confidence Apr -3 -1
23:30

Westpac Consumer Sentiment May 90.1; -6.0% 92.1; 2.2%

Tuesday, 13 May 2025 

Time Country Indices Period Previous Forecast Actual
01:35

30-Year JGB Auction May 2.414%; 2.96 2.941%; 3.07
04:00

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Claimant Count Change Apr -16.9K 22.3K 5.2K
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Claimant Count Rate Mar 4.4% 4.5% 4.5%
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Average Earnings Index Mar 5.7%; 5.9% 5.2%; 5.7% 5.5%; 5.6%
07:00

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ZEW Economic Sentiment May -14.0 9.8 25.2
07:00

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ZEW Current Situation May -81.2 -77 -82.0
07:00

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ZEW Survey (Econ. Sentiment) May -18.5 -4.4 11.6
08:00

NFIB Small Business Index Apr 97.4 94.6 95.8
10:30

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Consumer Price Index Apr -0.1%; 2.4% 0.3%; 2.4% 0.2%; 2.3%
10:30

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Consumer Price Index Core Apr 0.1%; 2.8% 0.3%; 2.8% 0.2%; 2.8%
20:45

Visitor Arrivals Mar -4.7% -1.9%
21:50

Domestic Corporate Goods Price Index Apr 0.4%; 4.3% 0.2%; 4.0% 0.2%; 4.0%
23:30

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Wage Cost Index 1 quarter 0.7%; 3.2% 0.8%; 3.2% 0.9%; 3.4%

Wednesday, 14 May 2025 

Time Country Indices Period Previous Forecast Actual
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CPI Apr 0.4%; 2.1% 0.4%; 2.1% 0.4%; 2.1%
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Harmonized CPI Apr 0.5%; 2.2% 0.5%; 2.2% 0.5%; 2.2%
07:05

10-y Bond Auction Apr 4.679%; 2.92 4.673%; 3.13
07:06

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New Yuan Loans Apr 3640 710 280bln
07:38

30-y Bond Auction May 2.90%; 1.68 3.12%; 2.30
10:30

Building Permits Mar 4.9% -0.7% -4.1%
12:30

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Crude Oil Inventories May -2032K -2000K 3454K
20:45

Food Price Apr 0.5% 0.8%
23:00

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Consumer Inflation Expectation May 4.2% 4.1%
23:30

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Employment Change Apr 36.4K 20.9K 89.0K
23:30

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Unemployment Rate Apr 4.1% 4.1% 4.1%
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Part Time Employment Change Apr 12.2K; 24.2K 59.5K; 29.5K
23:30

Participation Rate Apr 66.8% 66.8% 67.1%

Thursday, 15 May 2025 

Time Country Indices Period Previous Forecast Actual
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GDP Mar 0.5%; 0.6% 0.0%; 0.6% 0.2%; 0.7%
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GDP 1 quarter 0.1%; 1.5% 0.6%; 1.2% 0.7%; 1.3%
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Industrial Production Mar 1.7%; 0.4% -0.5%; -0.9% -0.7%; -0.7%
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Manufacturing Production Mar 2.4%; 0.5% -0.8%; -0.5% -0.8%; -0.8%
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Goods Trade Balance Mar -21.0 -19.1 -19.9bln
04:00

Construction Output Mar 0.2%; 1.4% 0.2%; 1.2% 0.5%; 1.4%
04:00

Index of Services Mar 0.6%; 0.3% 0.7%; 0.1% 0.7%; 0.4%
04:00

Business Investment 1 quarter -1.9%; 1.8% 0.4% 5.9%; 8.1%
04:00

Wholesale Price Index Apr -0.2%; 1.3% 0.2% -0.1%; 0.8%
04:00

Prelim Machine Tool Orders Apr 11.4% 7.7%
04:30

Producer & Import Prices Apr 0.1%; -0.1% 0.2% 0.1%; -0.5%
04:45

Consumer Price Index Apr 0.6%; 0.8% 0.6%; 0.8% 0.7%; 0.9%
07:00

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GDP revised 1 quarter 0.4%; 1.2% 0.4%; 1.2% 0.3%; 1.2%
07:00

Employment Change 1 quarter 0.1%; 0.8% 0.1%; 0.8% 0.3%; 0.8%
07:00

Industrial Production Mar 1.1%; 1.2% 1.8%; 2.5% 2.6%; 3.6%
10:15

Housing Starts Apr 214.155K 227.000K 278.6K
10:30

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Unemployment Claims May 229K 229K 229K
10:30

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Continuing Claims May 1872K 1890K 1881K
10:30

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PPI Apr 0.0%; 3.4%% 0.2%; 2.5% -0.5%; 2.4%
10:30

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PPI Core Apr 0.4%; 4.0% 0.3%; 3.1% -0.4%; 3.1%
10:30

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Retail Sales Apr 1.7%; 0.8% 0.0%; 0.3% 0.1%; 0.1%
10:30

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NY Fed Empire State manufacturing index May -8.1 -8.2 -9.2
10:30

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Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index May -26.4 -11.3 -4.0
10:30

Manufacturing Shipments Mar -0.2% -1.8% -1.4%
10:30

Wholesale Sales Mar 1.0% 0.2% 0.2%
10:40

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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Speaks
11:15

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Industrial Production Apr -0.3% 0.2% 0.0%
11:15

Manufacturing Production Apr 0.4% -0.2% -0.4%
11:15

Capacity Utilization Apr 77.8% 77.8% 77.7%
12:00

Business Inventories Mar 0.2% 0.2% 0.1%
12:00

NAHB Housing Market Index May 40 40 34
12:30

EIA Natural Gas Storage Change May 104 111 110bln
20:30

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Business NZ Manufacturing Index Apr 53.2 53.9
21:50

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Gross Domestic Product 1 quarter 0.6%; 2.2% -0.1%; -0.2% -0.2%; -0.7%
21:50

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GDP Deflator 1 quarter 2.9% 3.2% 3.3%

Friday, 16 May 2025 

Time Country Indices Period Previous Forecast Actual
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Expected Annual Inflation 2y from now 2 quarter 2.06% 2.29%
02:30

Industrial Production Mar -1.1%; -0.3% -1.1%; -0.3% 0.2%; 1.0%
06:00

Gross Domestic Product Apr 0.2%; 2.0% 0.2%; 2.0% 0.1%; 1.9%
07:00

Current Account (sa) Mar 21.0bln; 24.0bln 17.5 27.9bln; 36.8bln
07:00

Trade Balance Mar 4.44 5.15 3.66bln
07:00

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European Commission Economic Forecasts
10:30

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Building Permits Apr 1481K; 1.9% 1450K 1412K; -4.7%
10:30

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Housing Starts Apr 1339K; -10.1% 1360K 1361K; 1.6%
10:30

Import price index Apr -0.4%; 0.9% -0.4% 0.1%; 0.1%
10:30

Foreign Securities Purchases Mar -6.46 5.20 -4.23bln
12:00

UoM Inflation Expectations May 6.5%; 4.4% 7.3%; 4.6%
15:00

Baker Hughes U.S. Rig Count May 578 576
18:00

TICS Mar 112.9 44.2 161.8bln