2012.05.25 22:16:48 G7 Political, Economic Calendar - Week Ahead

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Saturday, May 26, 2012 Exp Prev GMT 2301 UK CBI Service Sector Survey reveals signs of stabilisation Sunday, May 27, 2012 Exp Prev GMT 2301 UK May Hometrack Monthly National House Prices Survey 2350 JPN Apr Bank of Japan - Bank of Japan Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes 2350 JPN Apr Corporate Service Price Index Monday, May 28, 2012 Exp Prev GMT 0800 ITA May Business Confidence Survey Business Confidence Index 89.5 2330 JPN Apr Labour Force Survey Jobless Rate 4.5% 2330 JPN Apr Household Spending Wage-Earner Household Spending (on year) +4.3% All Household Spending (on year) +2.2% +3.4% Propensity to Consume YoY %Pts Chg +0.5% Adjusted Propensity to Consume 90.3 2350 JPN Apr Preliminary Retail Sales Overall Retail Sales (on year) +10.3% Large-Scale Retailers' Sales (on year) +5% N/A US U.S. public holiday - Memorial Day Tuesday, May 29, 2012 Exp Prev GMT 0600 GER Apr Foreign trade price indices 0800 GER May Brandenburg CPI MoM Pct Change (Current Period) +0.2% YoY Pct Change (Current Period) +2.1% 0800 GER May Hesse CPI MoM Pct Change (Current Period) +0.2% YoY Pct Change (Current Period) +1.9% 0800 ITA Mar Large firms labour indicators 1000 FRA Apr OECD CPI 1000 UK Apr Land Registry House Price Index 1000 UK May CBI Quarterly Distributive Trades Survey Retail Sales Volume Index -6 Retail Sales Volume Index (Future Expected) 19 1000 GER May Bavaria CPI MoM Pct Change (Current Period) +0.3% YoY Pct Change (Current Period) +2.2% 1200 GER May Provisional CPI CPI Monthly Preliminary +0.1% CPI Yearly Preliminary +2% EU-Harmonized CPI (Mon) +0.2% EU-Harmonized CPI (Year) +2.2% 1230 US Apr Chicago Fed Midwest Manufacturing Index Manufacturing Index (MoM) 0% Manufacturing Index (YoY) +8.6% Auto Output Index (MoM) -0.3% Auto Output Index (YoY) +14.2% Machinery Output Index (MoM) +0.6% Machinery Output Index (YoY) +10.4% Resource Output Index (MoM) -0.2% Resource Output Index (YoY) +2.6% Steel Output Index (MoM) -0.1% Steel Output Index (YoY) +11.2% 1300 US Mar S&P / Case-Shiller Home Price Index SP Composite-10 MoM -0.8% SP Composite-10 YoY -3.6% SP Composite-20 MoM -0.8% SP Composite-20 -2.5% -3.5% National QoQ -3.8% National YoY -4% 1400 US May Consumer Confidence Index Consumer Confidence Index 70.3 69.2 Expectation Index 81.1 Present Situation Index 51.4 1430 US May Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey Business Activity Index -3.4 Manufacturing Production Index 5.6 1730 UK Adam Smith Institute - 'A Viennese Waltz Down Wall Street: Austrian Economics for Investors' lecture 2315 JPN May Japan Manufacturing PMI 2350 JPN May Provisional Trade Statistics for 1st 10 days of Month N/A GER May Baden-Wuerttemberg CPI MoM Pct Change (Current Period) -0.2% YoY Pct Change (Current Period) +1.9% N/A GER May North Rhine Westphalia CPI MoM Pct Change (Current Period) +0.2% YoY Pct Change (Current Period) +1.7% Wednesday, May 30, 2012 Exp Prev GMT 0030 JPN Apr Detailed Import & Export Statistics 0645 FRA Apr Housing starts 0645 FRA Q1 New home sales 0800 ITA Apr PPI Producer Prices Monthly +0.3% Producer Prices Yearly +2.7% 0800 EU Apr Monetary developments in the euro area (M3) M3 +3.2% M3 (3-Month Average) +2.8% Private Sector Loans +0.6% 0810 EU May Eurozone Retail PMI 0830 UK Apr Bank of England effective interest rates 0830 UK Apr Bank of England's UK residents deposits & lending analysis 0830 UK Apr Bank of England lending to individuals figures Consumer Credit 0.4B Consumer Lending 1.4B Mortgage Approvals 49860 Mortgage Lending 1B 0830 UK Apr Sectoral breakdown of aggregate M4 and M4 lending 0830 UK Apr Monetary & Financial Statistics 0830 UK Apr BSA savings & mortgage lending figures 0900 EU May Business & Consumer Surveys - Business Climate Indicator & Economic Sentiment Indicator Business Climate Index -0.52 Consumer Confidence -19.9 Economic Sentiment 92.8 Industrial Confidence -9 Services Confidence -2.4 1100 US May 25 MBA Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey Market Composite Index 804.9 Market Composite Index Cur Chg +3.8% Purchase Index (S.A.) 186.7 Purchase Index (S.A.) Cur Chg -3% Refinance Index 4456.4 Refinance Index Cur Chg +5.6% 1145 US ICSC-Goldman Sachs Chain Store Sales Index Chain Store Sales Index - WoW -1.7% Chain Store Sales Index - YoY +3.8% 1230 CAN Apr Industrial product & raw materials price indexes Industrial Prices +0.2% Raw Material Prices -1.6% 1255 US Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index MoM % Change -0.9% 12MonChgPct +3% 52WkChgPct +2.7% 1400 US May Online Help Wanted Index 1400 US Apr Metropolitan Area Employment & Unemployment 1400 US Apr Pending Home Sales Index Current 101.4 MoM Pct Change (Current Period) 0 +4.1% YoY Pct Change (Current Period) +12.8% 1600 FRA Apr Claimant count and job advertisements collected by Pole emploi Unemployed 2.89M Unemployed Monthly % Chg +0.6% 1720 US Dallas Fed Pres Fisher speaks at Community Forum in San Antonio, Texas. 1730 US Federal Reserve Bank of New York - New York Fed President William Dudley offers remarks on the regional economy 2030 US Federal Reserve Bank of Boston - Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren speech at Worcester Regional Research Center 2030 US API Weekly Statistical Bulletin Crude Stocks (Net Change) +1.48M Gasoline Stocks (Net Change) -4.52M Distillate Stocks (Net Change) -0.24M (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires May 25, 2012 16:16 ET (20:16 GMT)