Newsquawk Weekly Economic Release 4th - 8th May 2026

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Sunday

• Events: OPEC Meeting

Monday

• Holiday: UK May Bank Holiday, Japan's Greenery Day
• Data: Turkish Inflation (Apr), Global Manufacturing PMI (Apr), US Factory Orders (Mar)    
• Speakers: Fed’s Williams; BoC’s Macklem and Rogers; ECB’s Cipollone, de Guindos
• Supply: US Treasury Financing Estimates
• Earnings: Palantir, ONSemi, Pinterest, Norwegian Cruise Line, Tyson Foods

Tuesday

• Holiday: Japan's Children's Day
• Data: Swiss Inflation (Apr), US Building Permits Final (Mar), Canadian Balance of Trade (Mar), Canadian PMI (Apr), US PMI Final (Apr), US ISM Services (Apr), US JOLTS (Mar), US New Home Sales (Mar), US RCM/TIPP Economic Optimism (May), New Zealand Unemployment Rate (Q1)
• Events: RBA Policy Announcement (May), BCB Minutes (Apr)
• Speakers: RBA’s Bullock; ECB’s Lagarde, Lane
• Supply: Germany
• Earnings: AMD, AMC, Strategy, Tempus AI, Shopify, PayPal, Pfizer, HSBC, Leonardo, Infineon

Wednesday

• Holiday: Japan's Constitution Memorial Day
• Data: South Korean Inflation Rate (Apr), Chinese RatingDog PMI (Apr), Swedish Inflation Prelim. (Apr), EU PMI Final (Apr), Italian Retail Sales (Mar), EZ PPI (Mar), Canadian Ivey PMI (Apr), US ADP Employment (Apr), US Treasury Refunding Announcement
• Events: ECB Wage Tracker (May); NBP Policy Announcement; US Treasury Press Conference Webcast
• Speakers: ECB’s Lane, Cipollone, Musalem; Fed’s Goolsbee
• Supply: Australia, UK, Germany
• Earnings: Arm, AppLovin, Snap, Whirlpool, Walt Disney, Kraft Heinz, Uber, CVS, UniCredit, Telecom Italia, Banca Generali, HelloFresh, Fresenius, Daimler Truck, Lufthansa, Continental

Thursday

• Data: Australian Balance of Trade (Mar), German Factory Orders (Mar), French Balance of Trade (Mar), EZ Construction PMI (Apr), EZ Retail Sales (Mar), US Challenger Job Layoffs (Apr), Mexican Inflation (Apr), US Jobless Claims (May 2)
• Events: Norges Bank Policy Announcement (May), Riksbank Policy Announcement (May), CNB Policy Announcement (May), Banxico Policy Announcement (May), CBR Minutes (May), UK Local Elections, BoJ Minutes (Mar)
• Speakers: ECB’s de Guindos, Elderson, Schnabel; BoE’s Lombardelli, Mann; Fed’s Hammack, Williams; Norges Bank’s Bache; Riksbank’s Thedeen
• Supply: Spain, France
• Earnings: CoreWeave, IREN, Coinbase, Cloudflare, DraftKings, ACM Research, Datadog, McDonalds, Shell, Enel, Rheinmetall

Friday

• Data: Japanese Services PMI Final (Apr),German Balance of Trade (Mar), German Industrial Production (Mar), Brazilian Inflation (Apr), Canadian Jobs Report (Apr), US Jobs Report (Apr), University of Michigan Survey Prelim. (May)
• Speakers: ECB President Lagarde, de Guindos, Cipollone, Schnabel; BoE’s Breeden, Bailey
• Supply: Australia
• Earnings: Commerzbank, Wendy’s