United States Economic Calendar for May 9, 2015

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UNITED STATES ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Tue., May 12				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	12:00 AM	OPEC Oil Market Report	-	-	-	-

	USD	02:00 PM	Monthly Budget Statement	APR	157.0B	126.25B	-53.0B
Wed., May 13				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	04:00 AM	IEA Oil Market Report	-	-	-	-

	USD	08:30 AM	Exports (M-o-M)	APR	-0.7%	-	0.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Exports (Y-o-Y)	APR	-6.3%	-	-6.7%

	USD	08:30 AM	Import Price Index (M-o-M)	APR	-0.3%	0.3%	-0.2 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	APR	-	0.19%	1.1 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (M-o-M)	APR	0.1%	0.46%	0.7 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (Y-o-Y)	APR	-	-	0.6 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	APR	0.9%	-	1.7 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Import Price Index (Y-o-Y)	APR	-10.7%	-9.8%	-10.5%

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Inventories (Y-o-Y)	MAR	2.9%	-	3.3%

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Inventories - Sales Ratio	MAR	1.36%	-	1.37 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Inventories (M-o-M)	MAR	0.1%	0.25%	0.2 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Manufacturing Inventories	MAR	-0.2%	-	0.0 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Sales (M-o-M)	MAR	0.4%	-	-0.2 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Sales (Y-o-Y)	MAR	-2.1%	-	-1.2%

	USD	10:00 AM	Motor Vehicle Inventories	MAR	0.6%	0.3%	0.4 (R)%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	MAY 8	484.8M	-	487.0M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	MAY 8	59.72	-	58.28
Thu., May 14				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	APR	-0.4%	0.16%	0.2%

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	MAY 9	264K	271.25K	265K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAY 9	271.75K	-	279.50K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	MAY 2	2229K	-	2229 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAY 2	2260.25K	-	2271.75 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	-0.4%	-0.28%	-0.8%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	MAY 8	1897B	-	1786B
Fri., May 15				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Empire State Mfr Index - Prices Paid	MAY	9.38	-	19.15

	USD	08:30 AM	Empire State Mfr Index - Prices Received	MAY	1.04	-	4.26

	USD	08:30 AM	Empire State Mfr Index - Business Condition	MAY	3.09	3.33	-1.19

	USD	09:15 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	APR	1.9%	-	2.0%

	USD	09:15 AM	Industrial Production (M-o-M)	APR	-0.3%	0.15%	-0.3 (R)%

	USD	09:15 AM	Capacity Utilization (M-o-M)	APR	78.2%	78.47%	78.6 (R)%

	USD	04:00 PM	Net Long-term TIC Flows	MAR	17.6B	-	20.9 (R)B

	USD	04:00 PM	Total Net TIC Flows	MAR	-100.9B	-	28.8 (R)B
Mon., May 18				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index	MAY	54	57	56
Tue., May 19				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Housing Starts (M-o-M)	APR	1135K	1016.67K	944 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Building Permits (M-o-M)	APR	1143K	1058.33K	1038 (R)K
Wed., May 20				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	MAY 15	482.2M	-	484.8M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	MAY 15	60.01	-	59.72

	USD	02:00 PM	FOMC Meeting Minutes	-	-	-	-
Thu., May 21				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	MAY 9	2211K	-	2223 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAY 16	266.25K	-	271.75K

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United States Economic Calendar for May 9, 2015

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FOREX NEWS

U.S. Dollar Ticks Lower As US-Iran Efforts For Peace Negotiations Gather Steam

NZ Dollar Falls As Asian Stock Markets Traded Lower

NZ Dollar Falls Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Inches Higher Amid Ongoing Strait Of Hormuz Crisis, U.S.-Iran Standoff

U.S. Dollar Drops Against Most Majors

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

Australia Manufacturing PMI Fades In May - S&P Global

New Zealand Has NZ$1.920 Billion Trade Surplus

Australia Unemployment Data Due On Thursday

South Korea Producer Prices Jump 2.5% In April

Fed Minutes Provide Details About Unusually Divided Vote