United States Economic Calendar for April 18, 2020

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UNITED STATES ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Tue., Apr 21				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Price	MAR	280.6K	-	270.4 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Inventories	MAR	1.50M	-	1.46 (R)M

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Sales	MAR	5.27M	5.5M	5.76 (R)M
Wed., Apr 22				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	09:00 AM	House Price Index (M-o-M)	FEB	0.7%	-	0.3%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	APR 17	518.6M	-	503.6M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	APR 17	20.11	-	24.39
Thu., Apr 23				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	APR 11	15976K	-	11912 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	APR 11	9568.25K	-	6050.25 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	APR 18	5786.5K	-	5506.5 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	APR 18	4427K	4500K	5237 (R)K

	USD	09:45 AM	PMI Manufacturing	APR P	36.9	35	48.5

	USD	09:45 AM	PMI Composite	APR P	27.4	-	40.9

	USD	09:45 AM	PMI Services	APR P	27.0	30	39.8

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Median Prices	MAR	324.4K	-	330.1 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Units	MAR	627K	680K	741 (R)K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	APR 17	2140B	-	2097B
Fri., Apr 24				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Defense (M-o-M)	MAR	-15.8%	-	-0.2 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders (M-o-M)	MAR	-14.4%	-15%	1.1 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Transportation (M-o-M)	MAR	-0.2%	-8.5%	-0.7 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Univ. of Mich. Consumer Confidence Index	APR	71.8	-	89.1

	USD	01:00 PM	Baker Hughes - Rig Count	APR 24	465	-	529
Tue., Apr 28				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index	FEB	213.16	-	212.43

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-20 (Y-o-Y)	FEB	3.5%	-	3.1%

	USD	10:00 AM	FOMC Meeting	-	-	-	-

	USD	10:00 AM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	APR	-53	-	2

	USD	10:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	APR	86.9	95	118.8 (R)
Wed., Apr 29				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q1	-4.8%	-3.25%	2.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q1	0.3%	-	2.3%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Q-o-Q)	Q1	-7.6%	-	1.8%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q1	0.4%	-	2.7%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q1	1.8%	-	1.6%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP Deflator (Q-o-Q)	Q1	1.3%	-	1.3%

	USD	10:00 AM	FOMC Meeting	-	-	-	-

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales (Y-o-Y)	MAR	-16.3%	-	9.4%

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales (M-o-M)	MAR	-20.8%	-20%	2.3 (R)%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	APR 24	527.6M	-	518.6M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	APR 24	3.92	-	20.11

	USD	02:00 PM	Interest Rate Decision	-	-	-	0.0 - 0.25%
Thu., Apr 30				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Employment Cost Index	Q1	0.8%	0.7%	0.7%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Income (M-o-M)	MAR	-2.0%	-1.5%	0.6%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Spending (M-o-M)	MAR	-7.5%	-5.17%	0.2%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core PCE Deflator (Y-o-Y)	MAR	1.7%	-	1.8%

	USD	08:30 AM	PCE Deflator (Y-o-Y)	MAR	1.3%	-	1.8%

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FOREX NEWS

Yen Falls On Delayed BoJ Rate Hike Speculations

Yen Falls Against Majors

Commodity Currencies Rise Amid Risk-on Sentiment

Canadian Dollar Rises Against U.S. Dollar And Yen

NZ Dollar Advances Against Most Majors

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

Five-Year Note Auction Attracts Modestly Below Average Demand

U.S. Crude Oil Inventories Rebound Sharply

Malta HICP Inflation Eases To 2.3%

Spain Producer Prices Fall For Third Straight Month

Eurozone Inflation Slows As Estimated