Forex Economic Calendar for May 18, 2026

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Mon., May 18				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	TRY	03:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	MAY	85.8	-	85.5

	CHF	03:00 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q1 P	0.5%	-	0.1%

	BGN	04:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (M-o-M)	APR	1.8%	-	1.0%

	BGN	04:00 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	APR	1.8%	-	0.9%

	BGN	04:00 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	6.8%	-	4.1%

	EUR	04:00 AM	Imports	MAR	52.39B	-	49.69B

	EUR	04:00 AM	Trade Balance	MAR	4.94B	-	5.21B

	EUR	04:00 AM	Trade Balance - Non EU	MAR	5.53B	-	5.42B

	EUR	04:00 AM	Exports	MAR	57.33B	-	54.89B

	EUR	04:00 AM	Trade Balance EU	MAR	-587M	-	-218M

	BGN	04:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (Y-o-Y)	APR	1.8%	-	2.8%

	PLN	08:00 AM	Core CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	3.0%	-	2.7%

	USD	10:00 AM	NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index	MAY	37	34	34

	USD	04:00 PM	Total Net TIC Flows	FEB	150.7B	-	182.7 (R)B

	USD	04:00 PM	Net Long-term TIC Flows	FEB	81.3B	-	57 (R)B

	JPY	07:50 PM	GDP Deflator (Y-o-Y)	Q1 F	3.4%	-	3.4%

	JPY	07:50 PM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q1 F	2.1%	-	0.8 (R)%

	JPY	07:50 PM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q1 F	0.5%	-	0.2 (R)%

	AUD	08:30 PM	Westpac Consumer Confidence	MAY	3.5%	-	-12.5%
Tue., May 19				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	SGD	12:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (Q-o-Q)	Q1	-11.9%	-	1.4%

	SGD	12:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (Y-o-Y)	Q1	-6.9%	-	-3.7 (R)%

	MYR	12:00 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	APR	0.4%	-	0.3%

	MYR	12:00 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	1.9%	-	1.7%

	JPY	12:30 AM	Capacity Utilization (M-o-M)	MAR	-	-	-0.1%

	JPY	12:30 AM	Capacity Utilization (Y-o-Y)	MAR	-1.2%	-	-1.1%

	JPY	12:30 AM	Tertiary Industry Index (M-o-M)	MAR	-0.2%	-	-0.7 (R)%

	JPY	12:30 AM	Tertiary Industry Index (Y-o-Y)	MAR	2.6%	-	1.9%

	JPY	12:30 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	MAR F	2.4%	-	2.3%

	JPY	12:30 AM	Industrial Production (M-o-M)	MAR F	-0.4%	-	-2.0%

	JPY	12:30 AM	Capacity Utilization Rate	MAR	-1.2%	-	-0.1%

	GBP	02:00 AM	Avg Earnings ex bonus (3M-o-Y)	MAR	3.4%	3.5%	3.6%

	GBP	02:00 AM	Avg Earnings Inc bonus (3M-o-Y)	MAR	4.1%	3.7%	3.9 (R)%

	GBP	02:00 AM	Jobless Claims Change	MAR	26.5K	-	4.9 (R)K

	GBP	02:00 AM	ILO Unemployment Rate	MAR	5.0%	4.9%	4.9%

	HKD	04:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	APR	3.7%	-	3.7%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Imports	MAR	240.8B	-	232.7 (R)B

	EUR	05:00 AM	Trade Balance	MAR	3.5B	-	6.5 (R)B

	EUR	05:00 AM	Exports	MAR	244.3B	-	239.2 (R)B

	EUR	06:00 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	3.8%	-	0.0%

	EUR	06:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	APR	2.4%	-	2.3%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Building Permits (M-o-M)	MAR	10.3%	-	-7.8 (R)%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Building Permits (Y-o-Y)	MAR	8.5%	-	-8.6%

	CAD	08:30 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	APR	0.3%	0.8%	0.5%