Forex Economic Calendar for May 21, 2026

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Thu., May 21				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	EUR	12:00 AM	Capital Account Balance - BoP	MAR	408M	-	857M

	EUR	12:00 AM	Current Account Balance - BoP	MAR	1.75B	-	3.65B

	EUR	12:00 AM	Financial Account Balance - BoP	MAR	-3.49B	-	-4.36B

	EUR	12:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	APR	3.9%	-	4.0%

	EUR	12:30 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	MAY	-46	-	-44

	INR	01:00 AM	PMI Composite	MAY P	58.1	-	58.2

	INR	01:00 AM	PMI Services	MAY P	58.9	-	58.8

	INR	01:00 AM	PMI Manufacturing	MAY P	54.3	-	54.7

	SEK	02:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	APR	8.6%	-	8.7%

	DKK	02:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	MAY	-19.8	-	-18.6

	CHF	02:30 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	Q1	-7.1%	-	-0.7%

	EUR	03:15 AM	PMI Manufacturing	MAY P	48.9	-	52.8

	EUR	03:15 AM	PMI Services	MAY P	42.9	-	46.5

	EUR	03:15 AM	PMI Composite	MAY P	43.5	-	47.6

	PLN	03:30 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	APR	0.5%	-	1.0%

	PLN	03:30 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	APR	3.1%	2.4%	9.4%

	PLN	03:30 AM	Industrial Production (M-o-M)	APR	-7.4%	-	17.2%

	PLN	03:30 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	1.9%	0.2%	-0.8%

	PLN	03:30 AM	Manufacturing Production (M-o-M)	APR	-7.9%	-	19.7%

	PLN	03:30 AM	Manufacturing Production (Y-o-Y)	APR	1.9%	-	9.1%

	PLN	03:30 AM	Wages (Y-o-Y)	APR	5.4%	5.9%	6.6%

	PLN	03:30 AM	Wages (M-o-M)	APR	-1.3%	-	5.7%

	EUR	03:30 AM	PMI Services	MAY P	47.8	46	46.9

	EUR	03:30 AM	PMI Composite	MAY P	48.6	47.8	48.4

	EUR	03:30 AM	PMI Manufacturing	MAY P	49.9	50.8	51.4

	EUR	04:00 AM	Current Account Balance - BoP	MAR	14.9B	-	25.6 (R)B

	EUR	04:00 AM	PMI Manufacturing	MAY P	51.4	-	52.2

	EUR	04:00 AM	PMI Composite	MAY P	47.5	-	48.8

	EUR	04:00 AM	PMI Services	MAY P	46.4	-	47.6

	EUR	04:30 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	APR	0.5%	-	0.2%

	EUR	04:30 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	1.4%	-	0.9%

	HKD	04:30 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	1.7%	-	1.7%

	EUR	04:30 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	MAY	-28	-	-32

	GBP	04:30 AM	PMI Manufacturing	MAY P	53.7	-	53.7

	GBP	04:30 AM	PMI Services	MAY P	47.9	-	52.7

	GBP	04:30 AM	PMI Composite	MAY P	48.5	-	52.6

	EUR	05:00 AM	Construction Output (M-o-M)	MAR	0.8%	-	-0.8 (R)%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Construction Output (Y-o-Y)	MAR	-1.2%	-	-3.0 (R)%

	BGN	05:00 AM	Financial Account Balance - BoP	MAR	-1.91B	-	-1.38B

	BGN	05:00 AM	Current Account Balance - BoP	MAR	-0.16B	-	-0.17B

	BGN	05:00 AM	Capital Account Balance - BoP	MAR	92.0M	-	347.1M

	GBP	06:00 AM	CBI Monthly Industrial Trends	MAY	-41	-	-25

	ZAR	07:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (M-o-M)	MAR	5.5%	-	0.7%

	ZAR	07:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (Y-o-Y)	MAR	8.3%	-	-1.4 (R)%

	MXN	08:00 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	MAR	2.9%	-	3.1%

	MXN	08:00 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	MAR	0.1%	-	-0.9%

	USD	08:30 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Business Condition	MAY	-0.4	15	26.7

	USD	08:30 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Received	MAY	26.3	-	33.5

	USD	08:30 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Paid	MAY	47.9	-	59.3

	USD	08:30 AM	Building Permits (M-o-M)	APR	1442K	1380K	1363 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Housing Starts (M-o-M)	APR	1465K	1415K	1507 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	MAY 16	209K	210K	212 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAY 16	202.50K	-	204.00 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	MAY 9	1782K	1780K	1776 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAY 9	1773.00K	-	1779.50 (R)K

	USD	09:45 AM	PMI Manufacturing	MAY P	55.3	54	54.5

	USD	09:45 AM	PMI Services	MAY P	50.9	-	51.0

	USD	09:45 AM	PMI Composite	MAY P	51.7	-	51.7

	EUR	10:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	MAY P	-19.0	-	-20.6

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	MAY 15	2391B	-	2290B

	KRW	05:00 PM	Consumer Confidence Index	MAY	106.1	98	99.2

	NZD	06:45 PM	Retail Sales (Q-o-Q)	Q1	0.9%	0.3%	0.9%

	GBP	07:01 PM	GfK Consumer Confidence Survey	APR	-23	-	-25

	JPY	07:30 PM	Core CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	1.4%	-	1.8%

	JPY	07:30 PM	CPI (M-o-M)	APR	0.1%	0.7%	0.4%

	JPY	07:30 PM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	1.4%	1.8%	1.5%