Monday 4 May
7:00 am Eurogroup Meeting
Eurogroup meetings are attended by the Eurogroup President, the Finance Minister of each Member State of the euro area, the Commissioner for economic and monetary affairs, and the President of the European Central Bank.
9:00 am HCOB Manufacturing PMI (Apr)
The Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), released on a monthly basis by S&P Global and Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB), is a leading indicator gauging business activity in the Eurozone manufacturing sector. The data is derived from surveys of senior executives at private-sector companies from the manufacturing sector.
9:30 am Sentix Investor Confidence (May)
With among 1600 financial analysts and institutional investors, the Sentix Investor Confidence is a monthly survey which shows the market opinion about the current economic situation and the expectations for the next semester. The index, released by the Sentix GmbH, is composed by 36 different indicators.
12:3 pm ECB’s Cipollone speech
European Central Bank Executive Board member Piero Cipollone speaks in a pre-recorded interview at joint ECB-Banca d’Italy-€ABCN-CEPR workshop on Digital assets and Monetary Policy Transmission in Rome, Italy.
6:05 pm ECB’s Nagel speech
Joachim Nagel has been the President of the Deutsche Bundesbank and a member of the European Central Bank board since 1 January 2022.
Tuesday 5 May
7:00 am EcoFin Meeting
The Economic and Financial Affairs Council, the main decision-making body of the Council of the European Union, is composed by the Finance Ministers of the 27 European Union member states.
1:30 pm ECB’s De Guindos speech
Luis De Guindos has been the Vice-president of the European Central Bank since June 2018.
1:30 pm ECB’s President Lagarde speech
The European Central Bank’s President Christine Lagarde began her eight-year term at the helm of the ECB in November 2019. As part of her job in the Governing Council, Lagarde holds press conferences in detailing how the ECB observes the current and future state of the European economy.
4:40 pm ECB’s Lane speech
Philip Richard Lane has been an Executive Board member of the European Central Bank since June 2019 and its Chief Economist.
Wednesday 6 May
9:00 am ECB’s Lane speech
9:00 am HCOB Composite PMI (Apr)
The Composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), released on a monthly basis by S&P Global and Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB), is a leading indicator gauging private-business activity in the Eurozone for both the manufacturing and services sectors. The data is derived from surveys to senior executives.
9:00 am HCOB Services PMI (Apr)
The Services Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), released on a monthly basis by S&P Global and Hamburg Commercial Bank (HCOB), is a leading indicator gauging business activity in the Eurozone services sector.
9:20 am ECB’s Cipollone speech
Piero Cipollone was appointed a member of the European Central Bank’s executive board on November 1 2023.
10:00 am Producer Price Index (MoM) (Mar)
The Producer Price Index (PPI) released by Eurostat is an index that measures the change in prices received by domestic producers of commodities in all stages of processing (crude materials, intermediate materials, and finished goods).
10:00 am Producer Price Index (YoY) (Mar)
The Producer Price Index (PPI) released by Eurostat is an index that measures the change in prices received by domestic producers of commodities in all stages of processing (crude materials, intermediate materials, and finished goods).
Thursday 7 May
8:15 am ECB’s De Guindos speech
10:00 am Retail Sales (MoM) (Mar)
The Retail Sales data, released by Eurostat on a monthly basis, measures the volume of retail sales in the Eurozone. It shows the performance of the retail sector in the short term, which accounts for around 5% of the total value added of the Eurozone economies.
10:00 am Retail Sales (YoY) (Mar)
The Retail Sales data, released by Eurostat on a monthly basis, measures the volume of retail sales in the Eurozone. It shows the performance of the retail sector in the short term.
1:00 am ECB’s Elderson speec
Frank Elderson has been a member of the European Central Bank’s executive board since December 2020.
1:40 pm ECB’s Lane speech
6:00 pm ECB’s Schnabel speech
Isabel Schnabel has been a member of the ECB’s executive board since January 2020.
Friday 8 May
8:00 am ECB’s President Lagarde speech
8:05 am ECB’s De Guindos speech
1:00 pm ECB’s Cipollone speech
5:00 pm ECB’s Schnabel speech
5:15 pm ECB’s Nagel speech
8:30 pm CFTC EUR NC Net Positions
The weekly Commitments of Traders (COT) report provides information on the size and the direction of the positions taken, across all maturities, participants primarily based in Chicago and New York futures markets.
