Economic calendar
May 2013
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Tuesday
Wednesday
1
- INO CPI (Apr2013)
5.6% y-o-y

- INO Exports (Apr2013)
-13.0% y-o-y

- INO Imports (Apr2013)
-10.0% y-o-y

- INO PMI Manufacturing (Apr2013)
51.7

- INO Trade Balance (Apr2013)
304.9Mn USD

- KOR Trade Balance (Apr2013)
2582.0Mn USD

- THA CPI (Apr2013)
2.4% y-o-y

- US Construction Spending (Apr2013)
-0.6% m-o-m saar

- US ISM Mfg Index (Apr2013)
50.7

Thursday
2
- EA Monetary Policy (May2013)
0.50%
(main refinancing operations rate)

- EA PMI Manufacturing (Apr2013_F)
46.7

- GER PMI Manufacturing (Apr2013_F)
48.1

- HKG Retail Sales (Mar2013)
10.1% y-o-y

- IND PMI Manufacturing (Apr2013)
51.0

- INO Consumer Confidence (Apr2013) 1
- KOR CPI (Apr2013)
1.2% y-o-y

- KOR Exports (Apr2013)
0.4% y-o-y

- KOR Imports (Apr2013)
-0.5% y-o-y

- KOR PMI Manufacturing (Apr2013)
52.6

- PRC PMI Manufacturing (Apr2013)
50.4

- SIN PMI (Apr2013)
50.3

- TAP PMI Manufacturing (Apr2013)
50.7

- US Jobless Claims (Apr W42013)
324.0Th

- VIE PMI Manufacturing (Apr2013)
51.0

Friday
3
- EA PPI (Mar2013)
0.7% y-o-y

- HKG PMI (Apr2013)
49.9

- THA Consumer Confidence (Apr2013)
83.7

- US ISM Non-Mfg Index (Apr2013)
53.1

- US Trade Balance (Mar2013)
-44986.0Mn USD

- US Unemployment (Apr2013) 7.1%
Monday
6
- EA PMI Composite (Apr2013_F)
- EA Retail Sales (Mar2013)
-2.4% y-o-y

- INO GDP (Q12013)
6.0% y-o-y

- PHI CPI (Apr2013)
2.6% y-o-y

- TAP CPI (Apr2013)
1.0% y-o-y

- TAP WPI (Apr2013)
-3.7% y-o-y

Tuesday
7
- TAP Exports (Apr2013)
-1.9% y-o-y

- TAP Imports (Apr2013)
-8.2% y-o-y

- TAP Trade Balance (Apr2013)
2270.7Mn USD

Wednesday
8
- MAL Exports (Mar2013)
-2.9% y-o-y

- MAL Imports (Mar2013)
7.0% y-o-y

- MAL Trade Balance (Mar2013)
5079.6Mn MYR

- PRC Exports (Apr2013)
14.6% y-o-y

- PRC Imports (Apr2013)
16.6% y-o-y

- PRC Trade Balance (Apr2013)
18161.5Mn USD

Thursday
9
- INO IPI (Mar2013)
10.4% y-o-y

- JPN Leading Index (Mar2013_P)
97.6

- MAL IPI (Mar2013)
-0.3% y-o-y

- PHI Exports (Mar2013)
0.1% y-o-y

- PHI IPI (Mar2013)
1.1% y-o-y
(volume)

- PHI Retail Sales (Mar2013)
9.0% y-o-y

- PRC CPI (Apr2013)
2.4% y-o-y

- PRC PPI (Apr2013)
-2.6% y-o-y

- UKG Monetary Policy (May2013)
0.5%
(bank rate)

- US Jobless Claims (May W12013)
323.0Th

Friday
10
- GER Trade Balance (Mar2013)
- HKG GDP (Q12013)
2.8% y-o-y
(chain-linked at 2011)

- IND IPI (Mar2013)
2.5% y-o-y

- JPN Trade Balance (Mar2013)
- MAL Retail Sales (Q12013)
7.8% y-o-y

- SIN GDP (Q12013_F) 2
Monday
13
- IND CPI (Apr2013)
- PRC Fixed Asset Investment (Apr2013)
20.6% y-o-y

- PRC IPI (Apr2013)
9.3% y-o-y

- PRC Retail Sales (Apr2013)
12.8% y-o-y

- US Retail Sales (Apr2013)
0.0% m-o-m sa

Tuesday
14
- EA IPI (Mar2013)
-1.7% y-o-y

- EA ZEW Survey (Economic Sentiment) (May2013)
27.6

- GER CPI (Apr2013_F)
1.2% y-o-y

- GER ZEW Survey (Economic Sentiment) (May2013)
36.4

- IND Exports (Apr2013)
1.7% y-o-y

- IND Imports (Apr2013)
11.0% y-o-y

- IND PPI (Apr2013)
- IND Trade Balance (Apr2013)
-17787.4Mn USD

- IND WPI (Apr2013)
4.9% y-o-y

- INO Monetary Policy (May2013)
5.75%
(BI rate)

- JPN Machine Orders (Apr2013_P)
Wednesday
15
- GER GDP (Q12013_P)
-1.4% y-o-y

- JPN Consumer Confidence (Apr2013)
- JPN GDP (Q12013_P)
0.2% y-o-y

- KOR Exports (Apr2013)
0.4% y-o-y

- KOR Imports (Apr2013)
-0.3% y-o-y

- KOR Trade Balance (Apr2013)
2400.8Mn USD

- MAL GDP (Q12013)
4.1% y-o-y

- PHI Remittances (Mar2013)
- SIN Retail Sales (Mar2013)
-7.1% y-o-y

- US Housing Market Index (May2013)
44.0

- US IPI (Apr2013)
1.8% y-o-y sa

- US PPI (Apr2013)
0.6% y-o-y

- US Total Capacity Utilization (Apr2013)
Thursday
16
- EA Trade Balance (Mar2013)
22891.6Mn EUR

- INO Retail Sales (Mar2013)
10.2% y-o-y

- JPN Machine Orders (Mar2013)
27.8% m-o-m sa

- KOR PPI (Apr2013)
- SIN Electronic Exports (Apr2013)
-9.0% y-o-y

- SIN Non-oil Domestic Exports (Apr2013)
-1.0% y-o-y

- US CPI (Apr2013)
1.1% y-o-y

- US Housing Starts (Apr2013)
-16.5% m-o-m saar

- US Jobless Claims (May W22013)
363.0Th

Friday
17
- US Leading Indicator (Apr2013)
95.0

- US U. of Michigan Confidence (May2013_P)
Monday
20
- HKG Unemployment (Apr2013)
- JPN Machine Orders (Apr2013_F)
- THA GDP (Q12013)
5.3% y-o-y

Tuesday
21
- GER PPI (Apr2013)
- HKG CPI (Apr2013)
4.0% y-o-y

Wednesday
22
- JPN Monetary Policy (May2013)
60Tn JPY
(annual increase in monetary base)

- MAL CPI (Apr2013)
1.7% y-o-y

- SIN GDP (Q12013)
0.2% y-o-y

- TAP Unemployment (Apr2013)
- US Existing Home Sales (Apr2013)
0.6% m-o-m saar

Thursday
23
- SIN CPI (Apr2013)
1.5% y-o-y

- SIN IPI (Apr2013)
4.7% y-o-y

- TAP Retail Sales (Apr2013)
-0.6% y-o-y

- THA Imports (Apr2013)
8.9% y-o-y

- UKG GDP (Q12013_P)
- US Housing Prices (Mar2013)
1.3% m-o-m sa

- US Jobless Claims (May W32013)
344.0Th

- US New Home Sales (Apr2013)
2.3% m-o-m saar

- VIE CPI (May2013)
6.4% y-o-y

Friday
24
- GER GDP (Q12013_F)
-1.4% y-o-y

- TAP GDP (Q12013_F)
1.7% y-o-y

- US Durable Goods Orders (Apr2013)
- VIE Exports (May2013)
11.4% y-o-y

- VIE Imports (May2013)
17.4% y-o-y

- VIE IPI (May2013)
6.7% y-o-y

Monday
27
- GER IFO Business Climate (May2013)
105.7

- HKG Exports (Apr2013)
9.0% y-o-y

- HKG Imports (Apr2013)
7.7% y-o-y

- HKG Trade Balance (Apr2013)
-42696.4Mn HKD

- KOR Consumer Confidence (May2013)
104.0

- TAP IPI (Apr2013)
-0.9% y-o-y

- TAP Leading Index (Apr2013)
103.8

- THA Total Capacity Utilization (Apr2013) 3
Tuesday
28
- PHI Imports (Mar2013)
-8.4% y-o-y

- PRC Leading Index (Apr2013) 4
- THA IPI (Apr2013)
-3.8% y-o-y

- US Consumer Confidence (May2013)
76.2

- US S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind (Mar2013)
1.4% m-o-m
(Composite-20)

Wednesday
29
- GER CPI (May2013_P)
1.3% y-o-y

- THA Monetary Policy (May2013)
2.50%

- VIE Retail Sales (May2013)
14.0% y-o-y

- VIE Trade Balance (May2013)
-1200.0Mn USD

Thursday
30
- EA Business Climate Indicator (May2013)
-0.76

- EA Consumer Confidence (May2013_F)
-21.9

- EA Economic Confidence (May2013)
89.4

- HKG Retail Sales (Apr2013)
19.4% y-o-y

- JPN Exports (Apr2013)
3.8% y-o-y

- JPN Imports (Apr2013)
9.5% y-o-y

- JPN Trade Balance (Apr2013)
-881908.7Mn JPY

- KOR IPI (Apr2013)
1.7% y-o-y

- KOR Retail Sales (Apr2013)
1.9% y-o-y

- PHI GDP (Q12013)
- US GDP (Q12013)
2.4% q-o-q saar

- US Jobless Claims (May W42013)
354.0Th

- US Pending Home Sales (Apr2013)
0.3% m-o-m saar

Friday
31
- EA CPI (May2013)
1.4% y-o-y

- GER Retail Sales (Apr2013)
1.8% y-o-y

- IND GDP (Q12013_P)
- JPN CPI (Apr2013)
-0.7% y-o-y

- JPN Housing Starts (Apr2013)
5.8% y-o-y

- JPN IPI (Apr2013_P)
-2.3% y-o-y

- PHI Exports (Apr2013)
-6.6% y-o-y

- PHI Trade Balance (Mar2013)
-593.1Mn USD

- THA Business Sentiment Index (Apr2013)
48.8

- THA Exports (Apr2013)
2.9% y-o-y

- THA Retail Sales (Mar2013)
9.6% y-o-y

- THA Trade Balance (Apr2013)
-4141.2Mn USD

- US Chicago PMI (May2013)
57.9

- US Retail Sales (Apr2013_A)
0.1% m-o-m sa

- US U. of Michigan Confidence (May2013_F)
- US U. of Michigan Confidence (May2013_P)
84.5

Sources: Bloomberg, CEIC, European Central Bank, Eurostat, IMF, Markit Economics, National sources, Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management, Standard & Poor's, The Conference Board, Thomson Reuters.
Legend:
Legend:
- AUS
- Australia
- PRC
- China, People's Republic of
- EA
- Euro area
- FRA
- France
- GER
- Germany
- HKG
- Hong Kong, China
- IND
- India
- INO
- Indonesia
- JPN
- Japan
- KAZ
- Kazakhstan
- KOR
- Korea, Republic of
- MAL
- Malaysia
- NZL
- New Zealand
- PAK
- Pakistan
- PHI
- Philippines
- SIN
- Singapore
- SRI
- Sri Lanka
- TAP
- Taipei,China
- THA
- Thailand
- US
- United States
- UKG
- United Kingdom
- VIE
- Viet Nam