THIS WEEK'S MAJOR U.S. ECONOMIC REPORTS & FED SPEAKERS
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MONDAY, MAY 4
10:00 am Factory orders March
12:50 pm New York Fed President John Williams speech
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TUESDAY, MAY 5
8:30 am U.S. trade balance March
10:00 am Job openings March
10:00 am New home sales* (delayed report) Feb.
10:00 am New home sales March
9:45 am S&P final U.S. services PMI April
10:00 am Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman speech
12:30 pm Fed Governor Michael Barr speech
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6
8:15 am ADP employment April
9:30 am St. Lous Fed President Alberto Musalem speech
1:00 pm Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee speech
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THURSDAY, MAY 7
8:30 am Initial jobless claims May 2
8:30 am U.S. productivity Q1
10:00 am Construction spending* (delayed report) Feb.
10:00 am Construction spending March
1:00 pm Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari speech
3:00 pm Consumer credit March
3:30 pm New York Fed President John Williams speech
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FRIDAY, MAY 8
5:45 am Fed Governor Lisa Cook speech in Senegal
8:30 am U.S. employment report April
8:30 am U.S. unemployment rate April
8:30 am U.S. hourly wages April
8:30 am Hourly wages year over year
10:00 am Wholesale inventories March
10:00 am Consumer sentiment (prelim) May
7:30 pm Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee, San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly, Fed governor Michelle Bowman, Fed governor Christopher Waller on a panel
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