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TRADER RADAR for WEEK of 5/12 to 5/16 ECONOMIC and EARNINGS AHEAD


Monday, May 12

US Economics (Time Zone: EST)

2:00 Treasury Budget Statement - expected $114B, prior $112.9B
11:00 Fed to purchase $2.25b-$3b notes in 4 to 5-year range
11:30 Treasury selling $25b 3-month, $23b 6-month bills

Fedspeak

12:00pm Plosser (hawk, voter) speaks in Philadelphia

Global Economics (Time Zone: GMT)

JPY Trade Balance (Mar)
CNY New Yuan Loans
07:15 CHF Retail Sales

Earnings

After:
MBIA (MBI)
McKesson (MCK)
Rackspace (RAX)

Tuesday, May 13

US Economics (Time Zone: EST)

07:30 NFIB Small Business Optimism - expected 94.5, prior 93.4
08:30 Advance Retail Sales (Apr) - exp 0.4%, prior 1.1%
08:30 Retail Sales ex-Auto - exp 0.6%, prior 0.7%
08:30 Retail Sales ex-Auto & Gas - exp 0.5%, prior 1.0%
08:30 Import Price Index YoY - exp 0.4%, prior -0.6%
10:00 Business Inventories - exp 0.4%, prior 0.4%
11:00 Fed to purchase $850m-$1.1b bonds in 22 to 30-year range

Fedspeak

12:30am Lockhart (dove, nonvoter) to speak in Saudi Arabia
10:30am Lacker (hawk, nonvoter) to speak in North Carolina

Global Economics (Time Zone: GMT)

01:30 AUD Home Price Index
05:30 CNY Industrial Production YTD (Apr)
05:30 CNY Retail Sales
05:30 CNY Industrial Production
05:30 CNY Fixed Asset Investment
09:00 EUR Eurozone ZEW Current Situation, Expectations

Earnings

No major earnings

Wednesday, May 14

US Economics (Time Zone: EST)

07:00 MBA Mortgage Applications
08:30 Producer Prices Final Demand YoY (Apr) - expected 1.7%, prior 1.4%
08:30 PPI Ex Food & Energy YoY - exp 1.7%, prior 1.7%
10:00 Fed to purchase $350m-$600m notes in 10 to 17-year range
11:30 Treasury selling 4-week bills

Global Economics (Time Zone: GMT)

06:00 EUR German CPI (Apr final)
06:45 EUR French CPI (Apr)
08:30 GBP Employment Change (3M Mar)
09:00 EUR Industrial Production
09:30 GBP BoE Inflation Report

Earnings

Before:
Deere (DE)
Macy's (M)

After:
Agilent (A)
Cisco (CSCO)
Seaworld Entertainment (SEAS)

Plug Power (PLUG)

Thursday, May 15

US Economics (Time Zone: EST)

08:30 Initial Jobless Claims - expected 320K, prior 319K
08:30 Continuing Claims - exp 2750K, prior 2685K
08:30 Empire Manufacturing - exp 6.00, prior 1.29
08:30 Consumer Price Index YoY (Apr) - exp 2.0%, prior 1.5%
08:30 CPI Ex Food & Energy YoY (Apr) - exp 1.7%, prior 1.7%
09:00 Net Long-term TIC Flows (Mar) - exp $30B, prior $85.7B
09:00 Total Net TIC Flows - prior $167.7B
09:15 Industrial Production MoM (Apr) - exp 0.0%, prior 0.7%
09:15 Capacity Utilization - exp 79.1%, prior 79.2%
10:00 Phily Fed - exp 14.1, prior 16.6
10:00 NAHB Housing Market Index - exp 49, prior 47

Fedspeak

7:00pm Yellen (dove, chair) speaks in Washington

Global Economics (Time Zone: GMT)

JPY GDP (1Q prelim)
JPY Japan Investors Purchases of Foreign Bonds/Stocks
05:30 EUR French and German GDP (1Q prelim)
08:00 EUR Eurozone CPI (Apr)
09:00 EUR Eurozone GDP (1Q advance)
13:00 CAD Existing Home Sales

Earnings

Before:
Wal-Mart (WMT)
Kohl's (KSS)

After:
JcPenney (JCP)
Autodesk (ADSK)
Applied Materials (AMAT)

Friday, May 16

US Economics (Time Zone: EST)

08:30 Housing Starts (Apr) - expected 982K, prior 946K
08:30 Building Permits - exp 1015K, prior 990K
09:55 University of Michigan Consumer Confidence (May prelim) - exp 84.5, prior 84.1
11:00 Fed purchasing $800m-$1.1b notes in 23 to 30-year range

Fedspeak

11:50 Bullard (current hawk, nonvoter) speaks in Little Rock, Arkansas

Global Economics (Time Zone: GMT)

04:30 JPY Industrial Production
06:00 EUR EU 25 New Car Registrations
09:00 EUR Eurozone Trade Balance

Earnings

No major reports


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