[Key Events and Data Preview for This Week: A Super Central Bank Week Overlaps with Earnings Reports]
1. Monday:
① Data: China's March year-to-date industrial enterprise profits (YoY); Germany's May GfK Consumer Confidence Index; UK's April CBI Retail Sales Balance; US April Dallas Fed Business Activity Index;
② Events: National Energy Administration holds quarterly press conference; RMB 600 billion of 1-year Medium-term Lending Facility (MLF) and RMB 500 million of 7-day reverse repos mature on the same day;
③ Holidays: New Zealand Stock Exchange closed for ANZAC Day; Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange closed for Hung Kings Festival;
④ Earnings Reports: Hong Kong-listed Tianqi Lithium (09696.HK), WuXi AppTec (02359.HK), etc. 2. Tuesday: ① Data: Japan's March unemployment rate; US weekly ADP employment change; US February FHFA house price index month-on-month; US February S&P/CS 20-City Composite Home Price Index year-on-year (not seasonally adjusted); US April Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index; US April Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index; ② Events: Bank of Japan announces interest rate decision and economic outlook report, Governor Kazuo Ueda holds monetary policy press conference; European Central Bank releases bank lending survey report; ECB Executive Board member Schnabel participates in a panel discussion; ③ Earnings Reports: Hong Kong-listed Ping An Insurance (02318.HK), BYD (01211.HK), CanSino Biologics (06185.HK), China Merchants Bank (03968.HK), etc.; US-listed BP (BP.N), Robinhood (HOOD.O), etc. 3. Wednesday: ① Data: US API crude oil inventories for the week; Australian March CPI; Swiss April ZEW investor confidence index; Eurozone April industrial sentiment index, Eurozone April economic sentiment index; German April CPI; US March housing starts (annualized); US March durable goods orders (month-on-month); US March building permits; US EIA crude oil inventories for the week, US EIA Cushing, Oklahoma crude oil inventories for the week, US EIA strategic petroleum reserves for the week; ② Events: Bank of Canada announces interest rate decision and monetary policy report, Governor Macklem and Senior Deputy Governor Rogers hold monetary policy press conference; ③ Earnings Reports: Hong Kong-listed companies Vanke (02202.HK), ICBC (01398.HK), CICC (03908.HK), Geely Automobile (00175.HK), etc.; US-listed companies Alphabet (GOOG.O), Meta... Platforms (META.O), Amazon (AMZN.O), Microsoft (MSFT.O), Qualcomm (QCOM.O), etc.; ④ Holiday: The Tokyo Stock Exchange is closed for Showa Day.
4. Thursday: ① Data: China's official manufacturing PMI in April; China's RatingDog manufacturing PMI in April; France's preliminary GDP in the first quarter; France's preliminary CPI in April; Switzerland's KOF leading economic indicator in April; Germany's seasonally adjusted unemployment figures and seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in April; Germany's preliminary unadjusted GDP annual rate in the first quarter; Eurozone's preliminary CPI in April; Eurozone's preliminary GDP in the first quarter; Eurozone's preliminary unemployment rate in March; Canada's GDP monthly rate in February; US initial jobless claims for the week ending April 25; US core PCE price index annual rate in March; US personal spending monthly rate in March; US labor cost index quarterly rate in the first quarter; US real GDP annualized quarterly rate preliminary rate in the first quarter; US real personal consumption expenditure quarterly rate preliminary rate in the first quarter; US core PCE price index annualized quarterly rate preliminary rate in the first quarter; US nuclear cost index quarterly rate in March; ① PCE Price Index (MoM);
US April Chicago PMI;
US March Conference Board Leading Economic Index (MoM);
US Weekly EIA Natural Gas Storage;
② Events:
Federal Reserve FOMC announces interest rate decision, Chairman Powell holds monetary policy press conference;
Google earnings call;
Bank of England announces interest rate decision, meeting minutes and monetary policy report, Governor Bailey holds monetary policy press conference;
ECB announces interest rate decision, President Lagarde holds monetary policy press conference;
Microsoft, Amazon, Meta earnings calls;
Samsung Electronics earnings call;
③ Earnings Reports:
US stocks Merck (MRK.N), Apple (AAPL.O), Rivian (RIVN.O), etc.;
④ Holidays:
Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange in Vietnam closed for Reunification Day;
Shanghai Gold Exchange, Shanghai Futures Exchange, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange, and Dalian Commodity Exchange have no night trading session before Labor Day. 5. Friday: ① Data: UK April Nationwide House Price Index (MoM); Switzerland March Retail Sales (YoY); UK April Manufacturing PMI (Final); UK March Bank of England Mortgage Approvals; US April S&P Global Manufacturing PMI (Final); US April ISM Manufacturing PMI; ② Events: Bank of England Chief Economist Peale speaks; Apple earnings call. ③ Earnings Reports: Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), Chevron (CVX.N), etc. (US stocks); ④ Holidays: The Deutsche Börse (Germany), Paris Stock Exchange (France), Seoul Stock Exchange (South Korea), Madrid Stock Exchange (Spain), Milan Stock Exchange (Italy), Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (Vietnam), and Taiwan Stock Exchange (Taiwan) will be closed for Labor Day; the Hong Kong Stock Exchange will be closed for Labor Day, with both northbound and southbound trading suspended; the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges and the Beijing Stock Exchange will be closed from May 1st (Friday) to May 5th (Tuesday) for Labor Day, and will resume normal trading on May 6th (Wednesday); domestic futures exchanges in China will be closed from May 1st (Friday) to May 5th (Tuesday) for Labor Day, and will resume normal trading on May 6th (Wednesday); the National Stock Exchange of India will be closed for Maharashtra.
6. Saturday: ① Data: Total number of US oil rigs for the week; ② Event: Berkshire Hathaway 2026 Annual General Meeting. 7. Sunday: ① Data: Vietnam's April CPI, April import and export year-on-year rates, and April trade balance; ② OPEC+ eight oil-producing countries hold a meeting on oil production policy in June.
