US Weekly Economic Calendar

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	report	period	ACTUAL	forecast	previous
MONDAY, May 1
8:30 am	Personal income	March		0.3%	0.4%
8:30 am	Consumer spending	March		0.1%	0.1%
8:30 am	Core inflation	March		-0.1%	0.2%
9:45 am	Markit manufacturing PMI (final)	April		--	52.8
10 am	ISM manufacturing index	April		56.5%	57.2%
10 am	Construction spending	March		0.5%	0.8%
TUESDAY,  MAY 2
Varies	Motor vehicle sales	April		17.2 mln	16.5 mln
WEDNESDAY, MAY 3
8:15 am	ADP employment	April		--	263,000
9:45 am	Markit services PMI (final)	April		--	52.5
10 am	ISM nonmanufacturing	April		55.8%	55.2%
2 pm	FOMC announcement			0.75-1.00%	0.75-1.00%
THURSDAY, MAY 4
8:30 am	Weekly jobless claims	4/29		245,000	257,000
8:30 am	Trade deficit	March		-$44.5bln	-$43.6bln
8:30 am	Productivity	Q1		0.1%	1.3% (Q4)
8:30 am	Unit labor costs	Q1		2.6%	1.7% (Q4)
10 am	Factory orders	March		0.4%	1.0%
FRIDAY, MAY 5
8:30 am	Nonfarm payrolls	April		190,000	98,000
8:30 am	Unemployment rate U3	April		4.5%	4.5%
8:30 am	Average hourly earnings	April		0.3%	0.2%
3 pm	Consumer credit	March		--	$15 bln