Recent Key Economic Indicators: Apr 27 - May 1
Release Date		Economic Indicator/Event	Data for Period	Units	Current	Prior
United States
Apr 28		Conf. Board Consumer Confidence	Apr	Index	92.8	92.2
Apr 29		Advance Goods Trade Balance	Mar	Blns	-87.9	-83.5
Apr 29		Housing Starts	Mar	Thsd	1502.0	1356.0
Apr 29		Durable Goods Orders	Mar	M/M % Chg.	0.8	-1.2
Apr 29		Building Permits	Mar	Thsd	1372.0	1538.0
Apr 29		Cap Goods Orders Nondef Ex Air	Mar	M/M % Chg.	3.3	1.6
Apr 29		FOMC Rate Decision (Upper Bound)	Apr 29	%	3.8	3.8
Apr 30		Personal Income	Mar	M/M % Chg.	0.6	0.0
Apr 30		Real Personal Spending	Mar	M/M % Chg.	0.2	0.3
Apr 30		Initial Jobless Claims	Apr 25	Thsd	189.0	215.0
Apr 30		Employment Cost Index	1Q	Q/Q % Chg.	0.9	0.7
Apr 30		Gross Domestic Product Annualized	1Q	Q/Q % Chg.	2.0	0.5
Apr 30		Personal Consumption	1Q	Q/Q % Chg.	1.6	1.9
May 01		S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI	Apr	Index	54.5	54.0
May 01		ISM Manufacturing	Apr	Index	52.7	52.7
Canada
Apr 29		Bank of Canada Rate Decision	Apr 29	%	2.3	2.3
Apr 30		Payroll Employment Change - SEPH	Feb	Thsd	-60.2	44.3
Apr 30		Gross Domestic Product	Feb	M/M % Chg.	0.2	0.1
May 01		S&P Global Canada Manufacturing PMI	Apr	Index	53.3	50.0
International
Apr 27	JN	Jobless Rate	Mar	%	2.7	2.6
Apr 29	JN	Retail Sales	Mar	Y/Y % Chg.	1.7	-0.1
Apr 29	CH	Manufacturing PMI	Apr	Index	50.3	50.4
Apr 30	EZ	Gross Domestic Product SA	1Q	Y/Y % Chg.	1.1	1.3
Apr 30	EZ	Consumer Price Index	Apr	Y/Y % Chg.	3.0	2.6
Apr 30	EZ	Unemployment Rate	Mar	%	6.3	6.4
Apr 30	UK	Bank of England Bank Rate	Apr 30	%	3.8	3.8
Apr 30	EZ	ECB Main Refinancing Rate	Apr 30	%	2.2	2.2
Apr 30	JN	Tokyo Consumer Price Index	Apr	Y/Y % Chg.	1.5	1.4
Source: Bloomberg, TD Economics.