Upcoming Economic Releases and Events: May 18 - May 22
Release Date	Time*		Economic Indicator/Event	Data for Period	Units	Consensus Forecast	Last Period
United States
May 18	10:00		NAHB Housing Market Index	May	Index	34.0	34.0
May 19	8:00		Fed's Waller in Moderated Discussion
May 19	19:00		Fed's Paulson Speaks on Economic Outlook
May 20	9:15		Fed's Barr Speaks on Consumer Financial Health
May 20	14:00		FOMC Meeting Minutes	Apr 29
May 21	8:30		Initial Jobless Claims	May 16	Thsd	-	211.0
May 21	8:30		Housing Starts	Apr	Thsd	1420.0	1502.0
May 21	8:30		Building Permits	Apr	Thsd	1380.0	1363.0
May 21	9:45		S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI	May	Index	53.6	54.5
May 21	9:45		S&P Global US Services PMI	May	Index	51.3	51.0
May 21	9:45		S&P Global US Composite PMI	May	Index	-	51.7
May 22	10:00		Fed's Waller Speaks on Economic Outlook
Canada
May 19	8:30		Consumer Price Index NSA	Apr	M/M % Chg.	0.8	0.9
May 19	8:30		Consumer Price Index	Apr	Y/Y % Chg.	3.0	2.4
May 21	7:00		CFIB Business Barometer	May	Index	-	58.5
May 22	8:30		Retail Sales	Mar	Y/Y % Chg.	0.7	0.7
May 22	8:30		Retail Sales Ex Auto	Mar	M/M % Chg.	1.0	0.5
May 22	8:30		Industrial Product Price	Apr	M/M % Chg.	-	2.4
May 22	10:30		Senior Loan Officer Survey	Apr	1Q
International
May 18	19:50	JN	Gross Domestic Product Annualized SA	1Q	Y/Y % Chg.	1.7	1.3
May 19	2:00	UK	ILO Unemployment Rate	Mar	%	4.8	4.9
May 20	2:00	UK	Consumer Price Index	Apr	Y/Y % Chg.	3.0	3.3
May 20	5:00	EZ	Consumer Price Index	Apr	Y/Y % Chg.	3.0	3.0
May 21	19:30	JN	Natl Consumer Price Index	Apr	Y/Y % Chg.	1.6	1.5
May 22	2:00	UK	Retail Sales Ex Auto Fuel	Apr	Y/Y % Chg.	1.7	1.7
*Eastern Standard Time. Source: Bloomberg, TD Economics.