Recent Key Economic Indicators: May 18 - 22
Release Date		Economic Indicator/Event	Data for Period	Units	Current	Prior
United States
May 18		NAHB Housing Market Index	May	Index	37.0	34.0
May 21		Initial Jobless Claims	May 16	Thsd	209.0	212.0
May 21		Housing Starts	Apr	Thsd	1465.0	1507.0
May 21		Building Permits	Apr	Thsd	1442.0	1363.0
May 21		S&P Global US Manufacturing PMI	May	Index	55.3	54.5
May 21		S&P Global US Services PMI	May	Index	50.9	51.0
May 21		S&P Global US Composite PMI	May	Index	51.7	51.7
Canada
May 19		Consumer Price Index NSA	Apr	M/M % Chg.	0.4	0.9
May 19		Consumer Price Index	Apr	Y/Y % Chg.	2.8	2.4
May 21		CFIB Business Barometer	May	Index	46.3	58.0
May 22		Retail Sales	Mar	M/M % Chg.	0.9	0.7
May 22		Retail Sales Ex Auto	Mar	M/M % Chg.	1.4	0.6
May 22		Industrial Product Price	Apr	M/M % Chg.	2.0	2.8
International
May 18	JN	Gross Domestic Product Annualized SA	1Q	Q/Q % Chg.	2.1	0.8
May 19	UK	ILO Unemployment Rate	Mar	%	5.0	4.9
May 20	UK	Consumer Price Index	Apr	Y/Y % Chg.	2.8	3.3
May 20	EZ	Consumer Price Index	Apr	Y/Y % Chg.	3.0	3.0
May 21	JN	Natl Consumer Price Index	Apr	Y/Y % Chg.	1.4	1.5
May 22	UK	Retail Sales Ex Auto Fuel	Apr	Y/Y % Chg.	1.1	1.5
Source: Bloomberg, TD Economics.