Key events for next week: China and USA consumer price index, RBNZ interest rate decision, UK, eurozone and Japan GDP, USA retail sales

On Tuesday, at 01:30 GMT Australia will publish the NAB Business Confidence Index for April. At 01:30 GMT China will present the consumer price index and producer price index for April. At 05:00 GMT, Japan will release an index of leading economic indicators for March. At 12:30 GMT, the United States will publish a consumer price index for April. At 13:00 GMT, UK will release NIESR GDP Estimate for April. At 18:00 GMT the US will release a monthly budget report for April. At 23:50 GMT, Japan will announce a change in the volume of bank lending for April, as well as the volume of orders for machinery and equipment and the current account balance for March.

On Wednesday. at 00:30 GMT Australia will present the Westpac Consumer Confidence Index for May, and at 01:30 GMT - the labor cost index for the 1st quarter. At 02:00 GMT, in New Zealand, the RBNZ interest rate decision will be announced, and at 04:00 GMT a press conference of the RBNZ will be held. At 06:00 GMT, UK will announce a change of GDP for the 1st quarter, as well as the volume of industrial production, manufacturing production and the balance of visible trade for March. At 09:00 GMT, the eurozone will report a change in industrial production for March. At 12:30 GMT the US will release producer price index for April. At 14:30 GMT, the US will report changes in oil reserves according to the Ministry of energy. At 22:45 GMT New Zealand will report a change in the visitor arrivals for March.

On Thursday, at 01:00 GMT Australia will announce a change in consumer inflation expectation for May, and at 01:30 GMT - a change in unemployment and the number of employees in April. At 06:00 GMT Germany will release a consumer price index for April. Also at 06:00 GMT Japan will report a change in the volume of orders for equipment in April. At 06:30 GMT Switzerland will publish producer and import price index for April. At 08:00 GMT in the eurozone, ECB Economic Bulletin will be released. At 12:30 GMT Canada will announce a change in the volume of industrial supplies for March. Also at 12:30 GMT the US will present an import price index for April and report a change in initial jobless claims. At 22:30 GMT New Zealand will release the index of business activity in the manufacturing sector for March.

On Friday, at 02:00 GMT, China will announce a change in investment in fixed assets, industrial production and retail sales for April. At 06:00 GMT Germany will report a change in GDP for the 1st quarter. At 06:45 GMT France will release a consumer price index for April. At 09:00 GMT, the eurozone will announce a change in the balance of foreign trade for March, as well as GDP and employment for the 1st quarter. At 12:30 GMT Canada will report a change in the volume of transactions with foreign securities in March. Also at 12:30 GMT the United States will announce a change in retail sales for April and will release an index of activity in the manufacturing sector from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for May. At 13:15 GMT the United States will announce a change in capacity utilization and industrial production for April. At 14:00 GMT the United States will release a consumer sentiment index from the University of Michigan for May and JOLTs Job Openings for March, as well as report changes in business inventories for March. At 17:00 GMT the US will release a Baker Hughes report on the number of active oil rigs. At 20:00 GMT the United States will announce a change in the total and net purchases of long-term US securities by foreign investors for March.

On Sunday at 23:50 GMT, Japan will announce a change in GDP for the 1st quarter.