Schedule for today, Thursday, May 21’2015:

(time / country / index / period / previous value / forecast)

01:00 Australia Consumer Inflation Expectation May 3.4%

01:35 Japan Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) May 49.9

01:45 China HSBC Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) May 48.9 49.3

02:00 New Zealand Annual Budget Release

04:30 Japan All Industry Activity Index, m/m March 0.1%

07:00 France Services PMI (Preliminary) May 51.4 51.9

07:00 France Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) May 48.0 48.5

07:30 Germany Services PMI (Preliminary) May 54.0 53.9

07:30 Germany Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) May 52.1 52.3

08:00 Eurozone Current account, unadjusted, bln March 13.8

08:00 Eurozone Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) May 52.0 52.0

08:00 Eurozone Services PMI (Preliminary) May 54.1 53.9

08:30 United Kingdom Retail Sales (MoM) April -0.5% 0.4%

08:30 United Kingdom Retail Sales (YoY) April 4.2% 3.8%

10:00 United Kingdom CBI industrial order books balance May 1 3

11:30 Eurozone ECB Monetary Policy Meeting Accounts

12:30 U.S. Continuing Jobless Claims 2229 2228

12:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims May 264 270

13:45 U.S. Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) May 54.1 54.5

14:00 Eurozone Consumer Confidence (Preliminary) May -4.6

14:00 U.S. Leading Indicators April 0.2% 0.3%

14:00 U.S. Existing Home Sales April 5.19 5.24

14:00 U.S. Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Survey May 7.5 8.0

17:30 Eurozone ECB President Mario Draghi Speaks

17:30 U.S. FED Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer Speaks

23:00 U.S. FOMC Member Williams Speaks