Schedule for today, Thursday, May 22’2014:

01:00 Australia Consumer Inflation Expectation May +2.4%

01:45 China HSBC Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) May 48.1 48.4

03:00 New Zealand Expected Annual Inflation 2y from now Quarter II +2.3%

06:58 France Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) May 51.2 51.1

06:58 France Services PMI (Preliminary) May 50.4 50.3

07:28 Germany Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) May 54.1 54.0

07:28 Germany Services PMI (Preliminary) May 54.7 54.8

07:58 Eurozone Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) May 53.4 53.2

07:58 Eurozone Services PMI (Preliminary) May 53.1 53.0

08:30 United Kingdom Business Investment, q/q Quarter I +2.4% +2.3%

08:30 United Kingdom Business Investment, y/y Quarter I +8.7%

08:30 United Kingdom PSNB, bln April 4.9 3.6

08:30 United Kingdom GDP, q/q (Revised) Quarter I +0.8% +0.8%

08:30 United Kingdom GDP, y/y (Revised) Quarter I +3.1% +3.1%

09:00 Eurozone European Parliamentary Elections

10:00 United Kingdom CBI industrial order books balance May -1 4

12:30 Canada Retail Sales, m/m March +0.5% +0.2%

12:30 Canada Retail Sales ex Autos, m/m March +0.6% +0.5%

12:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims May 297 312

13:43 U.S. Manufacturing PMI (Preliminary) May     55.4     55.6     

14:00 U.S. Leading Indicators April +0.8% +0.4%

14:00 U.S. Existing Home Sales April 4.59 4.71