Economic Calendar

Time	Period	Event	Sense	Forecast	Previous
May 8, 2026
Day		French Bank Holiday
02:30	April	Average Cash Earnings y/y	2.7%	3.2%	3.4%
09:00	April	German Industrial Production m/m	-0.7%	0.4%	-0.5%
09:00	April	German Trade Balance	14.3B	17.8B	19.6B
09:00	April	Halifax HPI m/m	-0.1%	0.0%	-0.5%
10:00		SECO Consumer Climate	-40	-46	-43
10:00		ECB President Lagarde Speaks
12:45		FOMC Member Cook Speaks
15:20		BOE Gov Bailey Speaks
Name: BOE Gov Bailey Speaks
15:30	April	Employment Change	-17.7K	12.9K	14.1K
Name: Employment Change Better if: Sense > Forecast Source: Statistics Canada
15:30	April	Unemployment Rate	6.9%	6.7%	6.7%
Name: Unemployment Rate Better if: Sense < Forecast Source: Statistics Canada
15:30	April	Average Hourly Earnings m/m	0.2%	0.3%	0.2%
Name: Average Hourly Earnings m/m Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
15:30	April	Non-Farm Employment Change	115K	65K	185K
Name: Non-Farm Employment Change Better if: Sense > Forecast Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
15:30	April	Unemployment Rate	4.3%	4.3%	4.3%
Name: Unemployment Rate Better if: Sense < Forecast Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
17:00	May	Prelim UoM Consumer Sentiment	48.2	49.7	49.8
17:00	April	Prelim UoM Inflation Expectations	4.5%		4.7%
17:00		Final Wholesale Inventories m/m	1.3%	1.4%	1.4%
18:05		FOMC Member Goolsbee Speaks
19:00		President Trump Speaks
19:15		German Buba President Nagel Speaks
21:20		FOMC Member Goolsbee Speaks
23:00		FOMC Financial Stability Report