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| Date | Time | Country | Event | Period | Importance |
Last Value (1) |
Consensus (2) | LBBW (3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, 22-May-2025 | 09:30 | GE | PMI Manufacturing (prelim.) | May | ⚑⚑⚑ | 48.4 | - | 49.0 |
| Thu, 22-May-2025 | 09:30 | GE | PMI Services (prelim.) | May | ⚑⚑⚑ | 49.0 | - | 49.5 |
| Thu, 22-May-2025 | 10:00 | GE | ifo Business Climate Germany | May | ⚑⚑⚑ | 86.9 | - | 87.4 |
| Thu, 22-May-2025 | 10:00 | GE | ifo Expectations | May | ⚑⚑⚑ | 87.4 | - | 87.9 |
| Thu, 22-May-2025 | 10:00 | GE | ifo Current Conditions | May | ⚑⚑⚑ | 86.4 | - | 86.9 |
| Thu, 22-May-2025 | 10:00 | EMU | PMI Manufacturing (prelim.) | May | ⚑⚑⚑ | 49.0 | - 49.5 |
| Thu, 22-May-2025 | 10:00 | EMU | PMI Services (prelim.) | May | ⚑⚑⚑ | 50.1 | - | 50.5 |
| Thu, 22-May-2025 | 10:00 | EMU | PMI Composite (prelim.) | May | ⚑⚑⚑ | 50.4 | - | 50.9 |
| Thu, 22-May-2025 | 13:30 | EMU | ECB publishes Account of April 17 Council Meeting | - | ⚑⚑ | - |
| Thu, 22-May-2025 | 16:00 | USA | Existing Home Sales (mn) | Apr | ⚑⚑ | 4.02 | 4.15 | 4.10 |
| Fri, 23-May-2025 | 08:00 | GE | GDP (Q/Q) (details) | Q1 | ⚑⚑ | 0.2 | - | 0.2 |
| Fri, 23-May-2025 | 10:30 | EMU | ECB Chief Economist Lane speaks | - | ⚑⚑ | - |
| Fri, 23-May-2025 | 11:00 | EMU | ECB publishes Indicator of Negotiated Wages (Y/Y) | Q1 | ⚑⚑⚑ | 4.1 | - | 3.5 |
| Fri, 23-May-2025 | 16:00 | USA | New Home Sales (thous.) | Apr | ⚑⚑ | 724 | 698 | 690 |
| Fri, 23-May-2025 | - | IT | Rating Review Italy(Moody's®) | - | ⚑⚑ | - |
(1) Should a provisional estimate be available, it is stated instead of the reference figure of the previous period; (2) Consensus forecast according to Bloomberg/Reuters; (3) LBBW forcast