Money and Markets Economic and Company Calendar April 28-May 2
There’s plenty of potentially market-moving news and events coming this week, including the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, a speech by Fed Chair Janet Yellen, and economic reports including the advance GDP figure for the first quarter and the employment situation for April.
Earnings Reporting season is of course still in full swing, with a number of big oil companies reporting, including Chevron and ExxonMobil.
What follows are calendar highlights for the week. (All times are Eastern Daylight Time; forecasts by analysts/economists polled by Bloomberg.)
Federal Reserve Events
Tuesday, April 29
FOMC meeting begins
Wednesday, April 30
FOMC Meeting Announcement, 2 p.m.
Thursday, May 1
Fed Chair Janet Yellen speaks in Washington to the Independent Community Bankers of America, 8:30 a.m.
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Economic reports
Monday, April 28
Pending Home Sales Index, 10 a.m.
Dallas Federal Manufacturing Survey, 10:30 a.m.
Tuesday, April 29
S&P Case-Shiller HPI, 9 a.m.
Consumer Confidence, 10 a.m.
Wednesday, April 30
ADP Employment Report, 8:15 a.m.
GDP, first-quarter advance figure, 8:30 a.m.
Employment Cost Index, 8:30 a.m.
Chicago PMI, 9:45 a.m.
EIA Petroleum Status Report, 10:30 a.m.
Thursday, May 1
Motor Vehicle Sales
Jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.
Personal Income and Outlays, 8:30 a.m.
PMI Manufacturing Index, 9:45 a.m.
ISM Manufacturing index, 10 a.m.
Construction Spending, 10 a.m.
Friday, May 2
Employment Situation for April, 8:30 a.m.
Factory Orders, 10 a.m.
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Company Earnings Reports
Monday, April 28
Carter’s, Inc.
Container Store
Corning, Inc.
Denny’s Corp.
Loews Corp.
Michaels Stores
Wings & Things
Tuesday, April 29
Aflac, Inc.
AMC entertainment
Archer-Daniels
Bristol-Myer Squibb
Coach, Inc.
Dreamworks Animation
EBay, Inc.
Express Scripts Holding Co.
Forest Laboratories, Inc.
Goodyear Tire
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.
Marriott International (51 cents per A share)
McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. (86 cents)
Merck & Co. (84 cents)
NCR Corp. (57 cents)
OshKosh Corp. (87 cents)
Panera Bread ($1.70 per A share)
Spirit Airlines
Sprint Corp.
Twitter, Inc.
Wednesday, April 30
Exelon Corp.
Hess Corp.
Hyatt Hotels
International Paper Co.
Metlife, Inc.
Phillips 66
Pitney Bowes, Inc.
Regis Corp.
Southern Co.
Time Warner, Inc.
Thursday, May 1
Avon Products
Becton Dickinson and Co. ($1.52 a share)
Cigna corp. ($1.75)
Clorox Co. ($1.11)
ConocoPhillips ($1.60)
Domino’s Pizza (67 cents)
Exxon Mobil Corp.
Kellogg Co.
Kraft Foods Group
LinkedIn Corp.
MasterCard, Inc.
T-Mobile US, Inc.
Viacom, Inc.
Vonage Holdings
Western Union
Friday, May 2
Chevron Corp.
CVS Caremark Corp.
Estee Lauder
Best wishes,
The Money and Markets Team
