Money and Markets Economic and Company Calendar May5-9
Fed Chair Janet Yellen will appear before a committee in Washington on Wednesday. It will be interesting to hear what she has to say after Friday’s payrolls report showed the biggest gain in two years in the number of jobs created last month.
Earnings reporting season continues with a good mix of industries posting last quarter’s results, from AOL to Pfizer and Walt Disney.
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, May 6
Federal Reserve Gov. Jeremy Stein speaks in New York, 6:15 p.m.
Wednesday, May 7
Fed Chair Janet Yellen speaks before the Joint Economic Committee in Washington D.C., 10 a.m.
Thursday, May 8
Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser speaks in New York on monetary policy, 8 a.m.
Fed Gov. Daniel Tarullo speaks at the Chicago Fed’s banking conference, 8:30 a.m.
St. Louis Fed President James Bullard speaks at a household finance conference in St. Louis, 2 p.m.
Friday, May 9
Narayana Kocherlakota speaks
Economic Reports
Monday, May 5
ISM Non-Manufacturing Index, 10 a.m.
Tuesday, May 6
International Trade, 8:30 a.m.
Wednesday, May 7
Productivity and Costs, 8:30 a.m.
EIA Petroleum Status Report, 10:30 a.m.
Thursday, May 8
Jobless claims, 8:30 a.m.
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Company Earnings Reports
Monday, May 5
Carmike Cinemas
Murphy USA, Inc. (Consensus estimate: 43 cents a share)
Pfizer, Inc. (57 cents)
Sysco Corp. (41 cents)
Texas Roadhouse (40 cents)
Tyson foods (62 cents per A share)
Tuesday, May 6
Alamo Group (64 cents)
Allstate Corp. ($1.40)
Coca-Cola Bottling
DirecTV ($1.48)
Discovery Communications, Inc.
Emerson Electric Co.
GNC Holdings, Inc.
Hillshire Brands
Marathon Oil
Martha Stewart
Office Depot, Inc.
Papa John’s International
Walt Disney Co.
Whole Foods Market
Wednesday, May 7
Allergan, Inc. ($1.23 a share)
AOL, Inc. (34 cents)
Avis Budget Group (8 cents)
Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.
Humana, Inc.
Kelly Services
Tesla Motors
Vitamin Shoppe
Thursday, May 8
CBS Corp.
Dish Network
Freddie Mac
Mettler-Toledo
News Corp.
Priceline Group
Scripps Net (90 cents per class A share)
Tuesday Morning
Tumi Holdings, Inc.
Wendy’s Co.
Friday, May 9
Chiquita Brands (22 cents a share)
Fannie Mae
Hilton Worldwide
Best wishes,
The Money and Markets Team
