In the macroeconomic statistics coming out next week, the following indicators can be distinguished: Monday In Japan, retail sales and industrial production data will be released, as well as the consumer confidence index and the volume of orders in the construction sector. In China, the index of business activity in the service sector and in the manufacturing sector will be published. The National Bank of New Zealand will provide an activity forecast, and the Reserve Bank will provide an index of business optimism. Private sector lending data will be released in Australia.In Spain and Italy, inflation data will be released, and in the Eurozone – consumer credit indicators. In Germany, inflation data will also be available, including the main and harmonized consumer price indices.In Canada, the price indices for industrial products and raw materials, as well as the balance of payments, will be published. In the United States, Memorial Day is celebrated, banks and stock exchanges are closed, and macroeconomic statistics are not published.Tuesday In Australia, the index of activity in the manufacturing sector from AiG and the PMI in the manufacturing sector from the Commonwealth Bank will be published. And also in Australia, the number of building permits and the trade balance will be published. The Reserve Bank of Australia will hold a meeting to announce the regulator's decision on the interest rate. Construction permits will be issued in New Zealand. In Japan, capital expenditures and the Jibun Bank PMI index in the manufacturing sector will be released. China will publish the Caixin Manufacturing PMI.The next OPEC meeting will be held in Vienna. In the UK, the Nationwide house price index will be known. In Russia, Sweden, Spain, Italy, France, Germany, the Euro area and the United Kingdom, Markit will release indicators of business activity in the manufacturing sector. Switzerland will publish the real volume of retail trade, the SVME business activity index and economic growth indicators for the first quarter of 2021. In Germany, the unemployment rate and the change in the number of unemployed will be released. In the euro area, the unemployment rate and inflation indicators, including the basic and main consumer price indices, will be published. Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey will make a speech.In Canada, GDP growth data for the first quarter of this year and the indicator of business activity in the manufacturing sector will be released. In the US, the Redbook retail sales index, the ISM manufacturing PMI, an indicator of economic optimism, construction spending data and the Dallas Federal Reserve Industrial PMI will be published. Fed representative Lal Brainard will give a speech.Wednesday New Zealand will publish the Terms of trade index. In Australia, economic growth data for the first quarter of 2021 will be released.In Germany, retail sales data will be available, and in the UK, consumer credit data and the number of approved applications for unemployment benefits will be available. In the Eurozone, the producer price index will be released. The head of the Bundesbank, Jens Weidmann, will make a speech.In Canada, the number of building permits will be released. In the US, the MBA Mortgage Lending Index, the Redbook retail sales index and the Fed's Beige Book Economic Review will be published. The American Petroleum Institute will report on oil reserves for the past week.Thursday In Australia, the AiG construction sector activity index, the Commonwealth Bank Services PMI, import and export indicators and the overall trade balance will be published. In Japan, foreign and domestic investment data and Jibun Bank's manufacturing PMI will be released. The National Bank of New Zealand will provide an activity forecast, and the Reserve Bank will provide an index of business optimism. In China, the Caixin manufacturing PMI will be released.Russia, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, the Euro zone and the UK will publish indices of business activity in the service sector. The UK will hold a hearing on the inflation report. Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey will make a speech.In the US, the ADP report on the level of employment in the private sector, the number of initial and repeated applications for unemployment benefits, costs per unit of labor, the index of business activity in the service sector will be released. The Energy Information Administration will report last week on natural gas reserves in the United States.Friday In Japan, data on household spending will be released. In Australia, the indicators of mortgage loans and investment loans for the construction of houses will be published.In the UK, the index of business activity in the construction sector will be known. In the euro area, retail sales data will be released.In Canada, labor productivity indicators are released. In the US, employment market data for May will be released, including the number of new jobs outside of agriculture, the unemployment rate, the share of the labor force in the total population and average hourly wages. Canada will also publish the unemployment rate, the change in the number of employees, the level of average hourly wages and the Ivey business activity index. Baker Hughes will report on the number of active oil rigs last ...
The volume of retail sales in Canada in March, according to official statistics, amounted to 57.6 billion US dollars. Compared to the previous month, the indicator in value terms increased by 3.6%. In real terms, sales growth was 3.2%. The main contribution to the growth of the indicator was made by the sale of building materials, garden equipment and equipment, clothing and accessories. At the same time, sales of food products and beverages decreased in March. According to the results of the first three months of this year, the volume of sales in the retail sector in value terms increased by 1.8% compared to the fourth quarter of last year. In real terms, the growth was 0.5%. Retailers continued to experience difficulties, as local authorities imposed restrictions in several regions of the country due to new cases of coronavirus infection. It is reported that in March there was a period when 2.1% of all retail outlets were closed in the country. According to a preliminary estimate from Statistics Canada, retail sales declined 5.1% in ...