Guide to today’s important data and events

Not many economic dockets for today. Focus is on US data.

Data released so far -

• Japan - Consumer confidence for April dropped to 41.5 from prior 41.7

Upcoming -

• Switzerland - Producer and import prices for April to be announced at 7:15 GMT.
  
  
• India - RBI will declare bank loan growth around 11:30 GMT.
  
  
• Canada - Canada will announce manufacturing shipments stats for March around 12:30 GMT along with portfolio investment details in foreign and Canadian securities by foreigners and Canadian.
  
  
• US - US will announce industrial production details for March at 13:15 GMT followed by CB leading economic index at 13:30 GMT. Michigan consumer sentiment for May will be release around 14:00 GMT. This is a preliminary reading. Treasury will release stats on TIC flows at 20:00 GMT.