What are the key economic events on the calendar next week

Monday, April 28

• Canada Federal Election (All day)

Tuesday, April 29

• U.S. JOLTS Job Openings (Forecast: 7.48M; Prior: 7.57M)

• Australia CPI q/q (Forecast: 0.8%; Prior: 0.2%)

• Australia CPI y/y (Forecast: 2.3%; Prior: 2.4%)

• Australia Trimmed Mean CPI q/q (Forecast: 0.6%; Prior: 0.5%)

• China Manufacturing PMI (Forecast: 49.8; Prior: 50.5)

• Germany Preliminary CPI m/m (Forecast: 0.4%; Prior: 0.3%)

Wednesday, April 30

• U.S. ADP Non-Farm Employment Change (Forecast: 123K; Prior: 155K)

• Canada GDP m/m (Forecast: 0.4%; Prior: 0.4%)

• U.S. Advance GDP q/q (Forecast: 0.4%; Prior: 2.4%)

• U.S. Employment Cost Index q/q (Forecast: 0.9%; Prior: 0.9%)

• 7:00am: U.S. Core PCE Price Index m/m (Forecast: 0.1%; Prior: 0.4%)

• Tentative: BOJ Policy Rate Decision (Expected: <0.50%)

• BOJ Monetary Policy Statement

• BOJ Outlook Report

• BOJ Press Conference

Thursday, May 1

• U.S. Unemployment Claims (Forecast: 224K; Prior: 222K)

• U.S. ISM Manufacturing PMI (Forecast: 48.0; Prior: 49.0)

Friday, May 2

• U.S. Average Hourly Earnings m/m (Forecast: 0.3%; Prior: 0.3%)

• U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls (Forecast: 129K; Prior: 228K)

• U.S. Unemployment Rate (Forecast: 4.2%; Prior: 4.2%)

• All day: Australia Parliamentary Elections

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.