Here is my (in) complete list of whats happening this week. It is not comprehensive, its just the various items that have caught my eye. What are you watching this week, what have I missed?

Monday 27 April 2015

European Central Bank officials Benoit Coeure, Vitor Constancio and Daniele Nouy speak at a conference in Brussels

  • Due from 1030GMT

After the NYSE and NASDAQ close on Monday in the US we get the latest earnings from Apple

Tuesday 28 April 2015

Early in the Asian morning (at 2240GMT Monday) Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Stevens gives a speech (no further details at this stage, but I'll keep an ear out)

The Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee starts its 2-day meeting

Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt & German

Chancellor Angela Merkel meet for talks

  • A joint news conference will be held from at 1410GMT

Wednesday 29 April 2015

US GDP at 1230GMT

Federal Open Market Committee statement at 1800GMT. No news conference afterwards.

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe addresses a joint sitting of U.S. Congress

Norway's sovereign wealth fund releases its first-quarter

report on investments at 1000GMT

Sweden's central bank rate decision

Thursday 30 April 2015

In the NZ morning (at 2100GMT on Wednesday) - Reserve Bank of New Zealand monetary policy announcement

UK PM & Conservative Party leader David Cameron, Deputy Prime Minister and Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband will answer questions (in that special way pollies have) on BBC TV at 1900GM. The election is drawing closer (in more ways than one) ... May 7 is nearly upon us!

Bank of Japan 1-day meeting ... with the monetary policy statement and updates to growth and consumer price forecasts at the end. Those Asian timezone stalwarts will no there is no scheduled time for the announcements. (but expect it in the 0230-0330GMT timeframe ... more on this on the day)

Canada's February GDP

Swiss National Bank Q1 earnings announced

Friday 1 May 2015

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President John Williams speech from 1945GMT

Japan inflation report at 830am Tokyo time Friday (which is 2330GMT on Thursday) (04/30 19:30 EDT).

China manufacturing & and nonmanufacturing PMIs for April