Looking Ahead: April 30 to May 4, 2001
Central Bank Activities
May 1	Canada	Bank of Canada Monetary Policy Report Published
	Japan	Bank of Japan Monetary Policy Board Meeting Minutes from March 19 Published
May 1, 2	Australia	Reserve Bank of Australia Monetary Policy Meeting
The following indicators will be released this week...
Europe
May 1	Britain	PMI Manufacturing Survey (April)
May 2	EMU	Reuters PMI (February)
	Germany	BME/Reuters PMI (February)
	France	CDAF-Reuters PMI Index (February)
	Italy	Reuters/ADACI PMI (February)
		Producer Price Index (March)
May 3	EMU	Unemployment (March)
		Gross Domestic Product (Q4.2000)
	EU	Business/Consumer Sentiment Survey (April)
	France	Capacity Utilization (Q1.2001)
	Italy	Industrial Orders (February)
	Britain	Halifax House Price Index (April)
May 4	EMU	Retail Sales (February)
		Reuters Services Index (April)
	Germany	Reuters Services Index (April)
	Italy	Reuters Services Index (April)
	Britain	PMI Services Survey (March)
Sometime this week
	Britain	Nationwide House Price Index (January)
	ECB	M3 Money Supply (March)
Americas
Apr 30	Canada	Industrial Product Price Index (March)
Apr 24		Raw Materials Price Index (March)
		Gross Domestic Product at Factor Cost (February)
Apr 24	Canada	Business Conditions Survey (April)

Release dates are subject to change.
For U.S. data releases, see this week's Simply Economics.

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