This Week: Housing Data & Global Inflation

Monday

8:30 AM Retail sales are expected to have risen 0.3% in March

10:00 AM Homebuilder confidence is expected to hold at 51

10:00 PM The Chinese economy is expected to have expanded at a 5.0% clip in Q1

Tuesday

8:30 AM Building permits are expected to have fallen a slight 0.7% in March

8:30 AM Housing starts are expected to have fallen 2.7% in March

8:30 AM Canada’s inflation rate is expected to have slowed to 2.7% in March

Wednesday

2:00 AM UK’s inflation rate is expected to have slowed to 3.1% in March

5:00 AM The Euro Area’s inflation is expected to have slowed to 2.4% in March

7:00 AM Mortgage demand & rates

2:00 PM Fed’s Beige Book

Thursday

8:30 AM Initial jobless claims

10:00 AM Existing home sales are expected to have fallen 4.1% in March

12:00 PM Mortgage rates

7:30 PM Japan’s inflation rate is expected to have held at 2.8% in March