W Week Ahead

Week Ahead: U.S. and Canada Employment Reports; U.S. ISMs; Eurozone and SK CPIs; Fed Beige Book; RBI Meeting; OECD Outlook

31 May, 2026
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From the U.S. and Canadian May jobs report to the OECD economic outlook and many central bank speakers, here’s what you need to know for the week ahead.

Monday

🌎 Worldwide May manufacturing PMI ⚠

🇰🇷 South Korea May trade data ⚠

🇯🇵 Japan Q1 capital spending

🇰🇷 🇪🇺 The Bank of Korea International Conference runs through June 2 in Seoul, with Governor Shin Hyun Song and ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel among the speakers – Bloomberg

🌎 The global tech industry gathers in Taipei for Computex ahead of the main exhibition, which runs through June 5 – Bloomberg

🇹🇼 🇺🇸 Cheng Li-wun, the head of Taiwan’s opposition Kuomintang, is due to embark on a tour of the U.S. to promote her foreign policy and defense credentials amid growing criticism from part of the Washington establishment – Nikkei

🇫🇷 The Choose France summit is held at Versailles to attract foreign investment – Bloomberg

🇪🇺 Eurozone April unemployment rate

🇪🇺 Eurozone April ECB CPI expectations ⚠

🇬🇧 U.K. May Nationwide house prices

🇨🇭 Switzerland Q1 GDP

🇹🇷 Turkey Q1 GDP

🇪🇺 ECB Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel gives speech in Seoul. The text will be made available on the ECB’s website – Bloomberg

🇪🇺 Bank of France Governor Francois Villeroy de Galhau steps down, with Emmanuel Moulin set to succeed him – Bloomberg

🇺🇸 U.S. May ISM Manufacturing ⚠

🇺🇸 U.S. April construction spending

🇺🇸 Fed Governor Jerome Powell gives acceptance remarks on receiving John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award JFK Presidential Library – Bloomberg

Tuesday

🇰🇷 South May Korea CPI ⚠

🇦🇺 RBA board member Ian Harper delivers a speech in Melbourne – Bloomberg

🇬🇧 🇨🇳 U.K. Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper visits China for talks with Foreign Minister Wang Yi before heading to Shenzhen to meet with business leaders – Bloomberg

🇪🇸 Spain May unemployment rate

🇳🇱 Netherlands May CPI

🇪🇺 Eurozone May CPI ⚠

🇪🇺 ECB Governing Council member Olli Rehn speaks to Finnish ambassadors – Bloomberg

🇪🇺 ECB Vice President Boris Vujcic makes online remarks at the Icelandic conference – Bloomberg

🇪🇺 ECB Governing Council member Olaf Sleijpen appears at hearing on financial stability at the Hague – Bloomberg

🇬🇧 BOE Governor Andrew Bailey appears before the House of Lords Economic Affairs Committee. Rate-setter Megan Greene speaks at the University of Derby – Bloomberg

🇵🇱 Poland rate decision

🇺🇸 U.S. April JOLTS job openings ⚠

🇺🇸 U.S. May vehicle sales

🇺🇸 Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari speaks at the Bank of Korea conference – Bloomberg

🇺🇸 Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack speaks at the City Club of Cleveland – Bloomberg

🇺🇸 Former US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks at a Brookings Institution discussion reviewing Jerome Powell’s tenure as Fed chair – Bloomberg

🇺🇸 US congressional primary elections are held in California, Iowa, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota – Bloomberg

🇮🇱 🇱🇧 Israel and Lebanon are scheduled to resume US-mediated talks in Washington – Bloomberg ⚠

Wednesday

🌎 Worldwide June services and composite PMIs ⚠

🇦🇺 Australia Q1 GDP

🇯🇵 BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda delivers a speech at the Kisaragi-kai gathering in Tokyo – Bloomberg

🌏 The St. Petersburg International Economic Forum is held in Russia through June 6, with Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud among the attendees – Bloomberg

🇪🇺 Eurozone April PPI

🌎 Paris-based OECD releases its latest economic outlook during the ministerial council meeting that runs through June 4 – Bloomberg ⚠

🇪🇺 ECB Governing Council member Olli Rehn gives a keynote speech on AI in Helsinki – Bloomberg

🇪🇺 ECB Governing Council member Primoz Dolenc speaks about Slovenia’s banking sector in Ljubljana – Bloomberg

🇪🇺 ECB Executive Board member Frank Elderson speaks at Goldman Sachs’ European Financials Conference in Zurich – Bloomberg

🇪🇺 ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone speaks at a hearing on the digital euro in Brussels – Bloomberg

🇺🇸 U.S. May ADP employment change

🇺🇸 U.S. May ISM services index ⚠

🇺🇸 U.S. April factory orders and durable goods

🇺🇸 Fed Beige Book ⚠

🇺🇸 Dallas Fed President Lorie Logan participates in a discussion at the University of Texas at El Paso – Bloomberg

🇺🇸 Fed Governor Michael Barr speaks at the Community Development Bankers Association Peer Forum in Washington – Bloomberg

🇺🇸 U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is scheduled to testify on Treasury’s budget to the Senate Finance Committee – Bloomberg

🇺🇸 Bloomberg Tech Summit in San Francisco, with key themes including AI and hyperscaler capex, chip and networking demand. Through June 4 – Bloomberg

Thursday

🇦🇺 Australia April trade data

🇦🇺 RBA Governor Michele Bullock appears before the Senate Economics Legislation committee – Bloomberg

🇪🇸 Spain April industrial production

🇪🇺 Eurozone April retail sales

🇸🇪 Sweden May CPI

🇪🇺 ECB President Christine Lagarde gives a speech in Aix-en-Provence, France – Bloomberg ⚠

🇪🇺 The ECB enters its quiet period ahead of the June 10-11 rate-setting meeting – Bloomberg

🇬🇧 BOE Governor Andrew Bailey delivers a speech at the Investment Association annual conference – Bloomberg

🇺🇸 U.S. weekly initial jobless claims

🇺🇸 San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly speaks at the Bloomberg Tech Summit – Bloomberg

🇺🇸 Richmond Fed President Tom Barkin speaks on the economy at the Belmont Country Club – Bloomberg

🇺🇸 Netflix holds its annual general meeting. Co-founder Reed Hastings is set to step down from the company’s board – Bloomberg

Friday

🇯🇵 Japan April household spending

🇯🇵 Japan April labor cash earnings

🇮🇳 India Q1 GDP

🇮🇳 RBI meeting ⚠

🇦🇺 RBA Deputy Governor Andrew Hauser participates in a fireside chat at Australia’s Economic Outlook in Sydney – Bloomberg

🇪🇺 The EU-Western Balkans Leaders Summit takes place in Montenegro – Bloomberg

🇫🇷 France April trade data

🇫🇷 France April industrial production

🇪🇺 Eurozone Q1 compensation per employee ⚠

🇪🇺 Eurozone Q1 GDP (final estimate)

🇪🇺 The Banque de France, BOE, ECB and Central Bank Research Association co-host the ECONDAT spring meeting in Paris – Bloomberg

🇪🇺 🇬🇧 ECB Supervisory Board member Anneli Tuominen speaks in Helsinki – Bloomberg

🇬🇧 BOE Governor Andrew Bailey speaks in Scotland. Rate-setter Swati Dhingra speaks at a University College London event – Bloomberg

🇺🇸 U.S. employment report ⚠

🇺🇸 U.S. April consumer credit

🇨🇦 Canada May employment report ⚠

🇺🇸 Fed’s Barr Speaks on Supervision & Regulation Kogod School of Business – Bloomberg

Earnings

Previews

https://twitter.com/C_Barraud/status/2061118256811802654
https://twitter.com/C_Barraud/status/2061167477527101846

*Focus on Asia

*Focus on Europe & UK

https://twitter.com/C_Barraud/status/2061170201480073711
https://twitter.com/C_Barraud/status/2061170459027083728

Focus on U.S. Economic Calendar

https://twitter.com/C_Barraud/status/2061138777091751955

Top 10 Macro/Financial Charts of the Previous Week – w22

https://twitter.com/C_Barraud/status/2061147918963249263

What Happened in the World Economy Last Week – in Charts – w22 (Bloomberg)

https://twitter.com/C_Barraud/status/2061114175733092645

*Note: Previous reports can be found here