Victoria Day in Canada. Germany, France, Swiss

While most of Europe is on holiday in observance of Whit Monday, there have been no releases out of Europe today. In North America, the US is open but Canada is celebrating Victoria Day. So there is nothing out of the Canada. In the US, there is nothing as well.

The only things on the schedule are

  • The Chicago Fed Nat. Activity Index for April due at 8:30 AM ET with the expectation of 0.48 vs 0.10 last month
  • FOMCs Bostic is scheduled to speak on the economic outlook and price-level targeting in Atlanta at 12:15 AM ET.
  • Fed's Harker is to speak in NY at 2:05 PM ET/1805 GMT. He is speaking at the Chief Executives Organization's CEO Financial Seminar in NY. Q&A expected.
  • Fed's Kashkari will speak at 5:30 PM ET/2130 GMT on a moderates Q&A panel in Michigan

That's it for the day.