Today's key economic data and events: Thursday, May 16, 2024

① 20:30 Initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending May 11

② 20:30 Annualized total number of new housing starts in the United States in April

③ 20:30 Total number of building permits in the United States in April

④ 20:30 Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index in the United States in May

⑤ 20:30 Monthly rate of the U.S. import price index in April

⑥ 21:15 Monthly rate of industrial output in the United States in April

⑦ 22:00 Fed Barkin's interview with CNBC

⑧ 22:30 EIA natural gas inventory in the United States for the week ending May 10

⑨ 00:00 the next day Fed Mester's speech on the economic outlook

⑩ 03:50 the next day Fed Bostic's speech on the economic outlook