Economic agenda of May 16, 2024

ITALIAN STOCK EXCHANGE

Business Square

• SoldiOnline publishes the updated table of the Consob BlackList (11.00 am).

Board of Directors for the examination of the financial data for the 1st quarter of 2024

Conference call to comment on the financial data

• FTSEMib: ERG (2.30 pm; also business plan 2024/2026); Snam (released before the opening of Piazza Affari).

Shareholders’ meetings for the approval of the 2023 financial statements

OPA

• The mandatory total takeover bid (OPA) promoted by CGN Futuro and E-Farm on the shares is underway H-Farm. The operation will end on June 4, 2024.

PLACEMENT OF GOVERNMENT BONDS

SPAIN

• Issuance of government bonds maturing in 2027, 2029 and 2042. Amount between 4.5 and 5.5 billion euros.

FRANCE

• Issuance of government bonds maturing in 2027, 2029 and 2030 (two bonds). Amount between 10.5 and 12 billion euros.

QUARTERLY

EUROPE

• Deutsche Telekom (Germany, Q1 2024)
• Siemens (Germany, 2nd quarter 2023/2024)

UNITED STATES

• Baidu (Q1 2024 – Wall Street Pre-opening Release)
• Deere & Company (2nd quarter 2023/2024 – Release before the opening of Wall Street)
• Walmart (1st quarter 2024/2025 – Release before the opening of Wall Street)
• Applied Materials (2nd quarter 2023/2024 – Release after the close of Wall Street)

MACROECONOMICS

ITALY

• Harmonized index of consumer prices (final) in April 2024 (11.00 am). Consensus: +0.6% m/m; +1.0% y/y (preliminary).
• Index of consumer prices (final) in April 2024 (11.00 am). Consensus: +0.2% m/m; +0.9% y/y (preliminary).
• Trade balance (total) in March 2024 (11.00 am). Consensus: 4.8 billion euros.

JAPAN

• GDP (preliminary) of the 1st quarter of 2024 (01.50 am). Consensus: -0.4% q/q; -1.5% q/y.
• Industrial production (final) in March 2024 (06.30 am). Consensus: +3.8% m/m (preliminary)

UNITED STATES

• Building permits in April 2024 (2.30 pm). Consensus: 1.48 million.
• New residential construction sites in April 2024 (2.30 pm). Consensus: 1.41 million.
• Index Philadelphia Fed in May 2024 (2.30 pm). Consensus: 7.5.
• Index of import prices in April 2024 (2.30 pm). Consensus: +0.2% m/m.
• Weekly requests for unemployment benefits (2.30pm). Consensus: 220 thousand.
• Use of production capacity in April 2024 (3.15 pm). Consensus: 78.4%.
• Industrial production in April 2024 (3.15 pm). Consensus: +0.2% m/m.