Economic Calendar for the Week of May 4, 2025

May 04, 2025

Last week in CO: VCs and Harvard … Reddit’s search bet … Meta moar GPUs … Startup rounds … Scale AI growth

Weekend links: AI talent comes and goes … Starbase, TX … Advertising revenue v. tariffs … AI jobs crisis … Google Domains fail

Monday

Notable earnings: Palantir, On Semiconductor, HIMS, Lattice Semiconductor, Mattel, Paymentus, Upwork, Vimeo
U.S. economic events: ISM Services (PMI, Business Activity, Employment, New Orders, Prices)
Global economic events: Inflation Rate (Turkey), BCB Focus Market Readout (Brazil)

Notable earnings: Rivian, EA, Digital Ocean
U.S. economic events: Balance of Trade, Imports & Exports, RCM/TIPP Economic Optimism Index, LMI Logistics Managers Index
Global economic events: Industrial Product (France), HCOB Composite PMI (Euro Area), Gross Fixed Investment (Mexico), Balance of Trade (Canada), Imports & Exports (Canada), Global Supply Chain Pressure Index

Notable earnings: Uber, ARM, Fiverr, CS Disco, Nextdoor, H&R Block, Zillow, Bumble, GoodRX, Fastly, Groupon, Doordash, Rumble
U.S. economic events: Fed Interest Rate Decision, Consumer Credit Change, Used Car Prices, MBA Mortgage (30-yr Rate, Applications, Market Index, Refinance Index, Purchase Index)
Global economic events: Factory Orders (Germany), Balance of Trade (France), Retail Sales (Italy), Industrial Production (Brazil), Interest Rate Decision (Brazil), Foreign Exchange Reserves (China, Indonesia)

Notable earnings: Shopify, Affirm, Dropbox, Lyft, Eventbrite, Allbirds, Warby, Sprout Social, Compass, Rocket, ZipRecruiter, Paramount, Peloton, Buzzfeed, Ziff-Davis,
U.S. economic events: Consumer Inflation Expectations, Jobless Claims, Wholesale Inventories, Fed Balance Sheet
Global economic events: Balance of Trade (Germany), Manufacturing Production (South Africa), Inflation Rate (Mexico), Household Spending (Japan), Balance of Trade (China), Consumer Confidence (Indonesia)

Notable earnings: GoGo, AMC, Outbrain
U.S. economic events: Fed Speeches (Hammack, Musalem, Cook, Williams, Waller, Goolsbee, Kugler, Barr), Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count
Global economic events: Foreign Exchange Reserves (France), Industrial Production (Mexico, Turkey), Unemployment Rate (Canada), Inflation Rate (China), New Yuan Loans (China), Auto Production (Mexico), Consumer Confidence (Mexico)