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This Week’s Key Economic and Crypto Events: US April CPI Due
Summary
- US releases for April consumer price index (CPI), core CPI, producer price index (PPI) and retail sales are scheduled this week.
- South Korea and China are set to release macro indicators including price indexes, exports, money supply and liquidity, and employment data.
- Token unlocks for major coins including Avalanche (AVAX), Aptos (APT), Pump.fun (PUMP) and Arbitrum (ARB), along with several network upgrades, are scheduled this week.
Forecast Trend Report by Period
▶︎May 11 (Mon.): △South Korea exports for May 1-10 △China April producer price index (PPI) △China April consumer price index (CPI)
▶︎May 12 (Tue.): △US April consumer price index (CPI) (9:30 p.m. Korea time) △US April core consumer price index (Core CPI) (9:30 p.m. Korea time) △US April NFIB Small Business Optimism Index (7 p.m. Korea time)
▶︎May 13 (Wed.): △South Korea March money supply and liquidity △South Korea April employment data △US April producer price index (PPI) (9:30 p.m. Korea time)
▶︎May 14 (Thu.): △South Korea April export and import price indexes and trade balance △Japan preliminary first-quarter GDP △US April retail sales (9:30 p.m. Korea time)
▶︎May 15 (Fri.): △US May New York Fed manufacturing index (9:30 p.m. Korea time) △US April industrial production (10:15 p.m. Korea time) △Japan April machine tool orders
▶︎May 11 (Mon.): △Digital Finance Forum (May 11-14) △Monero (XMR) FCMP++ audit (May 11-22)
▶︎May 12 (Tue.): △Starknet (STRK) StrkBTC launch and global event △Pump.fun (PUMP) token unlock (6:30 a.m. Korea time on May 13) △Avalanche (AVAX) token unlock of 1.67 million tokens (9 a.m. Korea time) △Aptos (APT) token unlock (3:30 a.m. Korea time on May 13)
▶︎May 13 (Wed.): △STABLE mainnet V1.3.0 upgrade △Basic Attention Token (BAT) community call (6 a.m. Korea time on May 14) △BNB Binance online session △Flare (FLR) vote on rewards and emissions distribution (May 13-17)
▶︎May 14 (Thu.): △KBCC 2026 (May 14-15)
▶︎May 15 (Fri.): △BLISS 2026 (May 15-17) △eCash (XEC) network upgrade (9 p.m. Korea time) △Pi Network (PI) Protocol 23 upgrade deadline
▶︎May 16 (Sat.): △Arbitrum (ARB) token unlock (6:30 p.m. Korea time)
Minseung Kang
minriver@bloomingbit.ioBlockchain journalist | Writer of Trade Now & Altcoin Now, must-read content for investors.
