thursday : germany , regular bundesbank council meeting , g7 economic ministers meet with cis and eastern counterparts for east-west conference , april unemployment - west -lrb- up 10,000 -rrb- , march employment - west -lrb- up 5,000 -rrb- , april vacancies - west -lrb- up 3,000 -rrb- , april unemployment - east , april short-time work - east ; us , march consumer credit -lrb- unchanged -rrb- , m1 -lrb- up dollars 0.2bn -rrb- , m2 -lrb- up dollars 1.8bn -rrb- , m3 -lrb- up dollars 9.5bn -rrb- , for week ended april 27 , initial claims for week ended april 25 -lrb- 410,000 -rrb- ; sweden , april unemployment rate -lrb- 4.4 per cent -rrb- ; switzerland , april federal consumer prices index -lrb- up 4.5 per cent on year -rrb- ; australia , march unemployment rate -lrb- 10.6 per cent -rrb- , april employment -lrb- up 10,000 -rrb- ; canada , february wages and salaries -lrb- flat -rrb- .