The institution expects the release of the US April seasonally adjusted core CPI annual rate at 20:30 tonight.

Citi: +2.7%; UBS Securities: +2.7%; ING Bank: +2.8%; ANZ Bank: +2.8%; BNP Paribas: +2.8%; Barclays Bank: +2.8%; Bank of America: +2.8%; Deutsche Bank: +2.8%; Citibank: +2.8%; Danske Bank: +2.8%; Goldman Sachs Group: +2.8%; Nomura Securities: +2.8%; Lloyd's Bank: +2.8%; RBC Royal Bank: +2.8%; Societe Generale: +2.8%; HSBC: +2.9%; ING International: +2.9%; JPMorgan Chase: +2.9%; Credit Suisse Group: +2.9%. [Reuters survey: +2.8%]