Economic Calendar

The economic calendar for this week, with US, European, and Asian news releases, is as follows (all times are Greenwich Mean Time) :

US

• Tuesday : Wholesale Inventories at 1:00 PM, and Inflation at 5:00 PM
• Wednesday : Oil Inventories at 2:30 PM
• Thursday : Initial Claims at 12:30 PM
• Friday : Retail Sales at 12:30 PM, and Business Inventories at 2:00 PM

Europe

• Wednesday : UK House Price Balance at 11:01 PM
• Thursday : EU Industrial Production at 9:00 AM

Asia

• Tuesday : Japan Corporate Goods Price Index and Trade Balance at 11:50 PM
• Wednesday : Australia Consumer Confidence at 12:30 AM, and Japan Consumer Confidence at 5:00 AM
• Thursday : BOJ Interest Rate Decision at 3:00 AM

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