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 : Producer Price Index at 12:30 PM, Capacity Utilization and Industrial Production at 1:15 PM, and Housing Market Index at 5:00 PM
• Wednesday : Building Permits, Consumer Price Index, and Housing Starts at 12:30 PM
• Thursday : Economic Indicators at 2:00 PM, and FOMC Minutes at 6:00 PM

Europe

• Monday : Germany Consumer Price Index at 6:00 AM, and EU Consumer Price Index at 9:00 AM
• Tuesday : Switzerland Retail Sales at 7:15 AM, UK Consumer and Retail Price Indexes at 8:30 AM, and Germany Economic Sentiment at 9:00 AM
• Wednesday : UK Average Earnings and BOE Minutes at 8:30 AM, and EU Trade Balance at 9:00 AM
• Thursday : Germany Producer Price Index at 6:00 AM, Switzerland Trade Balance at 6:15 AM, and UK Money Supply, Sterling Lending, and Retail Sales at 8:30 AM
• Friday : Switzerland Producer and Import Prices at 7:15 AM, and UK Gross Domestic Product at 8:30 AM

Asia

• Monday : Japan Industry Index at 11:50 PM
• Tuesday : Japan BOJ Minutes at 11:50 PM
• Friday : Australia Export and Import Price Indexes at 1:30 AM

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