Economic Calendar with Volatility

This week's economic calendar has several news releases from each region, but only a few news releases that should cause high volatility. The US, European, and Asian news releases for this week are as follows (all times are Greenwich Mean Time, which is 1 hour behind Central European Time, and 5 hours ahead of US Eastern Time) :

US

• Tuesday : Home Price Index at 2:00 PM, Consumer Confidence, and Central Bank Index at 3:00 PM, and Central Bank News Conference at 6:30 PM
• Wednesday : Central Bank News Conference at 1:00 PM, Durable Goods Orders at 1:30 PM, Existing Home Sales at 3:00 PM, Oil Inventories at 3:30 PM, and Beige Book at 7:00 PM
• Thursday : GDP, and Initial Claims at 1:30 PM, New Home Sales at 3:00 PM, and Central Bank News Conference at 9:30 PM
• Friday : Central Bank News Conference at 12:00 AM, Price Index, Personal Spending, and Personal Income at 1:30 PM, PMI at 2:45 PM, Construction Spending at 3:00 PM, Central Bank News Conference at 5:30 PM, and Central Bank News Conference at 6:40 PM

• The US news releases that should cause high volatility are the Consumer Confidence, Durable Goods Orders, Existing Home Sales, GDP, and New Home Sales. The Home Price Index, Central Bank News Conferences, Initial Claims, Price Index, Personal Spending, and PMI, should all cause medium volatility. The remaining US news should all cause low volatility.

Europe

• Monday : EU Central Bank News Conference at 4:00 PM
• Tuesday : Switzerland PPI at 8:15 AM, Germany Business Climate and Expectations at 9:00 AM, Switzerland Consumption Indicator at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), UK MPC News Conference at 4:15 PM, and UK MPC News Conference at 6:45 PM
• Wednesday : Germany Consumer Confidence at 7:00 AM, EU Money Supply at 9:00 AM, Switzerland Central Bank News Conference at 9:15 AM, and Switzerland Leading Index at 10:30 AM
• Thursday : UK House Prices at 7:00 AM, Germany Unemployment Rate at 8:55 AM, UK Mortage Approvals, and Lending to Individuals at 9:30 AM, UK MPC News Conference at 9:45 AM, and UK Distributive Trades at 11:00 AM
• Friday : Switzerland GDP and CPI at 6:45 AM, Germany Retail Sales at 7:00 AM, EU GDP, CPI, and Consumer Confidence at 10:00 AM, and UK Consumer Confidence at 10:30 AM

• The only European news that should cause high volatility are the UK House Prices, and UK MPC News Conference. The EU Central Bank News Conference, Switzerland PPI, Germany Business Climate and Expectations, Switzerland Consumption Indicator, UK MPC News Conference, Switzerland Central Bank News Conference, Switzerland Leading Index, UK Distributive Trades, Switzerland GDP and CPI, and UK Consumer Confidence, should all cause medium volatility. The remaining European news should all cause low volatility.

Asia

• Monday : Japan CSPI, and Japan Central Bank News Conference at 11:50 PM
• Tuesday : Japan Retail Sales at 11:50 PM
• Wednesday : Australia Construction Work at 12:30 AM, New Zealand Building Consents at 9:45 PM, and Japan Industrial Production at 11:50 PM
• Thursday : Australia New Capital Expenditure at 12:30 AM, New Zealand Business Confidence at 2:00 AM, Japan PMI at 11:15 PM, and Japan CPI at 11:30 PM
• Friday : Australia Current Account at 12:30 AM, and Japan Housing Starts at 5:00 AM

• As with last week, there is no Asian news that should cause high volatility. The Asian news releases that should cause medium volatility are the Japan Central Bank News Conference, Japan Retail Sales, Australia Construction Work, New Zealand Building Consents, Japan Industrial Production, Australia New Capital Expenditure, New Zealand Business Confidence, Japan PMI, and Japan CPI. The remaining Asian news should only cause low volatility.