Economic Calendar with Volatility

There are several news releases from each region this week, and each region has a few high volatility news releases, so the world's markets should all experience some significant price movement at some point during the week.

The US, European, and Asian news releases for this week are as follows (all times are Greenwich Mean Time, which is now 2 hours behind Central European Time, and 4 hours ahead of US Eastern Time) :

US

• Monday : PMI at 2:45 PM, and Treasury News Conference at 3:00 PM
• Tuesday : ISM Manufacturing, and Construction Spending at 3:00 PM, and Vehicle Sales at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time)
• Wednesday : Non Farm Employment Change at 1:15 PM, Central Bank News Conference at 2:30 PM, Factory Orders at 3:00 PM, and Oil Inventories at 3:30 PM
• Thursday : Initial Claims at 1:30 PM, ISM Non Manufacturing, and Bear Stearns Hearing at 3:00 PM
• Friday : Central Bank News Conference at 12:30 AM, Non Farm Employment Change, Unemployment Rate, and Average Hourly Earnings at 1:30 PM, Central Bank News Conference at 1:45 PM, and Central News Conference at 7:45 PM

• This week's US news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are several high volatility news releases this week, so the US markets should experience some significant price movement throughout the week.

Europe

• Monday : Switzerland Economic Forecasts at 6:45 AM, EU Money Supply at 9:00 AM, UK Services Index at 9:45 AM, EU CPI, Consumer Confidence, and Italy CPI at 10:00 AM, and UK Central Bank News Conference at 10:30 AM
• Tuesday : Germany Retail Sales at 7:00 AM, Switzerland PMI at 8:30 AM, Germany Unemployment Rate at 8:55 AM, EU PMI Manufacturing at 9:00 AM, UK PMI Manufacturing at 9:30 AM, and EU Unemployment Rate at 10:00 AM
• Wednesday : UK Mortgage Approvals, PMI Construction, Housing Equity Withdrawal, and Lending to Individuals at 9:30 AM, and EU PPI at 10:00 AM
• Thursday : EU PMI Services at 9:00 AM, UK PMI Services, and Credit Conditions at 9:30 AM, EU Retail Sales at 10:00 AM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at 11:30 AM
• Friday : Switzerland CPI at 6:45 AM, France Budget Balance at 7:45 AM, and Germany Factory Orders at 11:00 AM

• This week's European news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are a few high volatility news releases this week, so the EU markets should experience some significant price movement this week.

Asia

• Monday : Japan PMI Manufacturing at 12:15 AM, Australia Inflation Gauge at 12:30 AM, Japan Industrial Production at 12:50 AM, Japan Average Cash Earnings at 2:30 AM, Japan Housing Starts at 6:00 AM, and Australia PMI Manufacturing at 11:30 PM
• Tuesday : Japan Manufacturers and Non Manufacturers Index at 12:50 AM, and Australia Interest Rates at 4:30 AM
• Wednesday : Japan Monetary Base at 12:50 AM, and Australia PMI Services at 11:30 PM
• Thursday : New Zealand Commodity Price Index at 3:00 AM, and Australia Central Bank News Conference at 11:00 PM
• Friday : Australia Retail Sales at 2:30 AM

• This week's Asian news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are a few high volatility news releases this week, so the Asian markets should experience some significant price movement this week.