Economic Calendar with Volatility

There are several news releases from each region this week, but only a few high volatility news releases. Most of the high volatility news releases are US and European news releases, so the US and European markets should experience the highest volatility this week.

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

US

• Monday : Retail Sales at 1:30 PM, Business Inventories at 3:00 PM, and Central Bank News Conference at 8:15 PM
• Tuesday : Business Conditions, and PPI at 1:30 PM, and Long Term Transactions at 2:00 PM
• Wednesday : CPI, Building Permits, and Housing Starts at 1:30 PM, Capacity Utilization, and Industrial Production at 2:15 PM, Oil Inventories at 3:30 PM, Central Bank News Conference at 5:30 PM, and Beige Book at 7:00 PM
• Thursday : Initial Claims at 1:30 PM, Central Bank News Conference at 2:45 PM, Manufacturing Index, and Leading Index at 3:00 PM, and Central Bank News Conference at 7:00 PM
• Friday : No news releases

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

Europe

• Monday : UK PPI at 9:30 AM, EU Industrial Production at 10:00 AM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at 10:30 PM
• Tuesday : France CPI at 7:45 AM, UK CPI, House Price Index, and RPI at 9:30 AM, and Germany Economic Sentiment at 10:00 AM
• Wednesday : Germany CPI at 7:00 AM, Italy Trade Balance at 9:00 AM, UK Average Earnings Index, Unemployment Rate, and Unemployment Change at 9:30 AM, and EU CPI at 10:00 AM
• Thursday : Switzerland Retail Sales at 8:15 AM, EU Central Bank Bulletin at 9:00 AM, Switzerland ZEW Expectations, and EU Trade Balance at 10:00 AM, and Switzerland Central Bank News Conference at 4:30 PM
• Friday : Germany PPI at 7:00 AM, and UK Money Supply, and Public Sector Borrowing at 9:30 AM

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

Asia

• Monday : Japan Monetary Policy at 12:50 AM, Australia Home Loans at 2:30 AM, and New Zealand CPI, and FPI at 11:45 PM
• Tuesday : Australia Central Bank Meeting at 2:30 AM, and Australia Central Bank News Conference at 3:40 AM
• Wednesday : Australia Leading Index at 1:30 AM
• Thursday : Japan Industrial Production at 5:30 AM
• Friday : Australia Import Price Index, and Central Bank Bulletin at 2:30 AM, and Japan Household Confidence at 6:00 AM

• This week's Asian news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There is only one high volatility news release this week (the New Zealand CPI), but the Asian markets should still experience some significant price movement this week.