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Economic Calendar with Volatility

Sunday April 20, 2008

There are only a few news releases from each region this week, but there are still some high volatility news releases, so markets from each region (US, Europe, and Asia) should experience some decent price movement (either up or down) 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 : Central Bank News Conference at 6:30 PM
  • Tuesday : Existing Home Sales, House Price Index, and Fed Index at 3:00 PM
  • Wednesday : Oil Inventories at 3:30 PM
  • Thursday : Durable Goods Orders, and Initial Claims at 1:30 PM, and New Home Sales, and Central Bank News Conference at 3:00 PM
  • Friday : Consumer Sentiment at 3:00 PM

  • This week's US news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There is not a lot of US news this week, but there are still a few high volatility news releases, so the US markets should still experience some significant price movement throughout the week.

Europe

  • Monday : Switzerland PPI at 8:15 AM, IMF News Conference at 9:00 AM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at 10:00 AM
  • Tuesday : Switzerland Trade Balance at 7:15 AM, and UK MPC News Conference at 12:00 PM
  • Wednesday : France Consumer Spending at 7:45 AM, Germany PMI Manufacturing and Services at 8:30 AM, EU PMI Manufacturing and Services, and Italy Retail Sales at 9:00 AM, UK MPC Meeting, and Mortgage Approvals at 9:30 AM, EU Industrial Orders at 10:00 AM, and UK MPC News Conference at 6:00 PM
  • Thursday : Germany Business Climate Index, Business Expectations Index, and EU Current Account at 9:00 AM, UK Retail Sales at 9:30 AM, UK Industrial Orders at 11:00 AM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at 1:30 PM
  • Friday : Germany Import Price Index at 7:00 AM, Switzerland Central Bank News Conference, and EU Money Supply at 9:00 AM, and UK GDP, and Services Index at 9:30 AM

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

Asia

  • Monday : Japan Industry Activity Index at 12:50 AM, and Australia PPI, and Motor Vehicle Sales at 2:30 AM
  • Tuesday : No news releases
  • Wednesday : Japan Trade Balance at 12:50 AM, Australia CPI at 2:30 AM, New Zealand Credit Card Spending at 4:00 AM, and New Zealand Interest Rates at 10:00 PM
  • Thursday : Japan Industry Activity Index, and CSPI at 12:50 AM
  • Friday : Japan CPI at 12:50 AM

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

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