Economic Calendar with Volatility

This week there are several news releases from each region (US, Europe, and Asia), and each region also has a few high volatility news releases, so markets throughout the world should experience some decent price movement this week.

As day traders are usually technical analysis traders rather than fundamentals traders, day traders will find the news release schedule and the volatility expectations more interesting and useful than the actual news release.

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 : No news releases
• Tuesday : Central Bank News Conference at 10:10 AM, Central Bank News Conference at 12:20 PM, Retail Sales, and Import Price Index at 12:30 PM, Business Inventories at 2:00 PM, and Central Bank News Conference at 5:30 PM
• Wednesday : CPI at 12:30 PM, and Oil Inventories at 2:30 PM
• Thursday : Business Conditions Index, and Initial Claims at 12:30 PM, Long Term Transactions at 1:00 PM, Capacity Utilization Rate, and Industrial Production at 1:15 PM, Central Bank News Conference at 1:30 PM, Manufacturing Index at 2:00 PM, and Housing Market Index at 5:00 PM
• Friday : Building Permits, and Housing Starts at 12:30 PM, and Consumer Sentiment at 2:00 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 (both up and down) throughout the week.

Europe

• Monday : Italy Industrial Production at 8:00 AM, UK PPI, and Trade Balance at 8:30 AM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at 3:00 PM
• Tuesday : UK CPI, House Price Index, and RPI at 8:30 AM
• Wednesday : France CPI at 6:40 AM, UK Average Earnings Index, Claimant Count Change, and Unemployment Rate at 8:30 AM, EU Industrial Production at 9:00 AM, and UK Inflation Report at 9:30 AM
• Thursday : Switzerland Consumer Climate at 5:45 AM, Germany GDP at 6:00 AM, France GDP at 6:45 AM, Switzerland Central Bank News Conference, and EU CPI, and GDP at 9:00 AM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at 11:40 AM
• Friday : France Non Farm Employment at 6:45 AM, Switzerland Retail Sales at 7:15 AM, Italy Trade Balance at 8:00 AM, and EU Trade Balance at 9:00 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 : Australia Home Loans, and Business Confidence at 1:30 AM, Japan Central Bank News Conference at 3:00 AM, Japan Economy Watchers Index at 5:00 AM, Japan Machine Tool Orders at 6:00 AM, and New Zealand FPI at 10:45 PM
• Tuesday : Japan CGPI, and Current Account at 11:50 PM
• Wednesday : Australia Consumer Sentiment at 12:30 AM, Australia WPI at 1:30 AM, New Zealand Retail Sales at 10:45 PM, and Japan Machinery Orders at 11:50 PM
• Thursday : New Zealand Manufacturing Index at 12:00 AM, Australia Central Bank News Conference at 10:30 AM, New Zealand PPI at 10:45 PM, and Japan GDP at 11:50 PM
• Friday : Japan Industrial Production at 4:30 AM, Japan Household Confidence at 5:00 AM, and Australia Central Bank News Conference at ??:?? ?? (Unknown time)

• This week's Asian 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 Asian markets should still experience some significant price movement this week.