Economic Calendar with Volatility

There are less news releases this week than last week, but there are still a few news releases from each region (US, Europe, and Asia). Each region also has a couple of high volatility news releases, so markets throughout the world should experience some decent price movement 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 : TAF Auction, and Leading Index at 2:00 PM
• Tuesday : Central Bank News Conference at 12:00 PM, PPI at 12:30 PM, and TAF Summary at 2:00 PM
• Wednesday : Oil Inventories at 2:30 PM, Central Bank News Conference at 5:00 PM, and FOMC Meeting at 6:00 PM
• Thursday : Initial Claims at 12:30 PM, Central Bank News Conference at 1:00 PM, House Price Index at 2:00 PM, and Natural Gas Storage at 2:30 PM
• Friday : Existing Home Sales at 2:00 PM

• This week's US news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are high volatility news releases every day except Monday, so the US markets should experience some significant price movement (both up and down) throughout the week.

Europe

• Monday : No news releases
• Tuesday : Germany PPI at 6:00 AM, Switzerland PPI at 7:15 AM, and Germany Economic Sentiment, and EU Economic Sentiment at 9:00 AM
• Wednesday : Germany Business Climate, and Business Expectations at 8:00 AM, UK MPC Meeting, Money Supply, and Public Sector Borrowing at 8:30 AM, and Switzerland ZEW Expectations at 9:00 AM
• Thursday : Italy Retail Sales at 8:00 AM, UK Retail Sales, and Business Investment at 8:30 AM, EU Industrial Orders at 9:00 AM, and UK Industrial Trends at 10:00 AM
• Friday : Switzerland Trade Balance at 6:15 AM, France Consumer Spending at 6:45 AM, Germany PMI at 7:30 AM, EU PMI at 8:00 AM, UK GDP, and Services Index at 8:30 AM, and Italy GDP at 9:00 AM

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

Asia

• Monday : New Zealand Visitor Arrivals at 10:45 PM, and Japan Industry Activity Index at 11:50 PM
• Tuesday : Australia Central Bank Meeting at 1:30 AM, Japan Overnight Call Rate at ??:?? ?? (Unknown time), and Japan Central Bank News Conference at 6:00 AM
• Wednesday : Australia Consumer Sentiment at 12:30 AM, Australia Vehicle Sales at 1:30 AM, New Zealand Credit Card Spending at 3:00 AM, and Japan Industry Activity Index, and Trade Balance at 11:50 PM
• Thursday : Japan Monetary Policy Meeting at 11:50 PM
• Friday : No news releases

• 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.