Economic Calendar with Volatility

This week's economic calendar includes a few news releases from the US, and several news releases from Europe and Asia. Each region has a few high volatility news releases, but not very many, so volatility may be slightly lower this week. The most volatility will probably come from the European markets, as Europe has slightly more news releases than the US or Asia.

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 12:00 PM, Pending Home Sales, and Wholesale Inventories at 2:00 PM, and Consumer Credit at 7:00 PM
• Wednesday : Oil Inventories at 2:35 PM
• Thursday : Initial Claims at 12:30 PM, Central Bank News Conference at 2:00 PM, and Natural Gas Storageat 2:35 PM
• Friday : Trade Balance, and Import Price Index at 12:30 PM, and Michigan Sentiment at 1:55 PM

• This week's US news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type.

Europe

• Monday : Switzerland Unemployment Rate at 6:35 AM, UK HPI at ??:?? ?? (Unknown time), EU Investor Confidence, UK Industrial Production, and Manufacturing Production at 8:30 AM, Germany Industrial Production at 10:00 AM, and UK GDP Estimate at 11:01 PM
• Tuesday : UK HPI at 8:30 AM, and UK Consumer Confidence Index at 11:01 PM
• Wednesday : Germany Trade Balance at 6:00 AM, France Trade Balance at 6:45 AM, EU Central Bank News Conference at 7:00 AM, UK Trade Balance at 8:30 AM, and UK Shop Price Index at 9:30 AM
• Thursday : France Industrial Production at 6:45 AM, Italy Industrial Production at 8:00 AM, EU Central Bank News Conference at 9:00 AM, UK MPC Rate at ??:?? ?? (Unknown time), UK Bank Rate at 11:00 AM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at 5:45 PM
• Friday : Germany WPI at 6:00 AM

• This week's European news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type.

Asia

• Monday : Japan Central Bank News Conference at 12:30 AM, New Zealand Business Confidence at 10:00 PM, and Japan Money Supply at 11:50 PM
• Tuesday : Australia Business Confidence at 1:30 AM, Japan Economy Watchers Index at 5:00 AM, and Japan Machinery Orders at 11:50 PM
• Wednesday : Australia Consumer Sentiment at 12:30 AM, Australia Home Loans at 1:30 AM, Japan Machine Tool Orders at 6:00 AM, and Japan CGPI, and Current Account at 11:50 PM
• Thursday : New Zealand PMI at 12:00 AM, and Australia Employment Change, and Unemployment Rate at 1:30 AM
• Friday : Japan Industrial Production at 4:30 AM, and Japan Household Confidence at 5:00 AM

• This week's Asian news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type.