Economic Calendar with Volatility

This week's economic calendar includes many news releases from the US, Europe, and Asia. Each region also has a few high volatility news releases, so there will probably be some significant volatility and decent price movements on markets from all three regions 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 : Mortgage Rules at 2:00 PM
• Tuesday : Retail Sales, PPI, and Manufacturing Index at 12:30 PM, and Central Bank News Conference, Business Inventories, and Economic Optimism at 2:00 PM
• Wednesday : CPI 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 2:00 PM, Oil Inventories at 2:35 PM, Housing Market Index at 5:00 PM, and FOMC Meeting at 6:00 PM
• Thursday : Building Permits, Housing Starts, and Initial Claims at 12:30 PM, FOMC News Conference at 1:10 PM, Manufacturing Index at 2:00 PM, and Natural Gas Storage at 2:35 PM
• Friday : No news releases

• This week's US news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. Most of the US news releases, and all of the high volatility news releases, are happening on Tuesday and Wednesday, so the highest volatility will probably occur in the middle of the week.

Europe

• Monday : UK PPI at 8:30 AM, EU Industrial Production at 9:00 AM, and UK House Price Balance, and Retail Sales at 11:01 PM
• Tuesday : UK CPI, MPC News Conference, and RPI at 8:30 AM, and Germany Economic Sentiment, and EU Economic Sentiment at 9:00 AM
• Wednesday : Germany CPI at 6:00 AM, France CPI at 6:45 AM, Switzerland Retail Sales at 7:15 AM, UK Claimant Count Change, Average Earnings Index, and Unemployment Rate at 8:30 AM, EU CPI at 9:00 AM, and UK MPC News Conference at 2:45 PM
• Thursday : Italy Trade Balance at 8:00 AM, and Switzerland ZEW Expectations at 9:00 AM
• Friday : Germany PPI at 6:00 AM, UK Money Supply, and Public Sector Borrowing at 8:30 AM, EU Trade Balance at 9:00 AM, and UK MPC News Conference at 2:45 PM

• This week's European news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are European news releases throughout the week, but all of the high volatility news releases are happening on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, so the first half of the week will probably experience the highest volatility.

Asia

• Monday : New Zealand CPI, and FPI at 10:45 PM
• Tuesday : Australia Central Bank News Conference at 1:30 AM, Japan Overnight Call Rate at ??:?? ?? (Unknown time), Japan Central Bank Monthly Report at 6:00 AM, Japan Central Bank News Conference at ??:?? ?? (Unknown time), and Japan Industry Activity Index at 11:50 PM
• Wednesday : Australia WMI Index at 12:30 AM, and Australia Central Bank News Conference at 3:05 AM
• Thursday : Australia Central Bank Bulletin at 1:30 AM, and Japan Monetary Policy Meeting at 11:50 PM
• Friday : Australia Import Price Index at 1:30 AM, and Japan Central Bank News Conference at 3:30 AM

• This week's Asian news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are Asian news releases throughout the week, but all of the high volatility news releases are happening on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, so the highest volatility will probably occur during the first half of the week.