Economic Calendar with Volatility

This week's economic calendar includes an average amount of news releases from each region (US, Europe, and Asia). Each region also has a few high volatility news releases, so there should be some significant price movements on markets from all three regions at various times throughout 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 : FOMC News Conference at 4:00 PM
• Tuesday : HPI at 1:00 PM, and Consumer Confidence Index at 2:00 PM
• Wednesday : Non Farm Employment Change at 12:15 PM, and Oil Inventories at 2:35 PM
• Thursday : GDP, Employment Cost Index, and Unemployment Claims at 12:30 PM, Business Barometer at 1:45 PM, Natural Gas Storage at 2:35 PM, and Treasury News Conference at 5:00 PM
• Friday : Non Farm Employment Change, Unemployment Rate, and Average Hourly Earnings at 12:30 PM, ISM Manufacturing, and Construction Spending at 2:00 PM, and Vehicle Sales at ??:?? ?? (Unknown time)

• This week's US news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. Most of the US news is happening towards the end of the week, but there are high volatility news releases throughout the week, so the US markets will probably experience decent volatility several times during the week.

Europe

• Monday : Germany Consumer Confidence at 6:00 AM
• Tuesday : Germany CPI at ??:?? ?? (Unknown time), Switzerland Consumption Indicator at 8:00 AM, UK Mortgage Approvals, and Lending to Individuals at 8:30 AM, and UK Distributive Trades at 10:00 AM
• Wednesday : EU Consumer Confidence at 9:00 AM, Switzerland Leading Index at 9:30 AM, and UK Consumer Confidence at 11:01 PM
• Thursday : Switzerland CPI at 5:45 AM, UK House Prices at 6:00 AM, Germany Unemployment Change at 7:55 AM, and EU CPI, Italy CPI, and EU Unemployment Rate at 9:00 AM
• Friday : Germany Retail Sales at ??:?? ?? (Unknown time), EU PMI Manufacturing at 8:00 AM, and UK PMI Manufacturing at 8:30 AM

• 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 the high volatility news releases are happening at the end of the week, so the European markets will probably experience larger price ranges at the end of the week.

Asia

• Monday : Australia Leading Index at 12:00 AM, New Zealand Building Consents at 10:45 PM, Japan Household Spending, and Unemployment Rate at 11:30 PM, and Japan Retail Sales at 11:50 PM
• Tuesday : Australia Business Confidence at 1:30 AM, and Japan Industrial Production at 11:50 PM
• Wednesday : Australia Building Approvals at 1:30 AM, and Japan PMI Manufacturing at ??:?? ?? (Unknown time)
• Thursday : Australia Retail Sales, Trade Balance, and Private Sector Credit, and Japan Average Cash Earnings at 1:30 AM, New Zealand Business Confidence at 3:00 AM, and Australia PMI Manufacturing at 11:30 PM
• Friday : Australia Inflation Gauge at 1:30 AM

• This week's Asian news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. The Asian news releases are happening throughout the week, and there are a few high volatility news releases, so the Asian markets should experience some decent price movements at some point during the week.