Economic Calendar with Volatility

This week's economic calendar includes many news releases from Europe, and several news releases from the US and Asia. All three regions have some high volatility news releases, so all of the world's markets should experience decent price movement throughout the 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 : No news releases
• Tuesday : Trade Balance at 12:30 PM, and Economic Optimism at 2:00 PM
• Wednesday : Retail Sales, and Import Price Index at 12:30 PM, Business Inventories at 2:00 PM, and Oil Inventories at 2:35 PM
• Thursday : CPI, and Unemployment Claims at 12:30 PM, Natural Gas Storage at 2:35 PM, and FOMC News Conference at 6:30 PM
• Friday : Manufacturing Index at 12:30 PM, Long Term Transactions at 1:00 PM, Capacity Utilization, and Industrial Production at 1:15 PM, and Consumer Sentiment, and Inflation Expectations at 1:55 PM

• This week's US news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. Like last week, there is not a lot of US news this week, but there are high volatility news releases throughout the week, so the US markets should experience some decent volatility this week.

Europe

• Monday : Germany WPI at 6:00 AM, France Industrial Production at 6:45 AM, UK PPI, and Trade Balance at 8:30 AM, and UK Retail Sales, and House Price Balance at 11:01 PM
• Tuesday : France CPI at 6:45 AM, and UK CPI, HPI, and RPI at 8:30 AM
• Wednesday : UK Claimant Count Change, Average Earnings Index, 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, and CPI at 6:00 AM, France Non Farm Payrolls, and GDP at 6:45 AM, EU Central Bank Bulletin at 8:00 AM, and EU CPI, and GDP at 9:00 AM
• Friday : No news releases

• This week's European news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There is an average amount of European news releases this week, and high volatility news releases almost every day (except Friday), so the EU markets should experience some significant volatility this week.

Asia

• Monday : Australia Central Bank Monetary Policy at 1:30 AM, Japan Machine Tool Orders at 6:00 AM, and Japan CGPI at 11:50 PM
• Tuesday : Australia Business Confidence at 1:30 AM, Japan Industrial Production at 4:30 AM, Japan Household Confidence at 5:00 AM, Australia Central Bank News Conference at 11:15 PM, and Japan GDP, and Current Account at 11:50 PM
• Wednesday : Australia Consumer Sentiment at 12:30 AM, Australia Wage Price Index at 1:30 AM, and Japan Industry Activity Index at 11:50 PM
• Thursday : New Zealand Manufacturing Index at 12:00 AM, and New Zealand Retail Sales at 10:45 PM
• Friday : No news releases

• This week's Asian news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are several Asian news releases this week, and a few high volatility news releases, so the Asian markets should experience some decent volatility this week.