Economic Calendar With Volatility

Similar to last week, this week's economic calendar includes many news releases from Europe and Asia, several news releases from the US. All three regions have some high volatility news releases, so markets from all three regions should experience some decent volatility 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 : OPEC Meeting at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), FOMC News Conference at 5:00 PM, and Consumer Credit at 7:00 PM
• Tuesday : OPEC Meeting at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), Central Bank News Conference at 1:00 PM, Pending Home Sales, Economic Optimism, and Wholesale Inventories at 2:00 PM, and OPEC News Conference at 11:30 PM
• Wednesday : Oil Inventories at 2:35 PM
• Thursday : Trade Balance, Import Prices, and Unemployment Claims at 12:30 PM, Natural Gas Storage at 2:35 PM, and FOMC News Conference at 6:45 PM
• Friday : Retail Sales, and PPI at 12:30 PM, Consumer Sentiment, and Inflation Expectations at 1:55 PM, and Business Inventories at 2:00 PM

• This week's US news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are several US news releases this week, with a few high volatility news releases spread throughout the week, so the US markets should experience some decent price movement this week.

Europe

• Monday : Switzerland Unemployment Rate at 5:45 AM, EU Investor Confidence, and UK PPI at 8:30 AM, OPEC Meeting at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), and UK Retail Sales, House Price Balance, and GDP Estimate at 11:01 PM
• Tuesday : Germany Trade Balance at 6:00 AM, UK Manufacturing Production, and Industrial Production at 8:30 AM, OPEC Meeting at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), and OPEC News Conference at 11:30 PM
• Wednesday : France Industrial Production, and Trade Balance at 6:45 AM, EU Central Bank News Conference at 7:00 AM, UK Trade Balance at 8:30 AM, Switzerland News Conference at 10:15 AM and at 1:00 PM, and UK Leading Index at 2:30 PM
• Thursday : Germany WPI at 6:00 AM, France Non Farm Payrolls at 6:45 AM, EU Central Bank Bulletin at 8:00 AM, UK Central Bank Inflation Attitudes at 8:30 AM, UK MPC Meeting at 8:45 AM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at 6:00 PM
• Friday : France CPI at 6:45 AM, Italy Industrial Production at 8:00 AM, EU Industrial Production, and Employment Change at 9:00 AM, UK MPC News Conference at 10:30 AM, Switzerland Central Bank News Conference at 3:00 PM

• This week's European news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are many European news releases this week, but only a few high volatility news releases. Even so, due to the amount of European news, the EU markets should experience some decent price movement this week.

Asia

• Monday : Japan Current Index at 5:00 AM, and OPEC Meeting at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time)
• Tuesday : Australia Home Loans, Retail Sales, and Business Confidence at 1:30 AM, Japan Machine Tool Orders at 6:00 AM, OPEC Meeting at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), New Zealand Overseas Trade Index at 10:45 PM, OPEC News Conference at 11:30 PM, and Japan CGPI, and Current Account at 11:50 PM
• Wednesday : Australia Consumer Sentiment at 12:30 AM, Japan Leading Indicators at 5:00 AM, New Zealand Monetary Policy, and Cash Rate at 9:00 PM, New Zealand FPI at 10:45 PM, and Japan Machinery Orders at 11:50 PM
• Thursday : New Zealand Manufacturing Index at 12:00 AM, Australia Inflation Expectations, Unemployment Change, and Unemployment Rate at 1:30 AM, New Zealand Retail Sales at 10:45 PM, and Japan GDP at 11:50 PM
• Friday : Japan Industrial Production at 4:30 AM

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