Economic Calendar With Volatility

This week's economic calendar includes several news releases, and several high volatility news releases, from all three regions (the US, Europe, and Asia). Partly because of the new releases, but mainly because of the current market conditions, markets from all three regions will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement this week.

The US, European, and Asian news releases for this week are as follows (all times are Greenwich Mean Time, which is now only 1 hour behind Central European Time, and now 5 hours ahead of US Eastern Time) :

US

• Monday : PMI ISM Manufacturing, Construction Spending, ISM Manufacturing Prices at 3:00 PM, and Vehicle Sales at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time)
• Tuesday : Factory Orders at 3:00 PM, FOMC News Conference at 3:45 PM, and Presidential Election at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time)
• Wednesday : Job Cuts at 12:30 PM, Non Farm Employment Change at 1:15 PM, PMI ISM Non Manufacturing at 3:00 PM, and Oil Inventories at 3:35 PM
• Thursday : Non Farm Productivity, Unit Labor Costs, and Unemployment Claims at 1:30 PM, and Natural Gas Storage at 3:35 PM
• Friday : FOMC News Conference at 12:00 AM, Non Farm Employment Change, Unemployment Rate, and Average Hourly Earnings at 1:30 PM, Pending Home Sales, and Wholesale Inventories at 3:00 PM, and Consumer Credit at 8:00 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, and there are a few high volatility news releases. With the current market conditions (market crashes, multi-year lows, etc.), the US markets will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement this week.

Europe

• Monday : Switzerland PMI at 8:30 AM, EU PMI Manufacturing at 9:00 AM, UK HPI at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), UK PMI Manufacturing at 9:30 AM, and UK Central Bank News Conference at 4:00 PM
• Tuesday : Switzerland CPI at 6:45 AM, UK PMI Construction at 9:30 AM, EU PPI at 10:00 AM, and EU ECOFIN Meeting at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time)
• Wednesday : UK Consumer Confidence at 12:01 AM, Switzerland News Conference at 8:10 AM, EU PMI Services at 9:00 AM, UK Manufacturing Production, PMI Services, and Industrial Production at 9:30 AM, EU Retail Sales at 10:00 AM, UK Shop Price Index at 10:30 AM, and UK Leading Index at 3:30 PM
• Thursday : UK GDP at 12:01 AM, Germany Factory Orders at 11:00 AM, UK MPC Rates at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), UK Bank Rate at 12:00 PM, EU Minimum Bid Rate at 12:45 PM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at 1:30 PM
• Friday : Switzerland Unemployment Rate at 6:45 AM, Germany Trade Balance at 7:00 AM, France Budget Balance, and Trade Balance at 7:45 AM, and Germany Industrial Production at 11:00 AM

• This week's European news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are several European news releases this week, and several high volatility news releases. With the current market conditions (market crashes, multi-year lows, etc.), the European markets will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement this week.

Asia

• Monday : Australia Retail Sales, and HPI at 12:30 AM, and Australia Commodity Prices at 5:30 AM
• Tuesday : Japan Average Cash Earnings at 1:30 AM, New Zealand Commodity Prices at 2:00 AM, Australia Cash Rate, and Central Bank Rate at 3:30 AM, Australia Services Index at 10:30 PM, and Japan Monetary Base at 11:50 PM
• Wednesday : Australia Building Approvals, and Trade Balance at 12:30 AM, Japan Central Bank News Conference at 3:30 AM, New Zealand Employment Change, and Unemployment Rate at 9:45 PM, and Japan Monetary Policy Meeting at 11:50 PM
• Thursday : Australia Employment Change, and Unemployment Rate at 12:30 AM, Japan Leading Indicators at 5:00 AM, and Australia Construction Index at 10:30 PM
• Friday : New Zealand Parliamentary Election at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time)

• 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 several high volatility news releases. With the current market conditions (market crashes, multi-year lows, etc.), the Asian markets will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement this week.