Economic Calendar With Volatility

This week's economic calendar includes many news releases from Europe, several news releases from Asia, but only a few news releases from the US. Last week saw the markets react quite strongly to some of the news releases (such as the UK Interest Rates on Thursday), and the markets may continue to react similarly this week. With strong reactions to some news releases, and the continuation 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 1 hour behind Central European Time, and 5 hours ahead of US Eastern Time) :

US

• Monday : Treasury News Conference at 3:00 PM
• Tuesday : Economic Optimism at 3:00 PM
• Wednesday : FOMC News Conferences at 4:00 PM and 6:00 PM
• Thursday : Trade Balance, and Unemployment Claims at 1:30 PM, Oil Inventories, and FOMC News Conference at 4:00 PM, and FOMC News Conference, and Budget Balance at 7:00 PM
• Friday : Retail Sales, Central Bank News Conference, and Import Prices at 1:30 PM, Consumer Sentiment, and Inflation Expectations at 2:55 PM, Business Inventories at 3:00 PM, and Natural Gas Storage at 3:35 PM

• This week's US news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are only a few US news releases this week, and only four high volatility news releases. However, the current market conditions are likely to continue, so the US markets will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement this week.

Europe

• Monday : Switzerland Consumer Climate at 6:45 AM, France Industrial Production at 7:45 AM, Italy Industrial Production at 9:00 AM, EU Investor Confidence, and UK PPI at 9:30 AM, EU Central Bank News Conference at 2:30 PM
• Tuesday : UK Retail Sales Monitor, and House Price Balance at 12:01 AM, Germany WPI at 7:00 AM, UK Trade Balance, and HPI at 9:30 AM, and Germany Economic Sentiment, and EU Economic Sentiment at 10:00 AM
• Wednesday : UK Claimant Count Change, Average Earnings Index, and Unemployment Rate at 9:30 AM, EU Industrial Production at 10:00 AM, UK Central Bank News Conference, and Inflation Report at 10:30 AM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at 6:00 PM
• Thursday : Germany GDP at 7:00 AM, France CPI at 7:45 AM, Switzerland PPI at 8:15 AM, EU Central Bank Bulletin at 9:00 AM, and Switzerland Economic Expectations at 10:00 AM
• Friday : Germany CPI at 7:00 AM, France Non Farm Payrolls at 7:45 AM, France GDP at 7:50 AM, EU Central Bank News Conference at 8:00 AM, Italy GDP at 9:00 AM, EU CPI, and GDP at 10:00 AM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time)

• This week's European news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are many European news releases this week, and six high volatility news releases. With the news releases, and the expected continuation of the current market conditions, the European markets will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement this week.

Asia

• Monday : Australia Home Loans, and Monetary Policy at 12:30 AM, Japan Machine Tool Orders at 6:00 AM, New Zealand PPI at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), and Japan Bank Lending, Current Account, and Money Stock at 11:50 PM
• Tuesday : Australia Business Confidence at 12:30 AM, Japan Economy Watchers Sentiment at 5:00 AM, New Zealand Financial Stability at 8:00 PM, and Australia Consumer Sentiment at 11:30 PM
• Wednesday : Australia Wage Price Index at 12:30 AM, Japan Household Confidence at 5:00 AM, New Zealand Manufacturing Index at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), New Zealand Retail Sales at 9:45 PM, and Japan CGPI at 11:50 PM
• Thursday : Australia Inflation Expectations at 12:00 AM, and Japan Industrial Production at 4:30 AM
• 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 five high volatility news releases. The current market conditions are likely to continue, so the Asian markets will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement this week.