Economic Calendar With Volatility

This week's economic calendar includes several news releases from Europe and Asia, but only a few news releases from the US. There are at least five high volatility news releases from each region. The recent market conditions will probably continue this week, so markets from all three regions will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement.

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 : Existing Home Sales at 3:00 PM, and Presidential News Conference at 5:00 PM
• Tuesday : GDP at 1:30 PM, HPI at 2:00 PM, and Consumer Confidence, HPI, and Manufacturing Index at 3:00 PM
• Wednesday : Durable Goods Orders, Unemployment Claims, Price Index, Personal Spending, and Personal Income at 1:30 PM, PMI at 2:45 PM, Consumer Sentiment, and Inflation Expectations at 2:55 PM, New Home Sales at 3:00 PM, Oil Inventories at 3:35 PM, and Natural Gas Storage at 5:00 PM
• Thursday : No News Releases
• Friday : No News Releases

• 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, but there are six high volatility news releases. Regardless of the distribution of the news releases, the US markets will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement this week.

Europe

• Monday : Germany Business Climate, and EU Current Account at 9:00 AM, EU Industrial Orders at 10:00 AM, Belgium Business Climate at 2:00 PM, and UK Pre-Budget Release at 3:30 PM
• Tuesday : Germany Consumer Climate, and GDP at 7:00 AM, UK HPI ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), Switzerland Consumption Indicator at 9:00 AM, UK Mortgage Approvals, and Business Investment at 9:30 AM, and UK Treasury Hearings at 9:45 AM
• Wednesday : Germany Import Prices at 7:00 AM, Germany CPI at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), UK GDP, and Index of Services at 9:30 AM
• Thursday : Switzerland Employment Level at 8:15 AM, Germany Unemployment Change at 8:55 AM, EU Money Supply, and Private Loans at 9:00 AM, EU Consumer Confidence at 10:00 AM, EU Central Bank News Conference at 3:30 PM, and Switzerland Central Bank News Conference at 4:00 PM
• Friday : UK Consumer Confidence at 12:01 AM, EU CPI, Italy CPI, and EU Unemployment Rate at 10:00 AM, Switzerland Economic Barometer at 10:30 AM, and UK CBI 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 seven high volatility news releases. The European markets will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement this week.

Asia

• Monday : Australia Leading Index at 11:00 PM, and Japan CSPI at 11:50 PM
• Tuesday : New Zealand Inflation Expectations at 2:00 AM, and Japan Central Bank Monthly Report at 6:00 AM
• Wednesday : Australia Construction Work at 12:30 AM, Japan Central Bank News Conference at 8:00 AM, New Zealand Trade Balance at 9:45 PM, and Japan Monetary Policy Meeting at 11:50 PM
• Thursday : Australia Private Capital Expenditure at 12:30 AM, New Zealand Business Confidence at 2:00 AM, New Zealand Building Consents at 9:45 PM, Japan PMI Manufacturing at 11:15 PM, Japan Household Spending, CPI, and Unemployment Rate at 11:30 PM, and Japan Industrial Production, and Retail Sales at 11:50 PM
• Friday : Australia Private Sector Credit at 12:30 AM, and Japan Housing Starts at 5:00 AM

• 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 Asian markets will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement this week.