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Economic Calendar With Volatility

Monday December 1, 2008

This week's economic calendar includes several news releases from each region (US, Europe, and Asia), with eight high volatility news releases from the US, seven from Europe, and nine from Asia. Markets from all three regions will most likely continue experiencing high volatility throughout this week, which should result in some significant price movements for many markets (stock indicies, stocks, currencies, etc.).

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 : PMI Manufacturing, Construction Spending, and ISM Manufacturing Prices at 3:00 PM, FOMC News Conference at 6:15 PM, Central Bank News Conference at 6:45 PM, and Treasury News Conference at 8:00 PM
  • Tuesday : Vehicle Sales at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), Treasury News Conference at 4:30 PM, and FOMC News Conference at 5:30 PM
  • Wednesday : Job Cuts at 12:30 PM, Non Farm Employment Change at 1:15 PM, Non Farm Productivity, and Unit Labor Costs at 1:30 PM, PMI Non Manufacturing at 3:00 PM, FOMC News Conference at 3:15 PM, Oil Inventories at 3:35 PM, and Beige Book at 7:00 PM
  • Thursday : Unemployment Claims at 1:30 PM, FOMC News Conference at 2:15 PM, Factory Orders at 3:00 PM, Natural Gas Storage at 3:35 PM, Central Bank News Conference at 4:15 PM, and FOMC News Conference at 9:30 PM
  • Friday : Non Farm Employment Change, Unemployment Rate, and Average Hourly Earnings at 1:30 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 eight high volatility news releases. The US markets will most likely continue experiencing high volatility this week, which should result in some significant (and profitable) price movements.

Europe

  • Monday : Germany Retail Sales at 7:00 AM, Switzerland PMI at 8:30 AM, EU PMI Manufacturing at 9:00 AM, UK PMI Manufacturing, Lending To Individuals, and Mortgage Approvals at 9:30 AM
  • Tuesday : Switzerland CPI at 6:45 AM, UK HPI at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), UK PMI Construction at 9:30 AM, and EU PPI at 10:00 AM
  • Wednesday : UK Consumer Confidence at 12:01 AM, EU PMI Services at 9:00 AM, UK PMI Services at 9:30 AM, EU Retail Sales at 10:00 AM, UK Shop Price Index at 10:30 AM, and Switzerland Central Bank News Conference at 4:30 PM
  • Thursday : Switzerland GDP at 6:45 AM, EU GDP at 10:00 AM, UK MPC Rate at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), UK Bank Rate at 12:00 PM, EU Minimum Bid Rate at 12:45 PM, EU Central Bank News Conference at 1:30 PM, and UK Leading Index at 3:30 PM
  • Friday : Germany Factory Orders 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 most likely continue experiencing high volatility this week, which should result in some significant (and profitable) price movements.

Asia

  • Monday : Australia Company Operating Profits at 12:30 AM, Japan Average Cash Earnings at 1:30 AM, Japan Central Bank News Conference at 4:30 AM, Australia Commodity Prices at 5:40 AM, and Japan Monetary Base at 11:50 PM
  • Tuesday : Australia Retail Sales Trend, and Current Account at 12:30 AM, Japan Monetary Policy at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), Australia Cash Rate, and Central Bank Rate at 3:30 AM, and Australia Services Index at 10:30 PM
  • Wednesday : Australia GDP at 12:30 AM, New Zealand Commodity Prices at 2:00 AM, New Zealand Cash Rate, Central Bank News Conference, Central Bank Rate, and Monetary Policy at 8:00 PM, and Japan Capital Spending at 11:50 PM
  • Thursday : Australia Building Approvals, and Trade Balance at 12:30 AM, and Australia Construction Index at 10:30 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 nine high volatility news releases. The Asian markets will most likely continue experiencing high volatility this week, which should result in some significant (and profitable) price movement.

Comments

December 3, 2008 at 2:19 am
(1) Das says:

Hi Adam,
Firstly thanks, its so hard to find good information on trading systems with explanatons on the net. Would you please be able to give me some more examples of the double Moving average bounce system with long trades? Thanks again for a great site I added to my favourites and will be a regular vistor from now on.

December 5, 2008 at 5:47 am
(2) Day Trading Guide says:

I will post some examples of recent double moving average bounce trades shortly.

Thank you for your comment.

December 9, 2008 at 5:16 pm
(3) mehraban says:

thanks for your economic calendar .
we provide a persian economic calendar .

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