Economic Calendar With Volatility

This week's economic calendar includes a few news releases from the US, many news releases from Europe, and several news releases from Asia. The US has six high volatility news releases, Europe has seven high volatility news releases, and Asia has five high volatility news releases. 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 : FOMC News Conferences at 7:30 AM and 4:00 PM
• Tuesday : Pending Home Sales, and Economic Optimism at 3:00 PM
• Wednesday : Wholesale Inventories at 3:00 PM, Oil Inventories at 3:35 PM, and Budget Balance at 7:00 PM
• Thursday : Trade Balance, Unemployment Claims, and Import Prices at 1:30 PM, and Natural Gas Storage at 3:35 PM
• Friday : Retail Sales, and PPI at 1:30 PM, Consumer Sentiment, and Inflation Expectations at 2:55 PM, and Business Inventories at 3:00 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, but six high volatility news releases. The US markets will most likely continue experiencing high volatility this week, which should result in some significant price movements.

Europe

• Monday : EU Investor Confidence, and UK PPI at 9:30 AM, Germany Industrial Poduction at 11:00 AM, EU Central Bank News Conference at 2:00 PM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at 6:15 PM
• Tuesday : UK Retail Sales Monitor, and House Price Balance at 12:01 AM, Switzerland Unemployment Rate at 6:45 AM, Germany Trade Balance at 7:00 AM, France Budget Balance, and Trade Balance at 7:45 AM, UK Manufacturing Production, Trade Balance, HPI, and Industrial Production at 9:30 AM, Germany Economic Sentiment, and EU Economic Sentiment at 10:00 AM, and UK MPC News Conference at 2:30 PM
• Wednesday : UK GDP at 12:01 AM, Germany WPI at 7:00 AM, France Industrial Production at 7:45 AM, Italy Industrial Production at 9:00 AM, and Switzerland Economic Expectations at 10:00 AM
• Thursday : France Non Farm Payrolls at 7:45 AM, EU Central Bank News Conference at 8:05 AM, Switzerland LIBOR Rate, Monetary Policy, and Central Bank News Conference at 8:30 AM, EU Central Bank Bulletin at 9:00 AM, UK Inflation Expectations at 9:30 AM, and UK Industrial Order Expectations at 11:00 AM
• Friday : EU Industrial Production at 10:00 AM

• 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 seven high volatility news releases. The European markets will most likely continue experiencing high volatility this week, which should result in some significant price movements.

Asia

• Monday : Japan Economy Watchers' Sentiment at 5:00 AM, and Japan GDP at 11:50 PM
• Tuesday : Australia Business Confidence at 12:30 AM, Japan Leading Indicators at 5:00 AM, Japan Machine Tool Orders at 6:00 AM, Australia Central Bank News Conference at 9:00 AM, New Zealand Trade Index at 9:45 PM, Australia Consumer Sentiment at 11:30 PM, and Japan Machinery Orders, and CGPI at 11:50 PM
• Wednesday : Australia Home Loans at 12:30 AM, New Zealand Manufacturing Index at 9:30 PM, and New Zealand FPI at 9:45 PM
• Thursday : Australia Inflation Expectations at 12:00 AM, Australia Employment Change, and Unemployment Rate at 12:30 AM, and New Zealand Retail Sales at 9:45 PM
• Friday : Japan Industrial Production at 4:30 AM, and Japan Household Confidence 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 most likely continue experiencing high volatility this week, which should result in some significant price movements.