Economic Calendar With Volatility

This week's economic calendar includes only a few news releases from the US and Asia, but many news releases from Europe. The US and Europe have six high volatility news releases each, while Asia only has three high volatility news releases. Markets from all three regions will most likely continue experiencing high volatility throughout this week, which should result in significant price movement 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 : Manufacturing Index at 1:30 PM, Long Term Purchases at 2:00 PM, Capacity Utilization Rate, and Industrial Production at 2:15 PM, and Housing Market Index at 6:00 PM
• Tuesday : Building Permits, CPI, and Housing Starts at 1:30 PM, and FOMC News Conference, and Federal Funds Rate at 7:15 PM
• Wednesday : Current Account at 1:30 PM, and Oil Inventories at 3:35 PM
• Thursday : Unemployment Claims at 1:30 PM, Manufacturing Index, and Leading Index at 3:00 PM, Natural Gas Storage at 3:35 PM, and FOMC News Conference at 6:30 PM
• 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 six high volatility news releases. The US markets will most likely continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement throughout this week.

Europe

• Monday : UK HPI, and Central Bank Bulletin at 12:01 AM, Switzerland Economic Forecasts at 6:45 AM, Switzerland PPI at 8:15 AM, EU Central Bank News Conference at 5:30 PM, and Switzerland Government News Conference at 6:00 PM
• Tuesday : France CPI, and Non Farm Payrolls at 7:45 AM, France PMI at 8:00 AM, Switzerland Industrial Production at 8:15 AM, Germany PMI at 8:30 AM, EU PMI at 9:00 AM, UK CPI, and RPI at 9:30 AM, EU Employment Change at 10:00 AM, and UK Central Bank Inflation at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time)
• Wednesday : Germany CPI at 7:00 AM, Italy Trade Balance at 9:00 AM, UK Claimant Count Change, MPC Meeting, Average Earnings Index, and Unemployment Rate at 9:30 AM, EU CPI at 10:00 AM, and UK Realized Sales at 11:00 AM
• Thursday : Switzerland Trade Balance at 7:15 AM, Switzerland Retail Sales at 8:15 AM, Germany Business Climate, and Italy Unemployment Rate at 9:00 AM, UK Retail Sales, Money Supply, and Public Sector Borrowing at 9:30 AM, and EU Trade Balance at 10:00 AM
• Friday : UK Consumer Confidence at 12:01 AM, Germany PPI at 7:00 AM, and UK Business Investment at 9:30 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 six high volatility news releases. The European markets will most likely continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement throughout this week.

Asia

• Monday : Japan Industry Activity at 11:50 PM
• Tuesday : Australia Monetary Policy, and Housing Starts at 12:30 AM
• Wednesday : New Zealand Consumer Sentiment at 12:30 PM
• Thursday : Australia Central Bank Bulletin at 12:30 AM, New Zealand Business Confidence at 2:00 AM, New Zealand Visitor Arrivals at 9:45 PM, and Japan Industry Activity at 11:50 PM
• Friday : New Zealand Credit Card Spending at 2:00 AM, and Japan Monetary Policy, Overnight Call Rate, and Central Bank News Conference at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Times)

• This week's Asian news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are only a few Asian news releases this week, and only three high volatility news releases. However, the Asian markets will most likely continue experiencing high volatility this week and significant price movement throughout this week.