Economic Calendar With Volatility

The Christmas and New Year holidays continue this week, so this week's economic calendar includes only a few news releases from the US, Europe, and Asia. The US and Europe have three high volatility news releases each, and Asia has no high volatility news releases. Markets from all three regions would usually continue experiencing high volatility this week, but because of the holidays, almost every market will experience less trading activity than usual.

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 : No News Releases
• Tuesday : HPI at 2:00 PM, PMI at 2:45 PM, and Consumer Confidence at 3:00 PM
• Wednesday : Unemployment Claims at 1:30 PM, Oil Inventories at 3:35 PM, and Natural Gas Storage at 5:00 PM
• Thursday : No News Releases
• Friday : PMI Manufacturing, and Manufacturing Prices at 3:00 PM

• This week's US news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are only eight US news releases this week, and three high volatility news releases. The US markets would probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement this week, but as part of this week is a holiday, trading will be less active than usual throughout the week.

Europe

• Monday : UK Housing Equity Withdrawal at 9:30 AM, and Switzerland Economic Barometer at 10:30 AM
• Tuesday : UK HPI at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), Germany CPI at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), and Switzerland Consumption Indicator, EU Money Supply, and EU Private Loans at 9:00 AM
• Wednesday : No News Releases
• Thursday : No News Releases
• Friday : EU PMI Manufacturing at 9:00 AM, UK HPI at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), and UK PMI Manufacturing, Credit Conditions, Mortgage Approvals, and Lending To Individuals at 9:30 AM

• This week's European news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are only a few European news releases this week, and three high volatility news releases. The European markets would probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement this week, but as part of this week is a holiday, trading will probably be less active than usual throughout the week.

Asia

• Monday : No News Releases
• Tuesday : No News Releases
• Wednesday : Australia Private Sector Credit at 5:30 AM
• Thursday : Australia Manufacturing Index at 10:30 PM
• Friday : Australia Commodity Prices at 5:30 AM

• This week's Asian news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are only three Asian news releases this week, and no high volatility news releases. Some of the Asian markets will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement this week, while some will experience less trading activity than usual because of the holidays.