Economic Calendar With Volatility

There are several news releases from each region this week (US, Europe, and Asia). The US has nine high volatility news releases, while Europe has eight high volatility news releases, and Asia has eleven high volatility news releases. Due to the recent market activity, markets from all three regions have the potential to experience some exceptionally high volatility and significant price movement at some point during this week.

The US, European, and Asian news releases for this week are as follows (all times are Greenwich Mean Time, which is 2 hours behind Central European Time, and 4 hours ahead of US Eastern Time) :

US

• Monday : Pending Home Sales, and Construction Spending at 2:00 PM, and FOMC News Conference at 6:00 PM
• Tuesday : Central Bank News Conference, and PMI Non Manufacturing at 2:00 PM
• Wednesday : FOMC News Conference at 2:30 AM, Job Cuts at 11:30 AM, Non Farm Employment Change at 12:15 PM, Oil Inventories at 2:30 PM, and FOMC News Conference at 9:30 PM
• Thursday : Unemployment Claims, Non Farm Productivity, and Unit Labor Costs at 12:30 PM, FOMC News Conference at 1:15 PM, Central Bank News Conference at 1:30 PM, Natural Gas Storage at 2:30 PM, Bank Stress Test at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), and Consumer Credit at 7:00 PM
• Friday : Non Farm Employment Change, Unemployment Rate, and Average Hourly Earnings at 12:30 PM, Wholesale Inventories at 2:00 PM, FOMC News Conference at 5:00 PM, and FOMC News Conference at 5:15 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 nine high volatility news releases. Due to the recent market activity, the US markets have the potential to experience some exceptionally high volatility and significant price movement at some point during this week.

Europe

• Monday : Germany Retail Sales at 6:00 AM, Switzerland PMI at 7:30 AM, EU PMI Manufacturing at 8:00 AM, EU Investor Confidence at 8:30 AM, and UK Financial Stability Report at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time)
• Tuesday : Switzerland Consumer Climate at 5:45 AM, UK HPI at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), UK PMI Construction at 8:30 AM, EU PPI at 9:00 AM, and UK Consumer Confidence at 11:01 PM
• Wednesday : Switzerland News Conference at 7:00 AM, EU PMI Services at 8:00 AM, UK PMI Services at 8:30 AM, EU Retail Sales at 9:00 AM, UK Shop Price Index at 9:30 AM, and Switzerland Central Bank News Conference at 4:15 PM
• Thursday : France Trade Balance at 6:45 AM, Switzerland CPI at 7:15 AM, Germany Factory Orders at 10:00 AM, UK MPC Rate at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), UK Bank Rate at 11:00 AM, EU Minimum Bid Rate at 11:45 AM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at 12:30 PM
• Friday : Switzerland Unemployment Rate at 5:45 AM, Germany Trade Balance at 6:00 AM, UK PPI at 8:30 AM, and Germany 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 eight high volatility news release. Due to the recent market activity, the European markets will probably experience some exceptionally high volatility and significant price movement at some point during this week. Note that Monday is a holiday in the UK, and Friday is a holiday in France.

Asia

• Monday : Australia Inflation Gauge at 12:30 AM, Australia Job Advertisements, and HPI at 1:30 AM, and Australia Services Index at 11:30 PM
• Tuesday : Australia Building Approvals at 1:30 AM, New Zealand Commodity Prices at 3:00 AM, and Australia Cash Rate, and Central Bank Rate at 4:30 AM
• Wednesday : Australia Retail Sales, and Trade Balance at 1:30 AM, New Zealand Labour Cost Index at 3:00 AM, New Zealand Employment Change, and Unemployment Rate at 10:45 PM, Australia Construction Index at 11:30 PM, and Japan Monetary Base at 11:50 PM
• Thursday : Australia Employment Change, and Unemployment Rate at 1:30 AM, and Japan Monetary Policy Meeting at 11:50 PM
• Friday : Australia Monetary Policy at 1:30 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 eleven high volatility news releases (out of a total of nineteen news releases). Due to the recent market activity, the Asian markets will probably experience some exceptionally high volatility and significant price movement at some point during this week. Note that Monday and Tuesday are holidays in Japan.