Economic Calendar With Volatility

There are only a few news releases from the US this week, but several news releases from Europe and Asia. The US has six high volatility news releases, while Europe has three high volatility news releases, and Asia has five high volatility news releases. Due to the recent market activity, markets from all three regions will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement throughout this week. Note that Monday is a holiday in the US and the UK.

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 : No News Releases
• Tuesday : HPI at 1:00 PM, and Consumer Confidence, and Manufacturing Index at 2:00 PM
• Wednesday : Existing Home Sales, and HPI at 2:00 PM
• Thursday : OPEC Meeting at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), Durable Goods Orders, and Unemployment Claims at 12:30 PM, New Home Sales at 2:00 PM, Natural Gas Storage at 2:30 PM, and Oil Inventories at 3:00 PM
• Friday : GDP at 12:30 PM, PMI at 1:45 PM, and Consumer Sentiment, and Inflation Expectations at 1:55 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 (out of a total of fifteen news releases). The US markets will probably experience high volatility and significant price movement throughout this week, with the exception of Monday which is a holiday in the US.

Europe

• Monday : Germany Business Climate at 8:00 AM
• Tuesday : Switzerland Consumption Indicator, Germany Consumer Climate, GDP, and Import Prices at 8:00 AM, UK HPI at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), France Consumer Spending at 6:45 AM, Switzerland Employment Level at 7:15 AM, EU Current Account at 8:00 AM, EU Industrial Orders at 9:00 AM, and Belgium Business Climate at 1:00 PM
• Wednesday : Germany CPI at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), and UK Mortgage Approvals at 8:30 AM
• Thursday : UK MPC News Conference at 1:25 AM, Switzerland Trade Balance at 6:15 AM, OPEC Meeting at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), Germany Unemployment Change at 7:55 AM, EU Consumer Confidence at 9:00 AM, UK Realized Sales at 10:00 AM, and UK Consumer Confidence at 11:01 PM
• Friday : Germany Retail Sales at 6:00 AM, EU Money Supply, and Private Loans at 8:00 AM, EU CPI, and Italy CPI at 9:00 AM, EU Central Bank News Conference at 9:15 AM, and Switzerland Economic Barometer at 9:30 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, but only three high volatility news releases. The European markets will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement throughout this week, with the exception of Monday for the UK markets, as Monday is a holiday in the UK.

Asia

• Monday : Japan Central Bank News Conference at 2:00 AM, Japan Central Bank News Conference, and Monthly Report at 5:00 AM, New Zealand Trade Balance at 10:45 PM, and Japan CSPI at 11:50 PM
• Tuesday : New Zealand Inflation Expectations at 3:00 AM, and Japan Monetary Policy, and Trade Balance at 11:50 PM
• Wednesday : Australia Leading Index at 12:30 AM, Australia Construction Work at 1:30 AM, New Zealand Business Confidence at 3:00 AM, Japan Central Bank News Conference at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), and Japan Retail Sales at 11:50 PM
• Thursday : Australia Leading Index at 12:00 AM, Australia Central Bank News Conference at 1:10 AM, Australia Private Capital Expenditure at 1:30 AM, OPEC Meeting at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), New Zealand Building Consents at 10:45 PM, Japan PMI Manufacturing at 11:15 PM, Japan Household Spending, CPI, and Unemployment Rate at 11:30 PM, and Japan Industrial Production at 11:50 PM
• Friday : Australia Private Sector Credit at 1:30 AM, New Zealand Budget at 2:00 AM, and Japan Housing Starts 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 probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement throughout this week.