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Economic Calendar With Volatility Expectations

Sunday June 21, 2009

There are several news releases from the US this week, many news releases from Europe, and only a few news releases from Asia. The US has seven high volatility news releases, while Europe has five high volatility news releases, and Asia only has two high volatility news releases. Regardless of the distribution of the news releases, markets from all three regions will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement throughout this week, due to the current market conditions.

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 : Existing Home Sales, HPI, and Manufacturing Index at 2:00 PM
  • Wednesday : Durable Goods Orders at 12:30 PM, New Home Sales at 2:00 PM, Oil Inventories at 2:30 PM, and FOMC News Conference, and Federal Funds Rate at 6:15 PM
  • Thursday : Unemployment Claims, and GDP at 12:30 PM, Central Bank News Conference at 2:00 PM, and Natural Gas Storage at 2:30 PM
  • Friday : Price Index, Personal Spending, and Personal Income at 12:30 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 several US news releases this week, and seven high volatility news releases. Due to the current market conditions, the US markets will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement throughout this week.

Europe

  • Monday : Germany Business Climate at 8:00 AM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at 12:00 PM
  • Tuesday : Germany Consumer Climate at 6:00 AM, Switzerland Trade Balance at 6:15 AM, France Consumer Spending at 6:45 AM, France PMI Manufacturing and Services at 7:00 AM, Germany PMI Manufacturing and Services at 7:30 AM, EU PMI Manufacturing and Services at 8:00 AM, UK MPC News Conference at 8:05 AM, UK Mortgage Approvals at 8:30 AM, and Belgium Business Climate, and Bundesbank News Conference at 1:00 PM
  • Wednesday : EU Current Account, and Italy Retail Sales at 8:00 AM, Switzerland Central Bank News Conference, and UK Realized Sales at 10:00 AM, UK Inflation Meeting at 1:30 PM, and UK Central Bank News Conference at 2:45 PM
  • Thursday : UK HPI at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), EU Industrial Orders at 9:00 AM, and UK Central Bank News Conference at 11:01 PM
  • Friday : Germany Import Prices at 6:00 AM, Germany CPI at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), 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 many European news releases this week, and five high volatility news release. Due to the current market conditions, the European markets will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement throughout this week.

Asia

  • Monday : Australia Motor Vehicle Sales at 1:30 AM, and New Zealand Credit Card Spending at 3:00 AM
  • Tuesday : Japan CSPI, and Trade Balance at 11:50 PM
  • Wednesday : New Zealand Consumer Sentiment at 2:00 AM, Japan Central Bank News Conference at 6:30 AM, and New Zealand Current Account at 10:45 PM
  • Thursday : Australia Leading Index at 12:00 AM, New Zealand GDP at 10:45 PM, Japan CPI at 11:30 PM, and Japan Industry Activity at 11:50 PM
  • Friday : No News Releases

  • 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 two high volatility news releases. Due to the recent market conditions, the Asian markets will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement throughout this week.

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