Economic Calendar With Volatility Expectations

There are several news releases from the US and Asia this week, and many news releases from Europe. The US has six high volatility news releases, while Europe has seven high volatility news releases, and Asia has five 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. Note that Friday is a holiday in the US, so US markets will either be closed, or will have very low trading volume.

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, PMI at 1:45 PM, and Consumer Confidence at 2:00 PM
• Wednesday : FOMC News Conference at 1:00 AM, Job Cuts at 11:30 AM, Non Farm Employment Change at 12:15 PM, PMI Manufacturing, Pending Home Sales, Construction Spending, and Manufacturing Prices at 2:00 PM, Oil Inventories at 2:30 PM, FOMC News Conference at 3:15 PM, and Vehicle Sales at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time)
• Thursday : Non Farm Employment Change, Unemployment Rate, Average Hourly Earnings, and Unemployment Claims at 12:30 PM, Factory Orders at 2:00 PM, and Natural Gas Storage at 2:30 PM
• Friday : No News Releases

• 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 six 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, with the exception of Friday which is a holiday in the US.

Europe

• Monday : UK Lending To Individuals, and Mortgage Approvals at 8:30 AM, EU Consumer Confidence at 9:00 AM, and UK Consumer Confidence at 11:01 PM
• Tuesday : Switzerland Consumption Indicator, and UK HPI at 6:00 AM, Germany Unemployment Change at 7:55 AM, EU Money Supply, and Private Loans at 8:00 AM, UK Current Account, GDP, and Business Investment at 8:30 AM, EU CPI, and Italy CPI at 9:00 AM, and UK MPC News Conference at 9:30 AM
• Wednesday : Germany Retail Sales at 6:00 AM, Switzerland PMI at 7:30 AM, EU PMI Manufacturing at 8:00 AM, UK HPI at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), and UK PMI Manufacturing, and Services Index at 8:30 AM
• Thursday : Switzerland News Conference at 6:30 AM, UK MPC News Conference at 8:25 AM, UK Credit Conditions, PMI Construction, and MPC News Conference at 8:30 AM, Switzerland Central Bank Bulletin, EU PPI, and EU Unemployment Rate at 9:00 AM, EU Minimum Bid Rate at 11:45 AM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at 12:30 PM
• Friday : Switzerland CPI at 7:15 AM, EU PMI Services at 8:00 AM, UK PMI Services, and Housing Equity Withdrawal at 8:30 AM, and EU Retail Sales at 9:00 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 seven high volatility news releases. Due to the current market conditions, the European markets will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement throughout this week.

Asia

• Monday : Japan PMI Manufacturing at 11:15 PM, and Japan Household Spending, and Unemployment Rate at 11:30 PM
• Tuesday : Australia News Home Sales at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), Australia Private Sector Credit, and Japan Average Cash Earnings at 1:30 AM, New Zealand Business Confidence at 3:00 AM, Japan Housing Starts at 5:00 AM, Australia Manufacturing Index at 11:30 AM, and Japan Manufacturing Index, and Non Manufacturing Index at 11:50 PM
• Wednesday : Australia Building Approvals, and Retail Sales at 1:30 AM, Australia Commodity Prices at 6:30 AM, and Japan Monetary Base at 11:50 PM
• Thursday : Australia Trade Balance at 1:30 AM, New Zealand Commodity Prices at 3:00 AM, and Australia Services Index at 11:30 PM
• Friday : No News Releases

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