Economic Calendar With Volatility Expectations

There are several news releases from all three regions (the US, Europe, and Asia) this week. The US has six high volatility news releases, while Europe has four high volatility news releases, and Asia has two high volatility news releases. Due to the current market conditions, markets from all three regions will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement throughout 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 : Budget Balance at 6:00 PM
• Tuesday : Retail Sales, and PPI at 12:30 PM, and Business Inventories, and Economic Optimism at 2:00 PM
• Wednesday : CPI, and Manufacturing Index at 12:30 PM, Capacity Utilization Rate, and Industrial Production at 1:15 PM, Oil Inventories at 2:30 PM, and FOMC Meeting at 6:00 PM
• Thursday : Unemployment Claims at 12:30 PM, Long Term Purchases at 1:00 PM, Manufacturing Index at 2:00 PM, and Natural Gas Storage at 2:30 PM
• Friday : Building Permits, and Housing Starts at 12:30 PM, and Housing Market Index at 5:00 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 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.

Europe

• Monday : Switzerland PPI at 7:15 AM, EU Central Bank News Conference at 10:30 AM, and UK Retail Sales Monitor, and House Price Balance at 11:01 PM
• Tuesday : UK CPI, MPC News Conference, RPI, and HPI at 8:30 AM, and Germany Economic Sentiment, EU Industrial Production, and EU Economic Sentiment at 9:00 AM
• Wednesday : Switzerland Retail Sales at 7:15 AM, UK Claimant Count Change, Average Earnings Index, and Unemployment Rate at 8:30 AM, and EU CPI at 9:00 AM
• Thursday : France CPI at 6:45 AM, Italy Trade Balance at 8:00 AM, and Switzerland Economic Expectations at 9:00 AM
• Friday : EU Trade Balance at 9:00 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, and four 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 Industrial Production at 4:30 AM, and Japan Household Confidence at 5:00 AM
• Tuesday : Australia Business Confidence at 1:30 AM
• Wednesday : Australia Leading Index at 1:00 AM, Australia Business Confidence at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), Japan Monetary Policy, Overnight Call Rate, and Central Bank News Conference at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), New Zealand Manufacturing Index at 10:30 PM, New Zealand CPI, and FPI at 10:45 PM, and Japan Industry Activity at 11:50 PM
• Thursday : Australia Central Bank Bulletin at 1:30 AM, and Japan Central Bank Report at 5:00 AM
• Friday : Australia Import Prices 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 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.