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Economic Calendar With Volatility Expectations

By , About.com GuideSeptember 27, 2009

There are several news releases from the US this week, and many news releases from Europe and Asia. The US has eight high volatility news releases, while Europe has seven high volatility news releases, and Asia has six high volatility news releases. Due to the recent 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 : No News Releases
  • Tuesday : HPI at 1:00 PM, and Consumer Confidence at 2:00 PM
  • Wednesday : Non Farm Employment Change at 12:15 PM, GDP at 12:30 PM, PMI at 1:45 PM, Oil Inventories, and FOMC News Conference at 2:30 PM, and FOMC News Conference at 4:35 PM
  • Thursday : Job Cuts, Unemployment Claims, Price Index, Personal Spending, and Personal Income at 12:30 PM, Central Bank News Conference at 1:00 PM, PMI Manufacturing, Pending Home Sales, Construction Spending, and Manufacturing Prices at 2:00 PM, Natural Gas Storage at 2:30 PM, Vehicle Sales at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), and FOMC News Conference at 9:30 PM
  • Friday : Non Farm Employment Change, Unemployment Rate, and Average Hourly Earnings at 12:30 PM, and Factory Orders at 2:00 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 eight high volatility news releases. Due to the recent market conditions, the US markets will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement throughout this week.

Europe

  • Monday : Germany CPI at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), and EU Central Bank News Conference at 2:30 PM
  • Tuesday : Switzerland Consumption Indicator, and Germany Import Prices at 6:00 AM, UK GDP, Current Account, Lending to Individuals, and Mortgage Approvals at 8:30 AM, EU Consumer Confidence at 9:00 AM, UK Realized Sales at 10:00 AM, and UK Consumer Confidence at 11:01 PM
  • Wednesday : Germany Central Bank News Conference at 7:45 AM, Germany Unemployment Change at 7:55 AM, UK Index of Services at 8:30 AM, Switzerland Central Bank Bulletin, EU CPI, Italy CPI, and UK MPC News Conference at 9:00 AM, Switzerland Economic Barometer at 9:30 AM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at 5:45 PM
  • Thursday : 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), UK PMI Manufacturing, and Credit Conditions at 8:30 AM, EU Unemployment Rate at 9:00 AM
  • Friday : UK HPI at 6:00 AM, UK PMI Construction, and Housing Equity Withdrawal at 8:30 AM, and EU PPI 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 recent market conditions, the European markets will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement throughout this week.

Asia

  • Monday : New Zealand Building Consents at 9:45 PM, and Japan CPI at 11:30 PM
  • Tuesday : Japan PMI Manufacturing at 11:15 PM, and Japan Industrial Production at 11:50 PM
  • Wednesday : Australia Leading Index at 12:00 AM, Australia Building Approvals, Retail Sales, and Private Sector Credit, and Japan Average Cash Earnings at 1:30 AM, New Zealand Business Confidence at 2:00 AM, China PMI Manufacturing at 2:30 AM, Japan Housing Starts at 5:00 AM, Australia Manufacturing Index at 11:30 PM, and Japan Manufacturing Index, Retail Sales, and Non Manufacturing Index at 11:50 PM
  • Thursday : China PMI Manufacturing at 1:00 AM, Australia Commodity Prices at 6:30 AM, Japan Household Spending, and Unemployment Rate at 11:30 PM, and Japan Monetary Base at 11:50 PM
  • Friday : Australia Inflation Gauge at 12:30 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 six 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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