Economic Calendar With Volatility Expectations

There are only a few news releases from the US this week, but many news releases from Europe and Asia. The US has two high volatility news releases, while Europe has five high volatility news releases, and Asia has seven high volatility news releases. The US markets will probably experience their usual level of volatility and price movement, while the European and Asian markets will probably experience some significant volatility and 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 now 1 hour behind Central European Time, and 5 hours ahead of US Eastern Time) :

US

• Monday : No News Releases
• Tuesday : FOMC News Conference at 2:15 PM, Economic Optimism at 3:00 PM, FOMC News Conference at 3:05 PM, Loan Survey at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), and FOMC News Conference at 8:30 PM
• Wednesday : No News Releases
• Thursday : Unemployment Claims at 1:30 PM, Oil Inventories at 4:00 PM, and Budget Balance at 7:00 PM
• Friday : Trade Balance, and Import Prices at 1:30 PM, Consumer Sentiment, and Inflation Expectations at 2:55 PM, Natural Gas Storage at 3:30 PM, and FOMC News Conference at 4:30 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, and only two high volatility news releases. The US markets will probably experience their usual level of volatility and price movement throughout this week.

Europe

• Monday : Germany Trade Balance at 7:00 AM, EU Investor Confidence at 9:30 AM, and Germany Industrial Production at 11:00 AM
• Tuesday : UK Retail Sales, and House Price Balance at 12:01 AM, Germany CPI, and WPI at 7:00 AM, France Industrial Production at 7:45 AM, Italy Industrial Production at 9:00 AM, UK Trade Balance, and HPI at 9:30 AM, and Germany Economic Sentiment, EU Economic Sentiment, and UK Leading Index at 10:00 AM
• Wednesday : UK Claimant Count Change, Average Earnings Index, and Unemployment Rate at 9:30 AM, UK Central Bank News Conference, and Inflation Report at 10:30 AM, and Germany Bundesbank News Conference at 5:00 PM
• Thursday : EU Central Bank Bulletin at 9:00 AM, Switzerland Economic Expectations, and EU Industrial Production at 10:00 AM, Switzerland News Conference at 5:00 PM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at 7:00 PM
• Friday : UK Financial Stability Report at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), Germany GDP at 7:00 AM, France Non Farm Payrolls, and CPI at 7:45 AM, France GDP at 7:50 AM, Switzerland PPI at 8:15 AM, Italy GDP at 9:00 AM, EU GDP at 10:00 AM, and Germany Bundesbank News Conference at 1:15 PM

• 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 releases. The European markets will probably experience some high volatility and significant price movement throughout this week.

Asia

• Monday : Australia Home Loans, and Job Advertisements at 12:30 AM, Australia Central Bank News Conference at 3:20 AM, and Japan Bank Lending, Current Account, and Money Stock at 11:50 PM
• Tuesday : Australia Business Confidence at 12:30 AM, China Money Supply, and New Yuan Loans at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), Japan Economy Watchers' Sentiment at 5:00 AM, Japan Machine Tool Orders at 6:00 AM, New Zealand Financial Stability Report at 8:00 PM, New Zealand FPI at 9:45 PM, Australia Consumer Sentiment at 11:30 PM, and Japan Machinery Orders at 11:50 PM
• Wednesday : China Industrial Production, CPI, Fixed Asset Investment, National Bureau of Statistics News Conference, PPI, and Retail Sales at 2:00 AM, China Trade Balance at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), New Zealand Manufacturing Index at 9:30 PM, New Zealand Retail Sales at 9:45 PM, and Japan CGPI at 11:50 PM
• Thursday : Australia Inflation Expectations at 12:00 AM, and Australia Employment Change, and Unemployment Rate at 12:30 AM
• Friday : China Foreign Direct Investment at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), Japan Industrial Production at 4:30 AM, and Japan Household Confidence at 5:00 AM

• This week's Asian news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are many Asian news releases this week, and seven high volatility news releases. The Asian markets will probably experience their usual high volatility and significant price movement throughout this week.