Economic Calendar With Volatility Expectations

There are several news releases from each region this week (the US, Europe, and Asia). There are eight high volatility news releases from the US, eleven high volatility news releases from Europe, and ten high volatility news releases from Asia. Markets from all three regions will probably experience medium to 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 two hours behind Central European Time, and four hours ahead of US Eastern Time) :

US

• Monday: PMI ISM Manufacturing, Construction Spending, and ISM Manufacturing Prices at 2:00 PM, Central Bank News Conference at 2:15 PM, and FOMC News Conference at 8:00 PM
• Tuesday: PCE Price Index, Personal Spending, and Personal Income at 12:30 PM, Pending Home Sales, and Factory Orders at 2:00 PM, and Vehicle Sales at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time)
• Wednesday: Job Cuts at 11:30 AM, Non Farm Employment Change at 12:15 PM, PMI ISM Non Manufacturing at 2:00 PM, and Oil Inventories at 2:30 PM
• Thursday: Unemployment Claims at 12:30 PM, and Natural Gas Storage at 2:30 PM
• Friday: Non Farm Employment Change, Unemployment Rate, and Average Hourly Earnings at 12:30 PM, and Consumer Credit at 7:00 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. The US markets will probably experience their usual volatility and price movement throughout this week.

Europe

• Monday : Switzerland Retail Sales at 7:15 AM, Switzerland PMI at 7:30 AM, EU PMI Manufacturing at 8:00 AM, UK HPI at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), and UK PMI Manufacturing at 8:30 AM
• Tuesday : Switzerland CPI at 7:15 AM, UK PMI Construction at 8:30 AM, EU PPI at 9:00 AM, UK Consumer Confidence at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), and UK Shop Price Index at 11:01 PM
• Wednesday : EU PMI Services at 8:00 AM, UK PMI Services at 8:30 AM, and EU Retail Sales at 9:00 AM
• Thursday : Germany Factory Orders at 10:00 AM, UK Asset Purchase Facility at 11:00 AM, UK MPC Rate at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), UK Bank Rate at 11:00 AM, EU Minimum Bid Rate at 11:45 AM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at 12:30 AM
• Friday : Switzerland Unemployment Rate at 5:45 AM, France Budget Balance, and Trade Balance at 6:45 AM, Italy Industrial Production at 8:00 AM, UK Manufacturing Production, PPI, and Industrial Production at 8:30 AM, Italy GDP at 9:00 AM, Germany Industrial Production at 10:00 AM, and UK GDP at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time)

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

Asia

• Monday : Australia Inflation Gauge at 12:30 AM, Australia New Home Sales at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), Japan Average Cash Earnings at 1:30 AM, China PMI Manufacturing at 2:30 AM, New Zealand Commodity Prices at 6:30 AM, New Zealand Labour Cost Index at 10:45 PM, and Japan Monetary Base at 11:50 PM
• Tuesday : Australia Job Advertisements, Building Approvals, and Retail Sales at 1:30 AM, Australia Cash Rate, and Central Bank Rate at 4:30 AM, and Australia Services Index at 11:30 PM
• Wednesday : Australia Trade Balance, and HPI at 1:30 AM, and New Zealand Employment Change, and Unemployment Rate at 10:45 PM
• Thursday : Australia Construction Index at 11:30 PM
• Friday : Australia Monetary Policy at 1:30 AM, and Japan Leading Indicators at 5:00 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 ten high volatility news releases. The Asian markets will probably experience their usual significant volatility and price movement throughout this week.