Economic Calendar With Volatility Expectations

There are several news releases from the US and Asia this week, and there are many news releases from Europe. There are seven high volatility news releases from the US, seven high volatility news releases from Europe, and three high volatility news releases from Asia. Markets from all three regions will experience their usual 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 one hour behind Central European Time, and five hours ahead of US Eastern Time) :

US

• Monday: Budget Balance at 7:00 PM
• Tuesday: Retail Sales at 1:30 PM, Business Inventories at 3:00 PM, Economic Optimism at ??:?? ??, and FOMC News Conference and Government Funds Rate at 7:15 PM
• Wednesday: OPEC Meeting at ??:?? ??, Import Prices at 1:30 PM, Oil Inventories at 3:30 PM, and Treasury Report at ??:?? ??
• Thursday: PPI, Unemployment Claims, Current Account, and Manufacturing Index at 1:30 PM, Long Term Purchases at 2:00 PM, Capacity Utilization Rate and Industrial Production at 2:15 PM, Manufacturing Index at 3:00 PM, and Natural Gas Storage at 3:30 PM
• Friday: CPI at 1:30 PM, FOMC News Conference at 4:15 PM, and FOMC News Conference 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 seven high volatility news releases. The US markets will experience their usual medium volatility and price movement throughout this week.

Europe

• Monday: Germany WPI at 7:00 AM, and Switzerland Employment Level at 8:15 AM
• Tuesday: UK House Price Balance at 12:01 AM, France CPI at 6:30 AM, Switzerland Economic Forecasts at 6:45 AM, UK CPI, RPI, and HPI at 9:30 AM, and Germany Economic Sentiment and EU Economic Sentiment at 10:00 AM
• Wednesday: Switzerland PPI at 8:15 AM, OPEC Meeting at ??:?? ??, UK Claimant Count Change, Average Earnings Index, and Unemployment Rate at 9:30 AM, and Switzerland Economic Expectations and EU Industrial Production at 10:00 AM
• Thursday: France PMI at 8:00 AM, Switzerland Industrial Production at 8:15 AM, Switzerland LIBOR, Monetary Policy, and Central Bank News Conference, and Germany PMI at 8:30 AM, EU Central Bank Bulletin and PMI at 9:00 AM, UK Retail Sales and Inflation Expectations at 9:30 AM, EU CPI and Employment Change at 10:00 AM, UK Industrial Orders at 11:00 AM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at 11:25 AM
• Friday: UK Consumer Confidence at ??:?? ??, EU Central Bank News Conference at 8:30 AM, and EU Trade Balance at 10:00 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. The European markets will experience their usual high volatility and significant price movement throughout this week.

Asia

• Monday: Australia Home Loans and Trade Balance at 12:30 AM, Japan Household Confidence at 5:00 AM, Japan Machine Tool Orders at 6:00 AM, China New Loans and Money Supply at ??:?? ??, New Zealand FPI at 9:45 PM, and Japan Industry Activity at 11:50 PM
• Tuesday: Australia Business Confidence and Housing Starts at 12:30 AM, and Australia Consumer Sentiment at 11:30 PM
• Wednesday: Australia Central Bank News Conference at 1:30 AM, China Leading Index at 2:00 AM, CHina Foreign Direct Investment at ??:?? ??, Japan Industrial Production at 4:30 AM, OPEC Meeting at ??:?? ??, New Zealand Manufacturing Index at 9:30 PM, and Japan Manufacturing Index and Non Manufacturing Index at 11:50 PM
• Thursday: Australia Inflation Expectations at 12:00 AM, Australia Vehicle Sales and Central Bank Bulletin at 12:30 AM, and China PMI at 2:30 AM
• 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 three high volatility news releases. The Asian markets will experience their usual high volatility and significant price movement throughout this week.