Economic Calendar with Volatility

Even with the holiday on May 1st (Thursday), there are still several news releases from each region this week. Each region also has a couple of high volatility news releases, so markets from each region (US, Europe, and Asia) should experience some significant price movement 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 Composite at 1:00 PM, and Consumer Confidence at 2:00 PM
• Wednesday : Non Farm Employment Change at 12:15 PM, Advance GDP, and ECI at 12:30 PM, Oil Inventories at 2:30 PM, PMI at 2:45 PM, and FOMC Statement, and Federal Funds Rate at 6:15 PM
• Thursday : Job Cuts at 11:30 AM, Personal Spending, PCE Price Index, Initial Claims, and Personal Income at 12:30 PM, ISM Manufacturing, and Construction Spending at 2:00 PM, and Vehicle Sales at 6:00 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 high volatility news releases this week, so the US markets should experience some decent price movement throughout the week.

Europe

• Monday : Switzerland Central Bank News Conference, and Germany Consumer Confidence at 6:00 AM, EU Central Bank News Conference at 7:00 AM, and Germany CPI at ??:?? ?? (Unknown time)
• Tuesday : Switzerland Consumption Indicator at 8:00 AM, UK Money Supply, Mortgage Approvals, and Lending to Individuals at 8:30 AM, UK Central Bank News Conference at 8:45 AM, UK Distributive Trades at 10:00 AM, UK MPC News Conference at 5:00 PM, and UK Consumer Confidence at 11:01 PM
• Wednesday : UK House Prices at ??:?? ?? (Unknown time), Germany Unemployment Rate at 7:55 AM, EU CPI Estimate, Consumer Confidence, Italy CPI, and EU Unemployment Rate at 9:00 AM, Switzerland Leading Index at 9:30 AM, and EU Central Bank News Conference at 11:55 AM
• Thursday : UK PMI Manufacturing at 8:30 AM
• Friday : Germany Retail Sales at 6:00 AM, Switzerland PMI at 7:30 AM, EU PMI Manufacturing at 8:00 AM, and UK PMI Construction at 8:30 AM

• This week's European news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are a few high volatility news releases this week, so the EU markets should experience some decent price movement this week.

Asia

• Monday : New Zealand Trade Balance at 10:45 PM
• Tuesday : Australia Business Confidence at 1:30 AM, New Zealand Building Consents at 10:45 PM, Japan PMI Manufacturing at 11:15 PM, Japan Household Spending, and Unemployment Rate at 11:30 PM, and Japan Industrial Production at 11:50 PM
• Wednesday : Japan Interest Rates at ??:?? ?? (Unknown time), New Zealand Business Confidence at 3:00 AM, Japan Housing Starts at 5:00 AM, Japan Central Bank News Conference at ??:?? ?? (Unknown time), and Australia PMI Manufacturing at 11:30 PM
• Thursday : Australia Building Approvals, and Japan Average Cash Earnings at 1:30 AM, and Japan Monetary Base at 11:50 PM
• Friday : Australia Retail Sales at 1:30 AM

• This week's Asian news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are a few high volatility news releases this week, so the Asian markets should experience some decent price movement this week.