Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Economic Calendar With Volatility

There are several news releases from Europe and Asia this week, but only a few news releases from the US. The US only has three high volatility news releases, while Europe has four high volatility news releases, and Asia has seven high volatility news releases. Regardless of the distribution of the new releases, markets from all three regions will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement throughout this week due to the recent market activity. The US, European, and Asian news releases for this week are as follows (all times are Greenwich Mean Time, which is now 2 hours behind Central European Time, and only 4 hours ahead of US Eastern Time) : US Monday : FOMC News Conference at 5:00 PM Tuesday : Economic Optimism at 2:00 PM, and Consumer Credit at 7:00 PM Wednesday : Wholesale Inventories at 2:00 PM, Oil Inventories at 2:30 PM, and FOMC Meeting at 6:00 PM Thursday : Trade Balance, Unemployment Claims, and Import Prices at 12:30 PM, and Natural Gas Storage at 2:30 PM Friday : Budget Balance at 6:00 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 three high volatility news releases. However, with the recent market activity, the US markets will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement throughout this week. Europe Monday : EU Investor Confidence at 8:30 AM, and EU Retail Sales, and PPI at 9:00 AM Tuesday : UK Manufacturing Production, and Industrial Production at 8:30 AM, and UK Consumer Confidence, and GDP at 11:01 PM Wednesday : Germany Trade Balance at 6:00 AM, France Trade Balance at 6:45 AM, UK Shop Price Index at 9:30 AM, and Germany Factory Orders at 10:00 AM Thursday : Switzerland Unemployment Rate at 5:45 AM, Germany CPI at 6:00 AM, EU Central Bank Bulletin, and Italy Industrial Production at 8:00 AM, UK PPI, and Trade Balance at 8:30 AM, UK Leading Index at 9:00 AM, Germany Industrial Production at 10:00 AM, UK MPC Rate at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), and UK Official Bank Rate at 11:00 AM Friday : France Industrial Production, CPI, and Budget Balance at 6:45 AM This week's European news releases that should cause high volatility are shown in bold type. There are several European news releases this week, but only four high volatility news releases. With the recent market activity, the European markets will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement throughout this week. Asia Monday : Australia Inflation Gauge at 12:30 AM, Japan Leading Indicators at 5:00 AM, New Zealand Business Confidence at 10:00 PM, and Australia Construction Index at 11:30 PM Tuesday : Japan Monetary Policy, and Overnight Call Rate at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), Australia Cash Rate, and Central Bank Rate at 4:30 AM, Japan Central Bank News Conference at ??:?? ?? (Unknown Time), and Japan Current Account at 11:50 PM Wednesday : Australia Consumer Sentiment at 12:30 AM, Australia Home Loans at 1:30 AM, Japan Central Bank Report, and Economy Watchers' Sentiment at 5:00 AM, and Japan Machinery Orders at 11:50 PM Thursday : Australia Inflation Expectations at 1:00 AM, Australia Employment Change, and Unemployment Rate at 1:30 AM, Japan Machine Tool Orders at 6:00 AM, and Japan Monetary Policy, Bank Lending, and Money Stock at 11:50 PM 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, with seven high volatility news releases. With the recent market activity, the Asian markets will probably continue experiencing high volatility and significant price movement throughout this week.