Weekly Forex Calendar of Events 8-10-09
Sun
Aug 9
7:50pm JPY Core Machinery Orders m/m 9.7% 2.8% -3.0%
7:50pm JPY Bank Lending y/y 2.1% 2.4%
7:50pm JPY Current Account 1.80T 1.42T 1.02T
7:50pm JPY M2 Money Stock y/y 2.7% 2.6% 2.5%
9:30pm AUD Home Loans m/m 1.1% 1.9% 2.2%
Mon
Aug 10
1:00am JPY Economy Watchers Sentiment 42.4 43.4 42.2
2:00am JPY Prelim Machine Tool Orders y/y -72.2% -72.8%
2:45am EUR French Industrial Production m/m 0.3% -0.1% 2.8%
4:30am EUR Sentix Investor Confidence -17.0 -26.0 -31.3
7:01pm GBP BRC Retail Sales Monitor y/y 1.4%
7:01pm GBP RICS House Price Balance -9.4% -18.1%
9:30pm AUD NAB Business Confidence 4
10:00pm CNY Industrial Production y/y 11.5% 10.7%
10:00pm CNY CPI y/y -1.7% -1.7%
10:00pm CNY Fixed Asset Investment ytd/y 34.2% 33.6%
10:00pm CNY NBS Press Conference
10:00pm CNY PPI y/y -8.3% -7.8%
10:00pm CNY Retail Sales y/y 15.1% 15.0%
Tentative JPY Monetary Policy Statement
Tentative JPY Overnight Call Rate 0.10% 0.10%
Tue
Aug 11
Tentative CNY Trade Balance 10.1B 8.3B
1:00am JPY Household Confidence 39.2 37.6
2:00am EUR German Final CPI m/m -0.1% -0.1%
2:00am EUR German WPI m/m 0.1% 0.9%
Tentative JPY BOJ Press Conference
2:45am EUR French Gov Budget Balance -88.7B
4:30am GBP Trade Balance -6.3B -6.3B
4:30am GBP DCLG HPI y/y -11.8% -12.5%
8:15am CAD Housing Starts 143K 141K
8:30am USD Prelim Nonfarm Productivity q/q 5.2% 1.6%
8:30am USD Prelim Unit Labor Costs q/q -2.3% 3.0%
10:00am USD IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism 47.4 46.3
10:00am USD Wholesale Inventories m/m -1.0% -0.8%
7:50pm JPY CGPI y/y -8.9% -6.6%
9:00pm AUD Westpac Consumer Sentiment 9.3%
9:30pm AUD Wage Price Index q/q 0.8% 0.8%
Wed
Aug 12
12:30am JPY Revised Industrial Production m/m 2.4% 2.4%
1:00am JPY BOJ Monthly Report
2:45am EUR French CPI m/m -0.4% 0.1%
4:30am GBP Claimant Count Change 25.5K 23.8K
4:30am GBP Average Earnings Index 3m/y 2.3% 2.3%
4:30am GBP Unemployment Rate 7.7% 7.6%
5:00am EUR Industrial Production m/m 0.4% 0.5%
5:30am GBP BOE Gov King Speaks
5:30am GBP BOE Inflation Report
8:30am CAD Trade Balance -0.6B -1.4B
8:30am CAD NHPI m/m 0.0% -0.1%
8:30am USD Trade Balance -28.4B -26.0B
10:30am USD Crude Oil Inventories 1.7M
Tentative USD Fed Credit and Liquidity Report
2:00pm USD Federal Budget Balance -148.8B -94.3B
2:15pm USD FOMC Statement
2:15pm USD Federal Funds Rate <0.25% <0.25%
6:30pm NZD Business NZ Manufacturing Index 46.2
6:45pm NZD FPI m/m 2.8%
9:00pm AUD MI Inflation Expectations 3.2%
Thu
Aug 13
2:00am EUR German Prelim GDP q/q -0.3% -3.8%
2:45am EUR French Prelim GDP q/q -0.5% -1.2%
3:15am CHF PPI m/m 0.1% 0.0%
4:00am EUR ECB Monthly Bulletin
5:00am EUR Flash GDP q/q -0.5% -2.5%
8:30am USD Core Retail Sales m/m 0.2% 0.3%
8:30am USD Retail Sales m/m 0.5% 0.6%
8:30am USD Unemployment Claims 540K 550K
8:30am USD Import Prices m/m -0.2% 3.2%
10:00am USD Business Inventories m/m -0.9% -1.0%
10:30am USD Natural Gas Storage 66B
6:45pm NZD Retail Sales m/m -0.3% 0.8%
6:45pm NZD Core Retail Sales m/m -0.5% 1.6%
7:30pm AUD RBA Gov Stevens Speaks
7:50pm JPY Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes
7:50pm JPY Tertiary Industry Activity m/m -0.3% -0.1%
14th-17th CNY Foreign Direct Investment ytd/y -17.9%
Fri
Aug 14
2:45am EUR French Prelim Non-Farm Payrolls q/q -0.9% -1.2%
5:00am EUR CPI y/y -0.6% -0.6%
5:00am EUR Core CPI y/y 1.4% 1.4%
8:30am CAD Manufacturing Sales m/m -0.2% -6.0%
8:30am CAD New Motor Vehicle Sales m/m -0.9% 1.0%
8:30am USD Core CPI m/m 0.1% 0.2%
8:30am USD CPI m/m 0.0% 0.7%
9:15am USD Capacity Utilization Rate 68.1% 68.0%
9:15am USD Industrial Production m/m 0.1% -0.4%
9:55am USD Prelim UoM Consumer Sentiment 68.6 66.0
9:55am USD Prelim UoM Inflation Expectations