Top Forex Brokers:Weekly Economic Calendar For May 4, 2014-May 10, 2014
(Timezone: GMT 8.0, DST off)
| Date | Country | Event | Impact | Previous | Consensus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday May 04, 08:00 | Japan | Greenery Day | |||
| Sunday May 05, 07:30 | Australia | AiG Performance of Services Index | Medium | 48.9 | |
| Monday May 05, 08:00 | Japan | Children’s Day | |||
| Monday May 05, 08:00 | Korea, Republic of | Children’s Day | |||
| Monday May 05, 08:00 | United Kingdom | Early May | |||
| Monday May 05, 08:00 | European Monetary Union | Eurogroup meeting | Medium | ||
| Monday May 05, 08:00 | Ireland | May Bank Holiday | |||
| Monday May 05, 08:00 | Russia | HSBC Manufacturing PMI | Low | 48.3 | |
| Monday May 05, 08:30 | Australia | TD Securities Inflation (MoM) | Low | 0.2% | |
| Monday May 05, 08:30 | Australia | TD Securities Inflation (YoY) | Low | 2.7% | |
| Monday May 05, 09:30 | Australia | Building Permits (YoY) | Medium | 23.2% | |
| Monday May 05, 09:30 | Australia | ANZ Job Advertisements | Low | 1.4% | |
| Monday May 05, 09:30 | Australia | Building Permits (MoM) | Low | -5.0% | 1.0% |
| Monday May 05, 09:45 | China | HSBC Manufacturing PMI | High | 48.0 | 48.4 |
| Monday May 05, 10:00 | Indonesia | Gross Domestic Product (YoY) | Low | 5.72 | |
| Monday May 05, 12:00 | Indonesia | Gross Domestic Product (QoQ) | Low | -1.42% | |
| Monday May 05, 15:00 | Turkey | Consumer Price Index (MoM) | Low | 1.13% | |
| Monday May 05, 15:00 | Turkey | Consumer Price Index (YoY) | Low | 8.39% | |
| Monday May 05, 15:00 | Turkey | Producer Price Index (MoM) | Low | 0.74% | |
| Monday May 05, 15:00 | Turkey | Producer Price Index (YoY) | Low | 12.31% | |
| Monday May 05, 15:00 | Hungary | Purchasing Manager Index | Low | 53.7 | |
| Monday May 05, 15:30 | Sweden | Industrial Production (MoM) | Low | 2.2% | |
| Monday May 05, 15:30 | Sweden | Industrial Production (YoY) | Low | 1.7% | |
| Monday May 05, 15:30 | Sweden | New Orders Manufacturing (YoY) | Low | -1.2% | |
| Monday May 05, 16:00 | Norway | Credit Indicator | Low | 5.8% | |
| Monday May 05, 16:30 | European Monetary Union | Sentix Investor Confidence | Medium | 14.1 | 14.2 |
| Monday May 05, 17:00 | European Monetary Union | Producer Price Index (MoM) | Medium | -0.2% | -0.2% |
| Monday May 05, 17:00 | European Monetary Union | Producer Price Index (YoY) | Medium | -1.7% | -1.7% |
| Monday May 05, 17:30 | South Africa | Unemployment Total | Low | 4.83 | |
| Monday May 05, 17:30 | South Africa | Unemployment Rate (%) | Low | 24.1 | |
| Monday May 05, 18:00 | European Monetary Union | European Commission Releases Economic Growth Forecasts | Medium | ||
| Monday May 05, 20:30 | Chile | IMACEC | Low | 2.9% | |
| Monday May 05, 21:30 | Singapore | Purchasing Managers Index | Low | 50.8 | |
| Monday May 05, 21:45 | United States | Markit Services PMI | Medium | 55.3 | 54.2 |
| Monday May 05, 22:00 | United States | ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI | High | 53.1 | 54.1 |
| Monday May 05, 22:00 | Denmark | Currency Reserves | Low | 459.0 | |
| Monday May 05, 23:30 | United States | 3-Month Bill Auction | Low | 0.02% | |
| Monday May 05, 23:30 | United States | 6-Month Bill Auction | Low | 0.045% | |
| Tuesday May 06, 08:00 | Korea, Republic of | Buddhas Birthday | |||
| Tuesday May 06, 08:00 | Japan | Greenery Day (Observed) | |||
| Tuesday May 06, 08:00 | Hong Kong SAR | The Birthday of the Buddha | |||
| Tuesday May 06, 08:00 | Colombia | Consumer Price Index (YoY) | Low | 2.51% | |
| Tuesday May 06, 09:00 | Colombia | Consumer Price Index (MoM) | Low | 0.39 | |
| Tuesday May 06, 09:30 | Australia | Exports | Low | 0.0% | |
| Tuesday May 06, 09:30 | Australia | Imports | Low | 1.0% | |
| Tuesday May 06, 09:30 | Australia | Trade Balance | High | 1200.0 | 1200.0 |
| Tuesday May 06, 12:30 | Australia | RBA Interest Rate Decision | High | 2.5% | 2.5% |
| Tuesday May 06, 12:30 | Australia | RBA Rate Statement | Medium | ||
| Tuesday May 06, 13:00 | Ireland | Purchasing Manager Index Services | Low | 57.5 | |
| Tuesday May 06, 15:00 | Spain | Unemployment Change | High | -16.6 | |
| Tuesday May 06, 15:00 | United Kingdom | Halifax House Prices (3m/YoY) | Low | 2.3% | |
| Tuesday May 06, 15:00 | United Kingdom | Halifax House Prices (MoM) | Low | -1.1% | 0.8% |
| Tuesday May 06, 15:00 | Hungary | Retail Sales (YoY) | Low | 6.7% | |
| Tuesday May 06, 15:00 | Czech Republic | Foreign Trade Balance (MoM) | Low | 34.0 | |
| Tuesday May 06, 15:13 | Spain | Markit Services PMI | Low | 54.0 | 54.5 |
| Tuesday May 06, 15:15 | South Africa | Purchasing Manager Index | Low | 50.3 | |
| Tuesday May 06, 15:45 | Italy | Markit Services PMI | Medium | 49.5 | 50.2 |
| Tuesday May 06, 15:50 | France | Markit Services PMI | Medium | 51.5 | 50.3 |
| Tuesday May 06, 15:55 | Germany | Markit Services PMI | Medium | 53.0 | 55.0 |
| Tuesday May 06, 16:00 | European Monetary Union | Markit PMI Composite | Medium | 53.1 | 54.0 |
| Tuesday May 06, 16:00 | European Monetary Union | Markit Services PMI | Medium | 52.2 | 53.1 |
| Tuesday May 06, 16:00 | Norway | Registered Unemployment n.s.a | Low | 2.9% | |
| Tuesday May 06, 16:00 | Norway | Registered Unemployment s.a | Low | 89.59 | |
| Tuesday May 06, 16:30 | United Kingdom | Markit Services PMI | Medium | 57.6 | 57.8 |
| Tuesday May 06, 17:00 | European Monetary Union | Retail Sales (MoM) | Medium | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| Tuesday May 06, 17:00 | European Monetary Union | Retail Sales (YoY) | Medium | 0.8% | 0.9% |
| Tuesday May 06, 17:30 | Australia | Budget Release | High | ||
| Tuesday May 06, 20:30 | Canada | Exports | Low | $42.35 | |
| Tuesday May 06, 20:30 | Canada | Imports | Low | $42.06 | |
| Tuesday May 06, 20:30 | Canada | International Merchandise Trade | Low | $0.29 | $0.6 |
| Tuesday May 06, 20:30 | United States | Trade Balance | High | $-42.3 | $-40.5 |
| Tuesday May 06, 20:55 | United States | Redbook index (MoM) | Low | -0.3% | |
| Tuesday May 06, 20:55 | United States | Redbook index (YoY) | Low | 3.8% | |
| Tuesday May 06, 21:00 | Mexico | Consumer Confidence | Low | 88.8 | |
| Tuesday May 06, 21:00 | Mexico | Consumer Confidence s.a | Low | 90.4 | |
| Tuesday May 06, 22:00 | United States | IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism (MoM) | Low | 48.0 | 47.6 |
| Tuesday May 06, 22:00 | Canada | Ivey Purchasing Managers Index | High | 61.8 | |
| Tuesday May 06, 22:00 | Canada | Ivey Purchasing Managers Index s.a | High | 55.2 | 57.3 |
| Tuesday May 06, 23:30 | United States | 4-Week Bill Auction | Low | 0.01% | |
| Tuesday May 07, 01:00 | United States | 3-Year Note Auction | Low | 0.895% | |
| Tuesday May 07, 05:30 | United States | FOMC Member Stein Speech | High | ||
| Tuesday May 07, 06:45 | New Zealand | Employment Change | High | 1.1% | 0.7% |
| Tuesday May 07, 06:45 | New Zealand | Labour cost index (QoQ) | Low | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Tuesday May 07, 06:45 | New Zealand | Labour cost index (YoY) | Low | 1.7% | 1.8% |
| Tuesday May 07, 06:45 | New Zealand | Unemployment Rate | High | 6.0% | 5.8% |
| Tuesday May 07, 07:01 | United Kingdom | BRC Shop Price Index (MoM) | Low | -1.7% | |
| Tuesday May 07, 07:15 | Japan | Markit Services PMI | Low | 52.2 | |
| Tuesday May 07, 07:30 | Australia | AiG Performance of Construction Index | Medium | 46.2 | |
| Tuesday May 07, 07:50 | Japan | BoJ Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes | High | ||
| Wednesday May 07, 08:00 | Russia | Purchasing Manager Index Services | Low | 47.7 | |
| Wednesday May 07, 09:30 | Australia | Retail Sales s.a. (MoM) | Medium | 0.2% | 0.4% |
| Wednesday May 07, 09:45 | China | HSBC China Services PMI | Medium | 51.9 | |
| Wednesday May 07, 13:45 | Switzerland | Unemployment Rate s.a (MoM) | Medium | 3.2% | 3.2% |
| Wednesday May 07, 14:00 | Germany | Factory Orders n.s.a. (YoY) | Medium | 6.1% | |
| Wednesday May 07, 14:00 | Germany | Factory Orders s.a. (MoM) | Medium | 0.6% | 0.4% |
| Wednesday May 07, 14:45 | France | Industrial Output (MoM) | Low | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| Wednesday May 07, 14:45 | France | Trade Balance EUR | Low | €-3.4 | €-4.0 |
| Wednesday May 07, 14:45 | France | Exports, EUR | Low | €36.2 | |
| Wednesday May 07, 14:45 | France | Imports, EUR | Low | €39.6 | |
| Wednesday May 07, 15:00 | Switzerland | Foreign Currency Reserves | Medium | 437.9 | |
| Wednesday May 07, 15:00 | Austria | Wholesale Prices n.s.a (MoM) | Low | -0.6% | |
| Wednesday May 07, 15:00 | Austria | Wholesale Prices n.s.a (YoY) | Low | -1.9% | |
| Wednesday May 07, 15:00 | Czech Republic | Construction output (YoY) | Low | 6.1% | |
| Wednesday May 07, 15:00 | Czech Republic | Industrial Production (YoY) | Low | 6.7% | |
| Wednesday May 07, 15:00 | Czech Republic | Retail Sales (YoY) | Low | 8.1% | |
| Wednesday May 07, 15:00 | Denmark | Industrial Production (MoM) | Low | 1.4% | |
| Wednesday May 07, 16:00 | Czech Republic | FX Reserves | Low | €41.69 | |
| Wednesday May 07, 17:00 | Singapore | Foreign Reserves (MoM) | Low | 273.0 | |
| Wednesday May 07, 17:30 | Poland | NBP Base rate | Low | 2.5% | |
| Wednesday May 07, 19:00 | Czech Republic | CNB Interest Rate Decision | Low | 0.05% | |
| Wednesday May 07, 19:00 | United States | MBA Mortgage Applications | Low | -5.9% | |
| Wednesday May 07, 20:00 | Brazil | Industrial Output (MoM) | Low | 0.4% | |
| Wednesday May 07, 20:00 | Brazil | Industrial Output (YoY) | Low | 5.0% | |
| Wednesday May 07, 20:00 | Poland | Central Bank FX Reserves | Low | €74.8 | |
| Wednesday May 07, 20:30 | Canada | Building Permits (MoM) | High | -11.6% | 4.2% |
| Wednesday May 07, 20:30 | United States | Nonfarm Productivity | Low | 1.8% | 0.3% |
| Wednesday May 07, 20:30 | United States | Unit Labor Costs | Low | -0.1% | 2.3% |
| Wednesday May 07, 20:30 | Chile | Trade Balance | Low | $1702.0 | |
| Wednesday May 07, 22:00 | United States | Fed’s Yellen Speech | Medium | ||
| Wednesday May 07, 22:30 | United States | EIA Crude Oil Stocks change | Medium | 1.698 | |
| Wednesday May 08, 01:00 | United States | 10-Year Note Auction | Low | 2.72% | |
| Wednesday May 08, 03:00 | United States | Consumer Credit Change | Medium | $16.49 | $15.0 |
| Wednesday May 08, 07:01 | United Kingdom | RICS Housing Price Balance | Low | 57.0% | |
| Wednesday May 08, 07:50 | Japan | Machinery Orders (MoM) | Low | -8.8% | |
| Wednesday May 08, 07:50 | Japan | Machinery Orders (YoY) | Low | 10.8% | |
| Thursday May 08, 08:00 | Slovakia | Day of victory over fascism | |||
| Thursday May 08, 08:00 | Czech Republic | Liberation Day | |||
| Thursday May 08, 08:00 | France | Victory in Europe Day | |||
| Thursday May 08, 08:30 | Australia | Westpac Consumer Confidence | Medium | 0.3% | |
| Thursday May 08, 08:30 | Australia | Westpac Consumer Confidence Index | Medium | 99.7 | |
| Thursday May 08, 09:30 | Australia | Employment Change s.a. | High | 18100.0 | 9600.0 |
| Thursday May 08, 09:30 | Australia | Fulltime employment | Medium | -22100.0 | |
| Thursday May 08, 09:30 | Australia | Part-time employment | Low | 40200.0 | |
| Thursday May 08, 09:30 | Australia | Unemployment Rate s.a. | High | 5.8% | 5.9% |
| Thursday May 08, 10:00 | China | Exports (YoY) | Low | -6.6% | -0.9% |
| Thursday May 08, 10:00 | China | Imports (YoY) | Low | -11.3% | 0.3% |
| Thursday May 08, 10:00 | China | Trade Balance | Medium | $7.71 | $11.0 |
| Thursday May 08, 11:00 | Korea, Republic of | Money Supply Growth | Low | 7.3 | |
| Thursday May 08, 12:00 | Indonesia | Bank Indonesia Rate | Low | 7.5% | |
| Thursday May 08, 13:45 | Switzerland | SECO Consumer Climate (3m) | Low | 2.0 | 5.0 |
| Thursday May 08, 14:00 | Germany | Industrial Production n.s.a. w.d.a. (YoY) | Medium | 4.8% | |
| Thursday May 08, 14:00 | Germany | Industrial Production s.a. (MoM) | Medium | 0.4% | 0.6% |
| Thursday May 08, 14:00 | South Africa | Gross $Gold & Forex Reserve | Low | $49.454 | |
| Thursday May 08, 14:00 | South Africa | Net $Gold & Forex Reserve | Low | $45.042 | |
| Thursday May 08, 15:00 | Spain | Industrial Output Cal Adjusted (YoY) | Low | 2.8% | 3.0% |
| Thursday May 08, 15:00 | Hungary | Industrial Output (YoY) | Low | 8.1% | |
| Thursday May 08, 15:00 | Hungary | Trade Balance | Low | €765.9 | |
| Thursday May 08, 15:00 | Turkey | Industrial Production (YoY) | Low | 4.9% | |
| Thursday May 08, 15:15 | Switzerland | Consumer Price Index (MoM) | High | 0.4% | 0.1% |
| Thursday May 08, 15:15 | Switzerland | Consumer Price Index (YoY) | High | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Thursday May 08, 15:30 | Netherlands, The | Consumer Price Index n.s.a (YoY) | Low | 0.8% | |
| Thursday May 08, 16:00 | Norway | Norges Bank Interest Rate Decision | Low | 1.5% | |
| Thursday May 08, 16:00 | Norway | Manufacturing Output | Low | 0.2% | |
| Thursday May 08, 17:00 | Greece | Unemployment Rate (MoM) | Low | 26.7% | |
| Thursday May 08, 17:50 | Spain | 10-y Obligaciones Auction | Low | 3.059% | |
| Thursday May 08, 18:00 | Ireland | HICP (MoM) | Low | 0.6% | |
| Thursday May 08, 18:00 | Ireland | Consumer Price Index (MoM) | Low | 0.7% | |
| Thursday May 08, 19:00 | United Kingdom | BoE Asset Purchase Facility | High | £375.0 | £375.0 |
| Thursday May 08, 19:00 | United Kingdom | BoE Interest Rate Decision | High | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Thursday May 08, 19:00 | South Africa | Manufacturing Production Index (YoY) | Low | 1.4% | |
| Thursday May 08, 19:25 | United States | Fed’s Evans Speech | Low | ||
| Thursday May 08, 19:30 | United States | Fed’s Tarullo speech | Low | ||
| Thursday May 08, 19:45 | European Monetary Union | ECB Interest Rate Decision | High | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| Thursday May 08, 20:00 | Chile | Consumer Price Index (Inflation) (MoM) | Low | 0.8% | |
| Thursday May 08, 20:15 | Canada | Housing Starts s.a (YoY) | Medium | 156.8 | 177.0 |
| Thursday May 08, 20:30 | European Monetary Union | ECB Monetary policy statement and press conference | High | ||
| Thursday May 08, 20:30 | Canada | New Housing Price Index (MoM) | Medium | 0.2% | 0.4% |
| Thursday May 08, 20:30 | Canada | New Housing Price Index (YoY) | Medium | 1.5% | |
| Thursday May 08, 20:30 | United States | Continuing Jobless Claims | Medium | 2.771 | |
| Thursday May 08, 20:30 | United States | Initial Jobless Claims | High | 344.0 | 328.0 |
| Thursday May 08, 21:00 | Mexico | 12-Month Inflation | Low | 3.76% | |
| Thursday May 08, 21:00 | Mexico | 1st half-month Core Inflation | Low | 0.26% | |
| Thursday May 08, 21:00 | Mexico | Core Inflation | Low | 0.21% | |
| Thursday May 08, 22:30 | Turkey | Treasury Cash Balance | Low | -4.64 | |
| Thursday May 08, 22:30 | United States | EIA Natural Gas Storage change | Low | 82.0 | |
| Thursday May 09, 01:00 | United States | 30-Year Bond Auction | Low | 3.525% | |
| Thursday May 09, 02:00 | United States | Fed’s Bullard speech | Low | ||
| Thursday May 09, 05:00 | New Zealand | REINZ House Price Index (MoM) | Medium | 3.4% | |
| Thursday May 09, 05:45 | New Zealand | Electronic Card Retail Sales (MoM) | Medium | 0.0% | |
| Thursday May 09, 05:45 | New Zealand | Electronic Card Retail Sales (YoY) | Medium | 5.1% | |
| Thursday May 09, 07:50 | Japan | JP Foreign Reserves | Low | $1279.3 | |
| Friday May 09, 08:00 | Russia | Victory Day | |||
| Friday May 09, 08:00 | Korea, Republic of | BoK Interest Rate Decision | Low | 2.5% | |
| Friday May 09, 09:30 | China | Consumer Price Index (MoM) | Medium | -0.5% | -0.1% |
| Friday May 09, 09:30 | China | Consumer Price Index (YoY) | High | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Friday May 09, 09:30 | China | Producer Price Index (YoY) | Medium | -2.3% | -1.8% |
| Friday May 09, 09:30 | Australia | RBA Monetary Policy Statement | High | ||
| Friday May 09, 13:00 | Japan | Coincident Index | Medium | 113.0 | |
| Friday May 09, 13:00 | Japan | Leading Economic Index | Medium | 113.5 | 106.9 |
| Friday May 09, 14:00 | Germany | Current Account n.s.a. | Medium | €13.9 | |
| Friday May 09, 14:00 | Germany | Exports (MoM) | Medium | -1.3% | 1.0% |
| Friday May 09, 14:00 | Germany | Imports (MoM) | Medium | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Friday May 09, 14:00 | Germany | Trade Balance s.a. | Medium | €15.7 | €16.5 |
| Friday May 09, 14:00 | Finland | Industrial Output (MoM) | Low | -5.4% | |
| Friday May 09, 14:00 | Sweden | Unemployment Rate | Low | 8.6% | |
| Friday May 09, 14:45 | France | Budget | Low | €-25.7 | |
| Friday May 09, 15:00 | Slovakia | Foreign Trade Balance | Low | €537.1 | |
| Friday May 09, 15:00 | Austria | Trade Balance | Low | €-565.4 | |
| Friday May 09, 15:00 | Denmark | Current Account | Low | 9.5 | |
| Friday May 09, 15:00 | Denmark | Trade Balance | Low | 8.7 | |
| Friday May 09, 15:30 | Netherlands, The | Manufacturing Output (MoM) | Low | 1.6% | |
| Friday May 09, 16:00 | Italy | Industrial Output s.a. (MoM) | Low | -0.5% | 0.3% |
| Friday May 09, 16:00 | Italy | Industrial Output w.d.a (YoY) | Low | 0.4% | 1.2% |
| Friday May 09, 16:30 | United Kingdom | Goods Trade Balance | Medium | £-9.094 | £-9.0 |
| Friday May 09, 16:30 | United Kingdom | Total Trade Balance | Medium | £-2.058 | |
| Friday May 09, 16:30 | United Kingdom | Trade Balance; non-EU | Medium | £-2.919 | £-3.1 |
| Friday May 09, 16:30 | United Kingdom | Industrial Production (MoM) | Medium | 0.9% | -0.2% |
| Friday May 09, 16:30 | United Kingdom | Industrial Production (YoY) | Medium | 2.7% | 2.4% |
| Friday May 09, 16:30 | United Kingdom | Manufacturing Production (MoM) | Medium | 1.0% | 0.3% |
| Friday May 09, 16:30 | United Kingdom | Manufacturing Production (YoY) | Medium | 3.8% | 2.9% |
| Friday May 09, 17:00 | Greece | Consumer Price Index (YoY) | Low | -1.3% | -1.2% |
| Friday May 09, 17:00 | Greece | Industrial Production (YoY) | Low | 1.7% | |
| Friday May 09, 17:00 | Greece | Consumer Price Index – Harmonized (YoY) | Low | -1.5% | -1.4% |
| Friday May 09, 18:00 | Portugal | Global Trade Balance | Low | €-2.712 | |
| Friday May 09, 18:00 | Portugal | Unemployment Rate | Low | 15.3% | |
| Friday May 09, 20:00 | Brazil | IPCA Inflation | Low | 0.92% | |
| Friday May 09, 20:30 | Canada | Net Change in Employment | High | 42.9 | 11.0 |
| Friday May 09, 20:30 | Canada | Participation rate | Medium | 66.2% | 66.25% |
| Friday May 09, 20:30 | Canada | Unemployment Rate | High | 6.9% | 6.9% |
| Friday May 09, 21:00 | Mexico | Gross Domestic Product (YoY) | Low | 0.7% | |
| Friday May 09, 22:00 | United Kingdom | NIESR GDP Estimate (3M) | High | 0.9% | |
| Friday May 09, 22:00 | United States | Wholesale Inventories | Low | 0.5% | 0.4% |
| Saturday May 10, 09:00 | United States | Fed Minneapolis’s Narayana Kocherlakota speech | Low |
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