2006 ECONOMIC CALENDAR FOR THE PERIOD : February 19 – February 24

Economic Indicator

Date

Time GMT

USD

Holiday - US Markets closed on Monday

Leading Indicators - Jan

FOMC Minutes - Jan 31

ABC Consumer Confidence - Feb 19

MBA Mortgage Purchase Index - Feb 18

ICSC Store Sales Index - Feb 18

CPI (MoM) - Jan

CPI (YoY) - Jan

Core CPI excl. food & energy (MoM) - Jan

Core CPI excl. food & energy (YoY) - Jan

Redbook - Feb 18

Crude Inventories - Feb 17 #6

Initial Claims - Feb 18

State Benefits - Feb 11

Help Wanted Index - Jan

Chicago Fed - National Activity Index - Jan

Durable Orders - Jan

Durable Orders excl. Trans - Jan

Durable Shipments - Jan

Feb 20

Feb 21

Feb 21

Feb 21

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 23

Feb 23

Feb 23

Feb 23

Feb 23

Feb 24

Feb 24

Feb 24

15:00

19:00

22:00

12:00

12:45

13:30

13:30

13:30

13:30

13:55

15:30

13:30

13:30

15:00

15:00

13:30

13:30

13:30

10:00

14:00

17:00

07:00

07:45

08:30

08:30

08:30

08:30

08:55

10:30

08:30

08:30

10:00

10:00

08:30

08:30

08:30

0.1%

-

-11

391.7

0.4%

-0.1%

3.4%

0.2%

2.2%

0.3%

+4.85M

298Kr6

2454Kr7

38r8

+0.37r9

2.5%r11

1.7%

4.1%r12

0.5%

-

n/f

n/f

n/f

0.5%

3.9%

0.2%

2.3%

0.2%

n/f

285K

n/f

40

n/f

-0.3%

2.0%

-1.5%

1.1%

-

-13

408.7

0.2%

0.7%

4.0%

0.2%

2.1%

0.0%

+1.1M

278K

2495K

37

+0.27

-10.2%

0.6%

-1.3%

Euro

Germany: Producer Price Index (MoM) -Jan

Germany: Producer Price Index (YoY) - Jan

Italy: GDP s.a. Prel. (QoQ) - Q4

Italy: GDP w.d.a. Prel. (QoQ) - Q4

Italy: GDP s.a. Prel. (YoY) - Q4

Italy: GDP w.d.a. Prel (YoY) - Q4

Italy: Industrial Orders s.a. (MoM) - Dec

Italy: Industrial Orders (YoY) - Dec

Italy: Industrial Sales s.a. (MoM) - Dec

Italy: Industrial Sales n.s.a. (YoY) - Dec

France: CPI EU harmonised (MoM) - Jan

France: CPI EU Harmonised (YoY) - Jan

France: CPI (MoM) - Jan

France: CPI (YoY) - Jan

France: GDP Prel. (QoQ) - Q4

France: GDP Prel. (YoY) - Q4

Eurozone: Trade Balance s.a. - Dec

Eurozone: Trade Balance n.s.a. - Dec

Germany: Import Price Index (MoM) - Jan

Germany: Import Price Index (YoY) - Jan

Germany: GDP s.a. Release 2 (QoQ) - Q4

Germany: GDP w.d.a. Release 2 (QoQ) - Q4

Germany: GDP n.s.a. Release 2 (QoQ) - Q4

France: Business Confidence - Feb

France: Production Outlook - Feb

France: Consumer Spend Mfg. (MoM) - Jan

France: Consumer Spend Mfg. (YoY) - Jan

Italy: Consumer Confidence s.a. - Feb

Germany: IFO Business Climate - Feb #3

Germany: IFO Expectations - Feb

Germany: IFO Current Assessment - Feb

Italy: CPI EU Harmonised F (MoM) - Jan

Italy: CPI EU Harmonised F (YoY) - Jan

Italy: CPI NIC incl. tobacco F (MoM) - Jan

Italy: CPI NIC incl. tobacco F (YoY) - Jan

Eurozone: Industrial Orders s.a. (MoM) - Dec

Eurozone: Industrial Orders (YoY) - Dec

Spain: GDP s.a. Final (QoQ) - Q4 #5

Spain: GDP s.a. Final (YoY) - Q4

Italy: Retails Sales s.a. (MoM) - Dec

Italy: Retail Sales (YoY) - Dec

Italy: Trade Balance Non EU - Jan

Germany: CPI EU Harmonised P (MoM) - Feb

Germany: CPI EU Harmonised P (YoY) - Feb

Germany: CPI Prel. (MoM) - Feb #9

Germany: CPI Prel. (YoY) - Feb

Italy: Business Confidence - Feb

Eurozone: Current Account s.a. - Dec #4

Eurozone: Current Account n.s.a. - Dec

Feb 20

Feb 20

Feb 20

Feb 20

Feb 20

Feb 20

Feb 20

Feb 20

Feb 20

Feb 20

Feb 21

Feb 21

Feb 21

Feb 21

Feb 21

Feb 21

Feb 21

Feb 21

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 23

Feb 23

Feb 23

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 23

Feb 23

Feb 23

Feb 24

Feb 24

Feb 24

Feb 24

Feb 24

Feb 22

Feb 22

07:00

07:00

09:00

09:00

09:00

09:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

07:45

07:45

07:45

07:45

07:45

07:45

10:00

10:00

07:00

07:00

07:00

07:00

07:00

07:45

07:45

07:45

07:45

08:30

09:00

09:00

09:00

09:00

09:00

09:00

09:00

10:00

10:00

08:15

08:15

09:00

09:00

09:00

14:00

14:00

14:00

14:00

08:30

09:00

09:00

02:00

02:00

04:00

04:00

04:00

04:00

05:00

05:00

05:00

05:00

02:45

02:45

02:45

02:45

02:45

02:45

05:00

05:00

02:00

02:00

02:00

02:00

02:00

02:45

02:45

02:45

02:45

03:30

04:00

04:00

04:00

04:00

04:00

04:00

04:00

05:00

05:00

03:15

03:15

04:00

04:00

04:00

09:00

09:00

09:00

09:00

03:30

04:00

04:00

0.3%

5.2%

0.3%

n/a

n/a

n/a

1.8%

0.4%

1.6%

4.4%

0.2%

1.8%

0.1%

1.5%

0.7%

1.8%

€0.8Br2

- €0.9Br2

0.3%

6.8%

0.0%

1.0%

1.6%

103

+8

-1.0%

1.4%

106.4

101.8r5

103.8r5

99.7

0.0%

2.0%

0.0%

2.0%

5.3%r4

9.9%r4

0.9%

3.5%

0.0%

1.7%

€0.13B

-0.4%

2.4%

-0.5%

2.1%

92.7

- €9.5Br3

- €7.2Br3

0.4%

4.8%

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

0.2%

1.2%

n/f

- €2.1B

n/f

n/f

0.0%

1.0%

1.6%

104

+3

0.8%

1.5%

108.0

101.0

102.4

101.4

-0.8%

2.3%

0.2%

2.2%

n/f

n/f

0.8%

3.5%

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

0.5%

2.1%

93.5

- €0.8B

n/f

1.2%

5.6%

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

2.3%

-1.1%

3.0%

5.5%

-0.1%

2.3%

-0.1%

2.0%

0.2%

1.4%

- €2.4B

- €0.9B

n/a

n/a

0.0%

1.0%

1.6%

105

+9

0.9%

2.5%

110.0

103.3

104.8

101.9

-0.9%

2.2%

0.2%

2.2%

2.5%

7.1%

0.9%

3.5%

0.2%

2.4%

- €3.6B

0.4%

2.1%

0.4%

2.1%

92.3

- €5.3B

- €0.3B

GBP

Rightmove House Prices n.s.a. (MoM) - Feb

Rightmove House Prices n.s.a. (YoY) - Feb

Public Sector Net Cash Req. - Jan

Public Sector Net Borrowing - Jan

M4 Money Supply s.a. (MoM) P - Jan

M4 Money Supply (YoY) P - Jan

M4 Lending Change s.a. P - Jan

BBA Net Consumer Credit s.a. - Jan

BBA Net Mortgage Lending s.a. - Jan

CML Gross Mortgage Lending - Jan

CBI Industrial Trends Total Orders - Feb

CBI Industrial Trends Export Orders - Feb

Car Production s.a. (3M/3M) - Jan

Car Production s.a. (3M/Y) - Jan

Business Investment Release 1 (QoQ) - Q4

Business Investment Release 2 (YoY) - Q4

GDP Release 2 (QoQ) - Q4 Release - pdf

GDP Release 2 (YoY) - Q4 Release - pdf

Private Consumption Release 1 (QoQ) - Q4

Gross Fixed Capital Formation 1 (QoQ) - Q4

Govt. Spending Release 1 (QoQ) - Q4

Exports Release 1 (QoQ) - Q4

Imports Release 1 (QoQ) - Q4

Feb 20

Feb 20

Feb 20

Feb 20

Feb 20

Feb 20

Feb 20

Feb 20

Feb 20

Feb 20

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 23

Feb 23

Feb 23

Feb 23

Feb 24

Feb 24

Feb 24

Feb 24

Feb 24

Feb 24

Feb 24

00:01

00:01

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

11:00

11:00

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

19:31

19:31

04:30

04:30

04:30

04:30

04:30

04:30

04:30

04:30

06:00

06:00

04:30

04:30

04:30

04:30

04:30

04:30

04:30

04:30

04:30

04:30

04:30

0.1%

3.6%

£14.9B

£6.5B

1.3%

12.6%

£23.9B

£0.3B

£10.2Br1

£26.3B

-28

-10

-8.2%

-6.8%

n/a

1.2%

0.4%

1.7%

0.5%

2.2%

0.0%

-0.4%

1.9%

n/f

n/f

- £17.0B

£9.1B

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

-25

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

0.6%

1.7%

n/f

n/f

0.4%

n/f

n/f

2.7%

4.0%

-£21.2B

£12.6B

0.5%

11.7%

£8.9B

£0.6B

£14.8B

£23.0B

-18

-17

-7.6%

-8.9%

-1.0%

+0.3%

0.6%

1.8%

0.7%

-0.8%

0.8%

1.1%

0.7%

Yen

Trade Balance NSA - Jan

Trade Data Exports (YoY) - Jan

Trade Data Imports (YoY) - Jan

Tertiary Industry Index s.a. (MoM) - Dec

All-Industry Index s.a. (MoM) - Dec

Corporate Service Prices (MoM) - Jan

Corporate Service Prices (YoY) - Jan

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

23:50

23:50

23:50

23:50

23:50

23:50

23:50

18:50

18:50

18:50

18:50

18:50

18:50

18:50

Y912B

17.5%

27.4%

0.1%

0.3%

-0.2%

-0.4%

-Y90B

13.4%

20.5%

0.3%

0.8%

n/f

n/f

-Y349B

13.5%

27.0%

0.2%

0.4%

0.8%

0.1%

CHF

Real Retail Sales (YoY) - Jan

Trade Balance - Jan #1

Employment Index - Q4 Get Data in French

Employment Index (YoY) - Q4

Employment Index f.t.e - Q4

Employment Index f.t.e (YoY) - Q4

KOF Leading Indicator - Feb

KOF Business Climate Industry Index - Feb

Feb 21

Feb 21

Feb 23

Feb 23

Feb 23

Feb 23

Feb 24

Feb 24

08:15

07:15

08:15

08:15

08:15

08:15

10:30

10:30

03:15

02:15

03:15

03:15

03:15

03:15

05:30

05:30

2.2%

CHF 514M

3646.7

0.1%

3071.0

0.1%

1.26r10

9.8

n/f

n/f

3647.3

0.5%

3057.7

0.4%

1.26

10.4

3.1%

CHF1.2B

3640

0.3%

3056

0.3%

1.30

n/a

AUD

Vehicle Sales (MoM) - Jan

Leading Index - Dec

Labour Price Index (QoQ) - Q4

Skilled Vacancies (MoM) - Feb

Private New Capital Expenditure (QoQ) - Q4

Construction Work Done (QoQ) - Q4 #7

AWOTE (earnings) (QoQ) - Q4

Average Weekly Wages (YoY) - Q4

ABS House Prices (QoQ) - Q4

ABS House Prices (YoY) - Q4

Feb 21

Feb 21

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 23

Feb 22

Feb 23

Feb 23

Feb 24

Feb 24

00:30

23:00

00:30

00:01

00:30

00:30

00:30

00:30

00:30

00:30

19:30

18:00

19:30

19:01

19:30

19:30

19:30

19:30

19:30

19:30

0.8%

0.3%

1.0%

-17.4%

2.9%

0.9%

2.7%

6.3%

-1.0%

1.0%

n/f

n/f

+1.1%

n/f

3.5%

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

+2.6%

n/a

0.9%

-0.7%

9.2%

1.4%

0.4%

5.0%

2.1%

2.3%

CAD

Leading Indicator - Jan

Retail Sales (MoM) - Dec

Retail Sales excl. Autos (MoM) - Dec

CPI All Items n.s.a. (MoM) - Jan

CPI All Items n.s.a. (YoY) - Jan

CPI Core n.s.a. (MoM) - Jan

CPI Core n.s.a. (YoY) - Jan

Corporate Profits (QoQ) - Q4

International Travel Account - Q4 CAD #8

Feb 20

Feb 21

Feb 21

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 24

Feb 23

13:30

13:30

13:30

13:30

13:30

13:30

13:30

13:30

13:30

08:30

08:30

08:30

08:30

08:30

08:30

08:30

08:30

08:30

0.5%

1.1%

0.1%

-0.1%

2.2%

-0.1%

1.6%

2.9%

- 1.63B

0.5%

0.1%

0.3%

0.1%

2.4%

0.2%

1.7%

3.0%

- 1.50B

0.5%

0.3%

0.4%

0.5%

2.8%

0.0%

1.7%

2.6%

+ 1.17B

NZD

TV1/CB Consumer Confidence - Jan

Credit Card Billings (MoM) - Jan #2

Credit Card Billings (YoY) - Jan

Survey of Expectations - Q1

Feb 19

Feb 22

Feb 22

Feb 21

12:00

02:00

02:00

23:00

07:00

21:00

21:00

18:00

21.0%

0.3%

7.7%

-

n/f

n/f

n/f

-

20.0%

1.4%

8.6%

n/a