2006 ECONOMIC CALENDAR FOR THE PERIOD : February 26 – March 3

 

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Currency

Economic Indicator

Release

Date

Release

Time GMT

Release Time EST
Previous Consensus
Actual

USD

New House Sales - Jan

ICSC Stores Sales Index - Feb 25

Chain Deflator Prel. - Q4

GDP Prel. - Q4

Redbook - Feb 25

Chicago PMI - Feb

Consumer Confidence - Feb

Existing Home Sales - Jan

Agricultural Prices - Feb

ABC Consumer Comfort Index - Feb 26

Auto Sales All - Feb

MBA Mortgage Purchase Index - Feb 25

Personal Income - Jan

Personal Spending - Jan

PCE Chain Price (MoM) - Jan

PCE Market Based (MoM) - Jan

PCE excl. Food & Energy (MoM) - Jan

Construction Spending - Jan

ISM Index (Mfg) - Feb

ISM Prices (Mfg) - Feb

Crude Inventories - Feb 24

Initial Claims - Feb 25

State Benefits - Feb 18

Michigan Sentiment - Rev. - Feb #8

ISM Services - Feb

ISM Services Prices - Feb

 

Feb 27

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 2

Mar 2

Mar 3

Mar 3

Mar 3

 

 

15:00

12:45

13:30

13:30

13:55

15:00

15:00

15:00

20:00

22:00

00:00

12:00

13:30

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13:30

13:30

13:30

15:00

15:00

15:00

15:30

13:30

13:30

14:50

15:00

15:00

10:00

07:45

08:30

08:30

08:55

10:00

10:00

10:00

15:00

17:00

00:00

07:00

08:30

08:30

08:30

08:30

08:30

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:30

08:30

08:30

09:50

10:00

10:00

1298Kr2

0.2%

3.0%

1.1%

0.0%

58.5

106.8r6

6.60M

-2.6%

-13

17.6M

408.7

0.5%r12

0.7%r11

0.0%

0.0%r13

0.1%

1.0%

54.8

65.0

+1.1M

279Kr14

2488Kr15

91.2

56.8

67.2

1260K

n/f

3.0%

1.5%

n/f

58.2

105.0

6.58M

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

0.6%

0.9%

0.6%

0.6%

0.2%

2.0%

56.0

65.0

n/f

280K

n/f

87.5

58.0

67.2

1233K

1.5%

3.3%

1.6%

0.0%

54.9

101.7

6.56M

0.0%

-12

16.65M

400.8

0.7%

0.9%

0.5%

0.5%

0.2%

0.2%

56.7

62.5

+1.6M

294K

2486K

86.7

60.1

64.8

Euro

Spain: Producer Price Index (MoM) - Jan

Spain: Producer Price Index (YoY) - Jan

Italy: Large Co. Employment nsa (YoY) - Dec

France: Consumer Confidence - Feb

France: Unemployment Rate - Jan #2

France: Unemployment Change - Jan

France: Housing Permits (3M/Y) - Jan

France: Housing Starts (3M/Y) - Jan

France: Producer Price Index (MoM) - Jan

France: Producer Price Index (YoY) - Jan

Spain: CPI EU Harmonised Prel. (YoY) - Feb

Italy: Services Survey - Feb

Italy: Retailers Confidence - Jan

Germany: Unemployment Rate s.a. - Feb

Germany: Unemployment Change s.a. - Feb

Eurozone: M3 s.a. (3M/Y) - Jan #1

Eurozone: M3 s.a. (YoY) - Jan

Italy: Producer Price Index (MoM) - Jan

Italy: PPI (YoY) - Jan

Italy: Hourly Wages (MoM) - Jan

Italy: Hourly Wages (YoY) - Jan

Eurozone: Consumer Price Index P (YoY) - Jan

Eurozone: CPI P (MoM) - Jan

Eurozone: CPI Flash Estimate (YoY) - Feb #4

Eurozone: CPI Core (MoM) - Jan

Eurozone: CPI Core (YoY) - Jan

Eurozone: Economic Confidence - Feb

Eurozone: Consumer Confidence - Feb

Eurozone: Industrial Confidence - Feb

Eurozone: Business Climate - Feb

Eurozone: Services Confidence - Feb

Italy: CPI EU Harmonised Prel. (MoM) - Feb

Italy: CPI EU Harmonised Prel. (YoY) - Feb

Italy: CPI NIC incl. Tobacco Prel. (MoM) - Feb

Italy: CPI NIC incl. Tobacco Prel. (YoY) - Feb

Spain: Reuters PMI Mfg. - Feb

Italy: Reuters PMI Mfg. - Feb

France: Reuters PMI Mfg. - Feb

Germany: Reuters PMI Mfg. - Feb

Eurozone: Reuters PMI Mfg. - Feb

Italy: GDP Annualised (YoY) - 2005

Italy: Deficit to GDP (YoY) - 2005

Eurozone: Unemployment Rate - Jan

Germany: Import Price Index (MoM) - Jan #5

Germany: Import Price Index (YoY) - Jan

Germany: Retail Sales (MoM) - Jan

Germany: Retail Sales (YoY) - Jan

Germany: Plant & Machinery Orders (YoY) - Jan

Germany: Plant & Machinery Orders (3M/Y)- Jan

Spain: Consumer Confidence - Feb

Eurozone: Producer Price Index (MoM) - Jan

Eurozone: Producer Price Index (YoY) - Jan

Eurozone: ECB Refi Rate Mar - Statement

Eurozone: GDP s.a. Release 2 (QoQ) - Q4 #6

Eurozone: GDP s.a. Release 2 (YoY) - Q4

Eurozone: Household Consumption (QoQ) - Q4

Eurozone: Gross Fixed Cap Form. (QoQ) - Q4

Eurozone: Govt. Expenditure (QoQ) - Q4

Eurozone: Domestic Demand (QoQ) - Q4

Eurozone: Exports (QoQ) - Q4

Eurozone: Imports (QoQ) - Q4

Spain: Reuters PMI Services - Feb

Italy: Reuters PMI Services - Feb

France: Reuters PMI Services - Feb

Germany: Reuters PMI Services - Feb

Eurozone: Reuters PMI Services - Feb

Eurozone: Retail Sales (MoM) - Jan #7

Eurozone: Retail Sales (YoY) - Jan #7

 

Feb 27

Feb 27

Feb 27

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 27

Feb 27

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Mar 1

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 2

Mar 2

Mar 2

Mar 2

Mar 2

Mar 2

Mar 2

Mar 2

Mar 2

Mar 2

Mar 3

Mar 3

Mar 3

Mar 3

Mar 3

Mar 3

Mar 3

Mar 3

Mar 3

Mar 3

Mar 3

Mar 3

Mar 3

Mar 3

Mar 3

08:00

08:00

09:00

07:40

07:45

07:45

07:45

07:45

07:50

07:50

08:00

08:30

08:30

08:55

08:55

09:00

09:00

09:00

09:00

09:00

09:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

08:15

08:30

08:45

08:55

09:00

09:00

09:00

10:00

07:00

07:00

07:00

07:00

09:00

09:00

09:00

10:00

10:00

12:45

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

08:15

08:30

08:50

08:55

09:00

10:00

10:00

03:00

03:00

04:00

02:40

02:45

02:45

02:45

02:45

02:50

02:50

03:00

03:30

03:30

03:55

03:55

04:00

04:00

04:00

04:00

04:00

04:00

05:00

05:00

05:00

05:00

05:00

05:00

05:00

05:00

05:00

05:00

05:00

05:00

05:00

05:00

03:15

03:30

03:45

03:55

04:00

04:00

04:00

05:00

02:00

02:00

02:00

02:00

04:00

04:00

04:00

05:00

05:00

07:45

05:00

05:00

05:00

05:00

05:00

05:00

05:00

05:00

03:15

03:30

03:50

03:55

04:00

05:00

05:00

0.0%

5.2%

0.1%

-27

9.5%

-23K

8.3%

20.8%

-0.1%

3.1%

4.2%

21

104.1

11.3%

+69K

7.6%

7.3%

0.3%

4.1%

0.1%

2.3%

2.2%

0.3%

2.4%

0.4%

1.4%

101.5

-11

-4

0.34

15

-0.9%

2.2%

0.2%

2.2%

52.6

53.5

50.7

55.0

53.5

1.2%

3.0%

8.3%r10

0.3%

6.8%

-0.8%

-1.6%

12%

 

-12

0.2%

4.6%

2.25%

0.7%r17

1.6%

0.3%r18

1.1%r19

0.9%r20

0.5%r21

3.4%r22

3.1%r23

53.4

56.0

57.1

58.1

57.0

0.1%

0.8%

0.4%

5.2%

n/f

-25

9.5%

n/f

n/f

n/f

0.5%

3.5%

4.1%

n/f

n/f

11.2%

-25K

7.4%

7.3%

0.3%

3.8%

n/f

n/f

2.4%

-0.4%

2.4%

n/f

1.6%

n/f

-10

-3

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

0.2%

2.1%

52.6

54.0

51.6

54.0

54.0

0.2%

4.3%

8.4%

n/f

n/f

1.9%

2.3%

n/f

n/f

n/f

0.7%

4.6%

2.50%

0.3%

1.7%

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

53.4

56.0

57.0

57.0

57.2

0.8%

n/f

1.5%

6.3%

0.1%

-24

9.6%

+28K

n/a

n/a

0.8%

3.7%

4.1%

20

n/a

11.3%

-5K

7.5%

7.6%

1.1%

4.7%

n/a

n/a

2.4%

-0.4%

2.3%

-1.1%

1.2%

102.7

-10

-2

0.61

4

-0.1%

2.2%

0.2%

2.1%

52.7

55.1

55.2

55.8

54.5

0.0%

4.1%

8.3%

0.9%

6.8%

2.7%

1.7%

25%

19%

n/a

1.2%

5.3%

2.50%

0.3%

1.7%

-0.2%

0.8%

0.0%

0.4%

0.5%

0.9%

55.0

57.7

60.1

57.8

58.2

n/a

n/a

GBP

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

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

BBA Mortgage Approvals (MoM) - Jan

BBA Mortgage Approvals - Jan

M0 Money Supply s.a. Prel. (MoM) - Feb

M0 Money Supply Prel. (YoY) - Feb

Nationwide House Prices s.a. (MoM) - Feb

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

GFK Consumer Confidence - Feb

CBI Distributive Trades Survey Expected - Mar

CBI Distributive Trades Survey Realised - Feb

CIPS Mfg. PMI - Feb

BOE Net Consumer Credit s.a. - Jan

BOE Net Mortgage Lending s.a. - Jan

BOE Mortgage Approvals s.a. - Jan

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

M4 Money Supply Final (YoY) - Jan

M4 Lending s.a. Final - Jan

CIPS Construction PMI - Feb

CIPS Services PMI - Feb

Official Reserves (Change in $) - Feb

Feb 27

Feb 27

Feb 27

Feb 27

Feb 27

Feb 27

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 2

Mar 3

Mar 3

 

00:01

00:01

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

07:00

07:00

10:30

11:00

11:00

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

 

19:31

19:31

04:30

04:30

04:30

04:30

02:00

02:00

05:30

06:00

06:00

04:30

04:30

04:30

04:30

04:30

04:30

04:30

04:30

04:30

04:30

 

0.1%

-1.0%

-28.2%

51.2K

2.2%

6.5%

1.4%

4.4%

-3

1

-11

51.8r8

£0.93Br9

£8.8B

122K

0.5%

11.7%

£8.9B

50.7

57.0

$725M

 

0.2%

-0.6%

17.1%

60K

0.4%

6.5%

0.3%

4.2%

-5

3

-6

52.0

£1.0B

£8.4B

120K

1.3%

12.6%

£8.9B

51.0

57.3

n/f

0.4%

-0.5%

-14.3%

45K

-0.1%

6.2%

-0.2%

3.7%

-4

-5

-18

51.7

£1.32B

£9.16B

122K

0.6%

11.8%

£9.2B

51.9

58.9

-$206M

Yen

PMI Nomura/JMMA - Feb

Industrial Production s.a. Prel. (MoM) - Jan

Industrial Production Prel. (YoY) - Jan

Shipments s.a. Prel. (MoM) - Jan

Large Retailers Sales (YoY) - Jan

Total Retail Sales (YoY) - Jan

Housing Starts (YoY) - Jan #3

Construction Starts (YoY) - Jan #3

Construction Orders (YoY) - Jan #3

Vehicle Sales (YoY) - Jan

Auto Sales Domestic (YoY) - Feb

CPI National (YoY) - Jan

CPI National excl. perishables (YoY) - Jan

CPI Tokyo (YoY) - Feb

CPI Tokyo excl. perishables (YoY) - Feb

Unemployment Rate - Jan

Job Offers/Seekers Rate - Jan

PCE Workers Expenditure (YoY) - Jan

Personal Income (YoY) - Jan

 

Feb 27

Feb 27

Feb 27

Feb 27

Feb 27

Feb 27

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Mar 1

Mar 2

Mar 2

Mar 2

Mar 2

Mar 2

Mar 2

Mar 2

Mar 2

23:50

23:50

23:50

23:50

23:50

23:50

05:00

05:00

05:00

05:00

05:00

23:30

23:30

23:30

23:30

23:30

23:50

23:30

23:30

 

18:50

18:50

18:50

18:50

18:50

18:50

00:00

00:00

00:00

00:00

00:00

18:50

18:50

18:50

18:50

18:50

18:50

18:50

18:50

 

57.0

1.3%

3.7%

1.1%

0.5%

1.2%

-0.9%

1.0%

13.2%

11.8%

-0.5%

-0.1%

0.1%

0.2%

0.1%

4.4%

1.0

3.2%

-1.3%

n/f

1.5%

3.4%

n/f

n/f

1.8%

5.4%

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

0.5%

0.4%

0.1%

0.1%

4.4%

1.0

1.4%

n/f

57.0

0.3%

2.1%

0.2%

-2.5%

-0.2%

-2.2%

-5.2%

-21.5%

0.8%

-1.2%

0.5%

0.5%

0.1%

0.2%

4.5%

n/a

-4.7%

-3.9%

CHF

UBS Consumption Indicator- Jan

SVME PMI Mfg. - Feb

GDP s.a. (QoQ) - Q4

GDP (YoY) - Q4

Feb 28

Mar 1

Mar 2

Mar 2

09:00

08:30

06:45

06:45

04:00

03:30

01:45

01:45

1.33

57.6

1.0%

2.3%

n/f

58.4

0.0%

2.0%

1.46

60.0

0.5%

2.7%

AUD

Company Gross Operating Profit - Q4

Inventories - Q4

Current Account Balance - Q4 (AUD)

Current Account % GDP - Q4

Government Spending s.a. (QoQ) - Q4

Private Sector Credit (MoM) - Jan

AIG PMI (MoM) - Feb

GDP (QoQ) - Q4 Get Report

GDP (YoY) - Q4 Get Report

Employee Compensation (QoQ) - Q4

Retail Sales - Jan

Building Approvals - Jan

Trade Balance - Jan (AUD)

Vehicle Sales (MoM) - Feb

Vehicle Sales (YoY) - Feb

 

Feb 27

Feb 27

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 2

Mar 2

Mar 3

Mar 3

Mar 3

 

00:30

00:30

00:30

00:30

00:30

00:30

22:30

00:30

00:30

00:30

00:30

00:30

00:30

01:00

01:00

 

19:30

19:30

19:30

19:30

19:30

19:30

17:30

19:30

19:30

19:30

19:30

19:30

19:30

20:00

20:00

 

3.9%

0.3%

-13.67B

-5.8%

-1.4%

1.2%

50.2

0.3%r7

2.6%

1.4%

0.4%

-3.5%

-1.15Br16

 

0.4%

 

5.0%

0.7%

-13.7B

-5.8%

2.0%

n/f

n/f

0.7%

2.9%

n/f

0.7%

4.0%

-1.6B

n/f

n/f

0.8%

0.2%

-14.45B

n/a

2.7%

1.3%

46.7

0.5%

2.7%

1.8%

0.8%

-1.9%

-2.7B

10.6%

-4.6%

CAD

Current Account - Q4 (CAD)

Average Weekly Earnings (MoM) - Dec

Consumption Spending - Q4

GDP (QoQ) - Q4 - Report

GDP (annualised) - Q4 - Report

GDP Deflator - Q4

GDP by Industry (MoM) - Dec

Industrial Product Price Index - Jan

Raw Materials Price Index - Jan

Feb 27

Feb 27

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Feb 28

Mar 1

Mar 1

 

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

 

7.8Br1

0.3%

2.4%

0.9%

3.5%r4

1.6%r5

0.2%

-0.3%

-0.3%

 

12.6B

0.4%

3.0%

0.6%

2.6%

2.5%

0.3%

0.1%

-0.1%

13.3B

-0.6%

2.9%

0.6%

2.5%

1.3%

0.4%

0.5%

5.0%

NZD

Trade Balance - Jan (NZD)

Trade Balance (Ytd) - Jan (NZD)

NBNZ Business Confidence - Feb

Building Consents (MoM) - Jan

Building Consents (YoY) - Jan

RBNZ Survey of Expectations - Q1

Tourist Arrivals (MoM) - Jan

Tourist Arrivals (YoY) - Jan

ANZ Commodity Price Index (MoM) - Feb

ANZ Commodity Price Index (YoY) - Feb

Feb 26

Feb 26

Feb 27

Feb 27

Feb 27

Feb 28

Mar 1

Mar 1

Mar 2

Mar 2

21:45

21:45

12:00

21:45

21:45

23:00

21:45

21:45

12:00

12:00

16:45

16:45

07:00

16:45

16:45

18:00

16:45

16:45

07:00

07:00

 

-292M

-6.44B

-62.0%

20.9%

5.6%

-

1.9%

-2.4%

-0.3%

-2.4%

-300M

-6.44B

n/f

-15.0%

-9.5%

-

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

-935M

-7.1B

-62.0%

-10.8%

-6.7%

Report

0.3%

0.2%

-0.3%

-4.0%

Source: TodayFx.com - Red denotes interest rate indicators and monetary policy releases while green denotes key GDP indicators. Release dates and times have been known to change, so please review regularly.

n/f = no forecast.

Prel = Preliminary and not final.P = Provisional and not final. N/A = Not available or not released - return for update.

r = revised from previous release.

 

#1 Eurozone Money Supply data released on Feb 27, not Feb 28 as per original schedule.

#2 Unemployment figure for January revealed in speech by French Economics Minister on evening before official release.

#3 Data released on Feb 28 and not Mar 2nd as originally scheduled.

#4 CPI inflation estimate for February released on March 1, not Feb 28 as per original schedule.

#5 Import prices were in fact released by the German Statistics Office on Feb 24, ahead of original schedule.

#6 Eurozone GDP data will now be released on March 3, not March 2.

#7 New Release Date is March 6.

#8 The previous reading listed is from the January Final Report. February's Preliminary reading was 87.4.

 

r1 Canada's Current A/C surplus for 3rd quarter was revised downwards from CAD9.3B to CAD7.8B in latest release.

r2 December's new home sales revised upwards from 1269K to 1298K.

r3 Australia's Q3 Current A/C deficit revised from - AUD13.5B to - AUD13.67B.

r4 Canada's 3rd quarter annulaised GDP rate reduced from 3.6% to 3.5%.

r5 Canada's GDP deflator for the 3rd quarter was revised downwards from 1.9% to 1.6%.

r6 US Consumer Confidence for January revised from 106.3 to 106.8.

r7 Australia's Qtr 3 GDP revised to 0.3% from 0.2%.

r8 UK CIPS Mfg. index revised from 51.7 to 51.8 for January.

r9 January's consumer credit revised from £0.8B to £0.93B.

r10 Eurozone jobless number for January revised downwards from 8.4% to 8.3%.

r11 US December Personal Spending revised from 0.9% to 0.7%.

r12 December's Personal Income revised from 0.4% to 0.5%.

r13 Market based PCE for December revised from -0.1% to 0.0%.

r14 Initial claims for week of Feb 18 revised from 278K to 279K.

r15 State Benefits for week of Feb 11 revised from 2495K to 2488K.

r16 Australia's Trade Deficit for December was revised from -1.17B to -1.15B

r17 GDP for 3rd quarter revised from 0.6% to 0.7%.

r18 Household Consumption for Qtr3 revised from 0.3% to 0.4%.

r19 Investment (Gross Fixed Capital Formation) revised downwards from 1.3% to 1.1% for Qtr 3.

r20 Government Expenditure for Qtr 3 revised from 0.7% to 0.9%.

r21 Domestic Demand in Qtr 3 revised from 0.4% to 0.5%.

r22 Exports in Qtr 3 revised from 3.3% to 3.4%.

r23 Imports in Qtr 3 revised from 2.8% to 3.1%.

 

 

Key Speeches/Announcements/Meetings to note this week (times are GMT):

 

USD: Mar 2 at 14:30 - Fed's Olson speaks at banking forum in New Orleans.

Euro: Mar 2 at 13:30 - ECB Press Conference after rate announcement in Frankfurt. Trichet Statement

Euro: Mar 3 at 23:00 - ECB's Draghi speaks in Italy.

GBP: Feb 28 at 07:00 - BOE's Lambert speaks in London.

CHF: Mar 3 at 10:30 - KOF Investment Survey for 2006 scheduled for release.

AUD: Mar 1 at 22:45 - RBA's Richards speaks.

NZD: Feb 28 at 23:00 - RBNZ to release Q1 survey of expectations.

 

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