2006 ECONOMIC CALENDAR FOR THE PERIOD : March 27 – March 31

 

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Economic Indicator

Release

Date

Release

Time GMT

#1

Release Time EST
Previous Consensus
Actual

USD

ICSC Store Sales - Mar 25

Redbook Store Sales - Mar 25

Consumer Confidence - Mar

Richmond Fed Mfg. Index - Mar

FOMC Funds Rate Decision - Get Statement

ABC Consumer Confidence - Mar 20

MBA Mortgages Purchase Index - Mar 24

Crude Inventories - Mar 24

Initial Claims - Mar 25

State Benefits - Mar 18

GDP Final - Q4

GDP Price Deflator - Q4

Help-Wanted Index - Feb

Personal Income - Feb

Personal Spending (PCE) - Feb

PCE Chain Price Deflator (MoM) - Feb

PCE Market Based (MoM) - Feb

PCE excl. Food & Energy (MoM) - Feb

Michigan Sentiment Final - Mar

Factory Orders - Feb

Factory Inventories - Feb

Chicago PMI - Mar

 

Mar 28

Mar 28

Mar 28

Mar 28

Mar 28

Mar 28

Mar 29

Mar 29

Mar 30

Mar 30

Mar 30

Mar 30

Mar 30

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

13:45

14:55

16:00

16:00

20:15

23:00

13:00

16:30

14:30

14:30

14:30

14:30

16:00

14:30

14:30

14:30

14:30

14:30

15:45

16:00

16:00

16:00

 

07:45

08:55

10:00

10:00

14:15

17:00

07:00

10:30

08:30

08:30

08:30

08:30

10:00

08:30

08:30

08:30

08:30

08:30

09:45

10:00

10:00

10:00

-0.1%

-2.4%

102.7r7

0.0%

4.5%

-8

393.6

-1.3M

312Kr21

2463Kr22

1.6%

3.3%

38r23

0.7%

0.8%r27

0.5%

0.5%

0.2%

86.7

-3.9%r28

1.1%r29

54.9

n/f

n/f

102

n/f

4.75%

n/f

n/f

n/f

300K

n/f

1.7%

3.4%

38

0.4%

0.1%

1.0%

n/f

n/f

87.0

1.0%

n/f

57.0

1.6%

-2.5%

107.2

21

4.75%

-7

404.1

2.1M

302K

2483K

1.7%

3.5%

39

0.3%

0.1%

0.2%

0.0%

0.1%

88.9

0.2%

-0.4%

60.4

Euro

France: Business Confidence - Mar

France: General Production Outlook - Mar

Spain: Producer Price Index (MoM) - Feb

Spain: Producer Price Index (YoY) - Feb

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

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

Italy: Business Confidence s.a.- Mar

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

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

Italy: Retailers' Confidence - Feb

Italy: Services Survey - Mar

Germany: IFO Business Climate Index - Mar

Germany: IFO Business Expectations - Mar

Germany: IFO Current Conditions - Mar

Eurozone: M3 Money Supply s.a. (3M/Y) - Feb

Eurozone: M3 Money Supply s.a. (YoY) - Feb

France: Produce Price Index (MoM) - Feb

France: Produce Price Index (YoY) - Feb

France: Consumer Confidence - Mar

Spain: CPI EU Harmonised Prel. - Mar

Spain: Retail Trade Sales (YoY) - Feb

Germany: Unemployment Rate s.a. - Mar

Germany: Unemployment Change s.a. - Mar

Italy: Producer Price Index (MoM) - Feb

Italy: Producer Prices Index (YoY) - Feb

Germany: Retail Sales (MoM) - Feb

Germany: Retail sales (YoY) - Feb

France: Unemployment Rate - Feb

France: Unemployment Change - Feb

France: GDP final (QoQ) - Q4

France: GDP Final (YoY) - Q4

Italy Hourly Wages (MoM) - Feb

Italy: Hourly Wages (YoY) - Feb

Eurozone: CPI Flash Estimate - Mar

Eurozone: Business Climate - Mar

Eurozone: Economic Sentiment - Mar

Eurozone: Industrial Confidence - Mar

Eurozone: Consumer Confidence - Mar

Eurozone Services Confidence - Mar

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

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

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

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

 

Mar 27

Mar 27

Mar 27

Mar 27

Mar 28

Mar 28

Mar 28

Mar 28

Mar 28

Mar 29

Mar 29

Mar 28#2

Mar 28#2

Mar 28#2

Mar 28#2

Mar 28#2

Mar 30

Mar 30

Mar 30

Mar 30

Mar 30

Mar 30

Mar 30

Mar 30#3

Mar 30#3

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

 

07:45

07:45

08:00

08:00

07:45

07:45

08:30

09:00

09:00

08:30

08:30

09:00

09:00

09:00

09:00

09:00

07:45

07:45

07:50

08:00

08:00

08:55

08:55

09:00

09:00

07:00

07:00

07:45

07:45

07:50

07:50

09:00

09:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

10:00

01:45

01:45

02:00

02:00

01:45

01:45

02:30

03:00

03:00

02:30

02:30

03:00

03:00

03:00

03:00

03:00

01:45

01:45

01:50

02:00

02:00

02:55

02:55

03:00

03:00

01:00

01:00

01:45

01:45

01:50

01:50

03:00

03:00

04:00

04:00

04:00

04:00

04:00

04:00

04:00

04:00

04:00

04:00

106r1

-2r2

1.5%

6.3%

17.2%

12.7%

92.7r4

0.3%

0.1%

105.5

20

103.4r5

104.9r6

101.9

7.5%

7.6%

0.8%

3.7%

-24

4.1%

0.5%

11.3%

-3Kr15

1.2%r16

4.8%r17

2.7%

1.7%

9.6%

+28K

0.7%

1.7%

0.5%r25

2.1%r26

2.3%

0.61

102.7

-2

-10

14

-0.1%

2.2%

0.2%

2.1%

 

105

-3

0.5%

6.1%

n/f

n/f

92.5

0.0%

0.5%

n/f

n/f

103.0

104.0

102.5

n/f

n/f

0.3%

3.6%

-25

4.0%

n/f

11.3%

-10K

0.5%

4.8%

n/f

n/f

9.6%

n/f

0.2%

1.2%

n/f

n/f

2.2%

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

0.2%

2.1%

105

-2

0.8%

6.3%

n/a

n/a

94.2

0.0%

0.5%

104.4

24

105.4

105.7

105.1

7.5%

8.0%

0.1%

3.5%

-26

3.9%

-0.4%

11.4%

30K

0.4%

4.9%

1.9%

1.7%

9.6%

0.0

0.4%

1.4%

0.6%

2.6%

2.2%

0.8%

103.5

-1

-11

15

1.1%

2.1%

0.2%

2.1%

GBP

Business Investment Final (QoQ) - Q4

Business Investment Final (YoY) - Q4

GDP Final (QoQ) - Q4

GDP Final (YoY) - Q4

Private Consumption Final (QoQ) - Q4

Gross Fixed Capital Formation Final (QoQ) - Q4

Govt. Spending Final (QoQ) - Q4

Exports Final (QoQ) - Q4

Imports Final (QoQ) - Q4

Current Account Final - Q4

M4 Money Supply Final (MoM) - Feb

M4 Money Supply Final (YoY) - Feb

M4 Lending Change s.a. Final - Feb

Consumer Credit s.a. - Feb

Mortgage Approvals - Feb

Net Mortgage Lending s.a. - Feb

CBI Distributive Trades Survey Realised - Mar

CBI Distributive Trades Survey Expected - Apr

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

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

GFK Consumer Confidence - Mar

 

Mar 28

Mar 28

Mar 29

Mar 29

Mar 29

Mar 29

Mar 29

Mar 29

Mar 29

Mar 29

Mar 29

Mar 29

Mar 29

Mar 29

Mar 29

Mar 29

Mar 29

Mar 29

Mar 30

Mar 30

Mar 29

09:00

09:00

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

09:30

11:00

11:00

07:00

07:00

09:30

03:00

03:00

03:30

03:30

03:30

03:30

03:30

03:30

03:30

03:30

03:30

03:30

03:30

03:30

03:30

03:30

05:00

05:00

01:00

01:00

03:30

0.6%

1.2%

0.4%

1.7%

0.5%

2.2%

0.0%

-0.4%

1.9%

-£10.2B

0.7%r13

12.0%r12

£13.4B

£1.242Br11

121Kr10

£8.877Br9

-18

-5

0.0%r18

3.7%

-4

-1.0%

0.3%

0.6%

1.8%

0.7%

-0.8%

0.8%

1.1%

0.7%

-£6.7B

1.1%

10.6%

£18.8B

£1.2B

120K

£9.0B

-13

n/f

0.4%

n/f

-4

-0.9%

1.3%

0.6%

1.8%

1.1%

-0.8%

1.2%

2.2%

1.0%

- £10.2B

0.9%

12.2%

£17.8B

£1.416B

115K

£8.055B

-16

-7

1.1%

5.3%

n/a

Yen

Corporate Service Price Index (YoY) - Feb

Retail Sales s.a. Prel (MoM) - Feb

Large Retailers' Sales (MoM) - Feb

Industrial Production P (MoM) - Feb

Industrial Production P (YoY) - Feb

Shipments s.a. (MoM) - Feb

Vehicle Sales (YoY) - Feb

Unemployment Rate (Feb)

Job to Applicant Ratio - Feb

CPI National (YoY) - Jan

CPI National excl. perishables (YoY) - Jan

Tokyo CPI s.a. (YoY) - Feb

Tokyo CPI excl. Perishables (YoY) - Feb

Housing Starts (YoY) - Feb

 

Mar 27

Mar 28

Mar 28

Mar 29

Mar 29

Mar 29

Mar 30

Mar 30

Mar 30

Mar 30

Mar 30

Mar 30

Mar 30

Mar 31

00:50

23:50

23:50

23:50

23:50

23:50

05:00

23:30

23:30

23:30

23:30

23:30

23:30

05:00

18:50

17:50

17:50

17:50

17:50

17:50

23:00

17:30

17:30

17:30

17:30

17:30

17:30

00:00

-0.1%

-0.4%r8

-2.8%

0.4%

2.2%

0.2%

0.8%

4.5%

1.03

0.5%

0.5%

0.1%

0.2%

-2.2%

-0.1%

-2.0%

-1.0%

0.0%

5.5%

n/f

n/f

4.4%

n/f

0.4%

0.5%

0.0%

0.1%

4.0%

-0.1%

-1.5%

-1.9%

-1.7%

3.7%

-2.8%

13.2%

4.1%

n/a

0.4%

0.5%

0.0%

0.2%

13.7%

 

CHF

Retail Sales (YoY) - Jan

KOF Leading Indicator - Mar

KOF Business Climate Industry Index

Mar 27

Mar 29

Mar 29

08:15

10:30

10:30

02:15

04:30

04:30

3.1%

1.28r14

11.3

n/f

1.32

n/f

3.1%

1.30

n/a

AUD

Job Vacancies (3M/Y) - Feb

Retail Sales (MoM) - Feb

Buildings Approvals (MoM) - Feb

Private Sector Credit (MoM) - Feb

Mar 30

Mar 31

Mar 31

Mar 31

00:30

00:30

01:30

01:30

18:30

18:30

20:50

20:50

-3.8%

0.8%r24

-1.9%

1.3%

-1.0%

0.3%

1.2%

n/f

4.7%

0.7%

2.2%

1.4%

CAD

  Average Weekly Earnings (MoM) - Jan

  Average Weekly Earnings (YoY) - Jan

Industrial Product Price Index - Feb

Raw Materials Price Index - Feb

GDP by Industry (MoM) - Jan

Mar 29

Mar 29

Mar 30

Mar 30

Mar 31

14:30

14:30

14:30

14:30

14:30

08:30

08:30

08:30

08:30

08:30

-0.6%

3.3%

0.5%

5.0%

0.4%

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

n/f

0.9%

4.8%

-0.4%

-3.2%

0.2%

NZD

Trade Balance (MoM) in NZD - Feb

Trade Balance (1 Year to Date) - Feb

Westpac Consumer Confidence Index - Q1

Buildings Consents (MoM) - Feb

Building Consents (YoY) - Feb

NBNZ Business Confidence - Mar

 

Mar 26

Mar 26

Mar 28

Mar 29

Mar 29

Mar 30

21:45

21:45

13:00

21:45

21:45

13:00

15:45

15:45

07:00

15:45

15:45

07:00

-912Mr3

-7.1B

110.1

-10.9%r19

-6.6%

-65.0%r20

-133M

-7.1B

100

n/f

n/f

n/f

-257M

-7.223B

109.3

12.4%

n/a

-51.0%

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r = revised from previous release.

 

 

#1 There is an extra hour's difference between GMT and EST this week, as clocks went forward an hour in Europe, but will not advance to summer time in the US until April 2.

#2 Data released on Mar 28 and not Mar 29, as per earlier schedule

#3 Data released on Mar 30 and not Mar 31, as per earlier sheduale

 

 

r1 French Buisness Sentiment for February revised from 105 to 106

r2 French General Production Outlook for February revised from -3 to -2

r3 New Zealand's Trade Deficit for January revised from $935M to $912M

r4 Italy's Buisness Confidence for February revised from 92.3 to 92.7

r5 Germany's IFOBusiness Climate Index for February revised from 103.3 to 103.4

r6 Germany's IFOBusiness Expectations for February revised from 104.8 to 104.9

r7 US Consumer Confidence for February revised from 101.7 to 102.7

r8 Japanese Retail sales for January revised from 2.4% to 0.4%

r9 UK Mortgage Lending for January revised from£9.2B to£8.877B

r10 UK Mortgage Approvals for January revised from£1.22B to£1.21B

r11 UK Consumer Credit for January revised from£1.3B to£1.242B

r12 UK M4 Money Supply(MoM) for January revised from 0.6% to 0.7%

r13 UK M4 Money Supply(YoY) for January revised from 11.8% to 12.0%

r14 Swiss KOF Leading Indicator for February revised from 1.30 to 1.28

r15 Germany's Unemployment,s Change for February revised from -5 to -3

r16 Italy's Producer Price Index(MoM) for January revised from 1.1% to 1.2%

r17 Italy's Producer Price Index(YoY) for January revised from 4.7% to 4.8%

r18 UK Nationwide House Peices(MoM) for February revised from -0.2% to 0.0%

r19 New Zealand's Buildings Consent(MoM) for January revised from -10.8% to -10.9%

r20 New Zealand's Business Confidence for February revised from 62.0% to 65.0%

r21 US Initial Claims for Mar 18 revised from 302K to 312K

r22 US State Benefits for Mar 11 revised from 2472K to 2463K

r23 US Help Wanted Index for January revised from 37 to 38

r24 Australian Retail sales in Feb revised from 0.8% to 0.9%.

r25 Italy's Hourly Wages(MoM) for January revised from 0.1% to 0.5%

r26 Italy's Hourly Wages(YoY) for January revised from 2.3% to 2.1%

r27 US Personal Spending for January revised from 0.9% to 0.8%

r28 US Factory Orders for January revised from -4.5% to -3.9%

r29 US Factory inventories for January revised from 0.5% to 1.1%

 

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

 

USD: Mar 27: FOMC begin 2 day policy meeting.

USD: Mar 28 at 19:15 - US Fed Open Market Committee issue rate announcement - Get Statement

USD: Mar 30 at 17:30 - Fed's Poole speaks in Dayton.

USD: Mar 31 - Philadelphia Fed's President Santomero scheduled to resign from post.

EUR: Mar 31 at 09:30 - ECB's Trichet speaks in Paris.

CHF: Mar 30 at 06:45 - Swiss Economic Forecasts for March 2006 from SECO.

CAD: Mar 30 at 21:30 - BOC Governor Dodge speaks at Princeton.

 

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