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Monday, August 23, 2010 - Weekly e-Newsletter & Commentary - Issue No. 421

Weekly Economic Calendar

Monday August 23
 

EST

Country

Period

Event

Previous

Expected

Actual

03:00

Switzerland

July

CHF Money Supply M3 (YoY) (JUL)

7.7%

 

 

03:00

France

August

EUR French Purchasing Manager Index Manufacturing (AUG P)

53.9

53.1

 

03:00

France

August

EUR French Purchasing Manager Index Services (AUG P)

61.1

60.5

 

03:30

Germany

August

EUR German Purchasing Manager Index Manufacturing (AUG A)

61.2

60.9

 

03:30

Germany

August

EUR German Purchasing Manager Index Services (AUG A)

56.5

56.2

 

04:00

Euro Zone

August

EUR Euro-Zone Purchasing Manager Index Services (AUG A)

55.8

55.5

 

04:00

Euro Zone

August

EUR Euro-Zone Purchasing Manager Index Composite (AUG A)

56.7

56.4

 

04:00

Euro Zone

August

Euro-Zone Purchasing Manager Index Manufacturing (AUG A)

56.7

56.4

 

08:30

USA

July

USD Chicago Fed National Activity Index (JUL)

-0.63

 

 

10:00

Euro Zone

August

EUR Euro-Zone Consumer Confidence (AUG A)

-14

-13

 

23:00

Zew Zeal.

Q2

NZD Reserve Bank of New Zealand 2-Year Inflation Expectation (3Q) (2Q F)

2.8%

 

 


Tuesday August 24

EST

Country

Period

Event

Previous

Expected

Actual

02:00

Germany

Q2

EUR German Gross Domestic Product s.a. (QoQ) (2Q F)

 

2.2%

 

02:00

Germany

Q2

EUR German Gross Domestic Product w.d.a. (YoY) (2Q F)

1.6%

3.7%

 

02:00

Germany

Q2

EUR German Gross Domestic Product n.s.a. (YoY) (2Q F)

1.7%

4.1%

 

02:00

Germany

Q2

EUR German Private Consumption (2Q F)

-0.8%

0.5%

 

02:00

Germany

Q2

EUR German Government Spending (2Q F)

1.1%

 

 

02:00

Germany

Q2

EUR German Domestic Demand (2Q F)

1.4%

 

 

02:00

Germany

Q2

EUR German Imports (2Q F)

6.1%

 

 

02:00

Germany

Q2

EUR German Exports (2Q F)

2.6%

 

 

02:00

Germany

Q2

EUR German Construction Investment (2Q)

-3.8%

 

 

02:00

Germany

Q2

EUR German Capital Investment (2Q F)

-1.6%

 

 

04:30

UK

July

GBP BBA Loans for House Purchase (JUL)

34813

 

 

05:00

Euro Zone

June

EUR Euro-Zone Industrial New Orders s.a. (MoM) (JUN)

3.2%

1.5%

 

05:00

Euro Zone

June

EUR Euro-Zone Industrial New Orders (YoY) (JUN)

22.9%

24.2%

 

08:30

Canada

July

CAD Retail Sales (MoM) (JUN)

-0.2%

 

 

08:30

Canada

July

CAD Retail Sales Less Autos (MoM) (JUN)

-0.1%

 

 

08:30

USA

---

USD Fed's Charles Evans Speaks in Indianapolis, Indiana

 

 

 

10:00

USA

July

USD Existing Home Sales (JUL)

5.37M

 

 

10:00

USA

August

USD Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index (AUG)

16

12

 

10:00

USA

July

USD Existing Home Sales (MoM) (JUL)

-5.1%

 

 

17:00

USA

July

USD ABC Consumer Confidence (JUL)

 

 

 

19:50

Japan

July

JPY Merchandise Trade Balance Total (Yen) (JUL)

Â¥686.4B

Â¥466.3B

 

19:50

Japan

July

JPY Merchandise Trade Imports (YoY) (JUL)

26.1

19.8

 

19:50

Japan

July

JPY Merchandise Trade Exports (YoY) (JUL)

27.7

21.8

 

19:50

Japan

July

JPY Adjusted Merchandise Trade Balance (Yen) (JUL)

Â¥456.0B

 

 

19:50

Japan

July

JPY Corporate Service Price (YoY) (JUL)

-1.0%

-1.0%

 

20:00

Australia

June

AUD Conference Board Leading Index (JUN)

0.3%

 

 

21:30

Australia

Q2

AUD Construction Work Done (2Q)

1.9%

3.0%

 

Wednesday August 25

EST

Country

Period

Event

Previous

Expected

Actual

04:00

Germany

August

EUR German IFO - Expectations (AUG)

105.5

104.3

 

04:00

Germany

August

EUR German IFO - Business Climate (AUG)

106.2

105.5

 

04:00

Germany

August

EUR German IFO - Current Assessment (AUG)

106.8

107.2

 

07:00

USA

August 20th

USD MBA Mortgage Applications (AUG 20)

 

 

 

08:30

USA

July

USD Durable Goods Orders (JUL)

-1.0%

3.0%

 

08:30

USA

July

USD Durables Ex Transportation (JUL)

-0.6%

0.5%

 

10:00

USA

June

USD House Price Index (MoM) (JUN)

0.5%

 

 

10:00

USA

July

USD New Home Sales (JUL)

330K

330K

 

10:00

USA

July

USD New Home Sales (MoM) (JUL)

23.6%

0.0%

 

10:00

USA

Q2

USD House Price Purchase Index (QoQ) (2Q)

-1.9%

 

 

10:30

USA

August 20th

USD DOE U.S. Crude Oil Inventories (AUG 20)

 

 

 

10:30

USA

August 20th

USD DOE U.S. Gasoline Inventories (AUG 20)

 

 

 

10:30

USA

August 20th

USD DOE U.S. Distillate Inventory (AUG 20)

 

 

 

12:00

Euro Zone

July

EUR French Total Jobseekers (JUL)

2691

 

 

12:00

Euro Zone

July

EUR French Total Jobseekers Change (JUL)

-8.6

 

 


Thursday August 26

EST

Country

Period

Event

Previous

Expected

Actual

03:15

Switzerland

Q2

CHF Employment Level (2Q)

3.961M

3.965M

 

03:15

Switzerland

Q2

CHF Employment Level (YoY) (2Q)

0.1%

0.5%

 

03:30

Italy

August

EUR Italian Consumer Confidence Index s.a. (AUG)

105.6

 

 

04:00

Euro Zone

July

EUR Euro-Zone M3 s.a. (3M) (JUL)

0.0%

0.2%

 

04:00

Euro Zone

July

EUR Euro-Zone M3 s.a. (YoY) (JUL)

0.2%

0.4%

 

06:00

UK

August

GBP CBI Reported Sales (AUG)

33

 

 

08:30

USA

August 21st

USD Initial Jobless Claims (AUG 21) (AUG 21)

500K

485K

 

08:30

USA

August 14th

USD Continuing Claims (AUG 14) (AUG 14)

 

 

 

09:00

USA

June

USD RPX Composite 28 Day (YoY) (JUN)

2.1%

 

 

09:00

USA

June 30th

USD RPX Composite 28 Day Index (JUN 30)

195.86

 

 

19:30

Japan

August

JPY Tokyo Consumer Price Index Ex Food, Energy (YoY) (AUG)

-1.4%

-1.4%

 

19:30

Japan

July

JPY National Consumer Price Index (YoY) (JUL)

-0.7%

-0.9%

 

19:30

Japan

July

JPY National Consumer Price Index Ex-Fresh Food (YoY) (JUL)

-1.0%

-1.1%

 

19:30

Japan

July

JPY National Consumer Price Index Ex Food, Energy (YoY) (JUL)

-1.5%

-1.5%

 

19:30

Japan

July

JPY Jobless Rate (JUL)

5.3%

5.3%

 

19:30

Japan

July

JPY Household Spending (YoY) (JUL)

0.5%

 

 

19:30

Japan

July

JPY Job-To-Applicant Ratio (JUL)

0.52

0.53

 

19:30

Japan

August

JPY Tokyo Consumer Price Index (YoY) (AUG)

-1.2%

-1.1%

 

19:30

Japan

August

JPY Tokyo Consumer Price Index Ex-Fresh Food (YoY) (AUG)

-1.3%

-1.2%

 

20:00

USA

Q2

USD Mortgage Delinquencies (2Q)

10.1%

 

 

20:00

USA

Q2

USD MBA Mortgage Foreclosures (2Q)

4.6%

 

 

20:00

Japan

July

JPY Supermarket Sales (YoY) (JUL)

-1.4%

 

 

20:00

Germany

August

EUR German Consumer Price Index (MoM) (AUG P)

0.3%

0.2%

 

20:00

Germany

August

EUR German Consumer Price Index (YoY) (AUG P)

1.2%

1.1%

 

20:00

Germany

August

EUR German Consumer Price Index - EU Harmonised (MoM) (AUG P)

0.3%

0.3%

 

20:00

Germany

August

EUR German Consumer Price Index - EU Harmonised (YoY) (AUG P)

1.2%

1.2%

 


Friday August 27

EST

Country

Period

Event

Previous

Expected

Actual

04:30

UK

Q2

GBP Gross Domestic Product (QoQ) (2Q P)

1.1%

1.1%

 

04:30

UK

Q2

GBP Gross Domestic Product (YoY) (2Q P)

1.6%

1.6%

 

04:30

UK

Q2

GBP Private Consumption (2Q P)

-0.1%

 

 

04:30

UK

June

GBP Index of Services (3Mo3M) (JUN)

0.8%

 

 

04:30

UK

Q2

GBP Government Spending (2Q P)

1.5%

 

 

04:30

UK

Q2

GBP Gross Fixed Capital Formation (2Q P)

4.5%

 

 

04:30

UK

Q2

GBP Exports (2Q P)

-1.7%

 

 

04:30

UK

Q2

GBP Imports (2Q P)

1.6%

 

 

05:30

Switzerland

August

CHF KOF Swiss Leading Indicator (AUG)

2.23

2.25

 

08:30

USA

Q2

USD Gross Domestic Product (Annualized) (2Q S)

2.4%

1.4%

 

08:30

USA

Q2

USD Personal Consumption (2Q S)

1.6%

1.7%

 

08:30

USA

Q2

USD Gross Domestic Product Price Index (2Q S)

1.8%

1.8%

 

08:30

USA

Q2

USD Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (QoQ) (2Q S)

1.1%

1.1%

 

09:55

USA

August

USD U. of Michigan Confidence (AUG F)

69.6

70.0

 

10:00

USA

---

USD Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke Speaks in Kansas City, Missouri

 

 

 

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