Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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06-Feb  0001/0001  *    UK  BRC-KPMG Shop Sales Monitor

06-Feb  0030/1130  ***  AU  Retail trade monthly

06-Feb  0030/1130  ***  AU  Retail trade quarterly

06-Feb  0030/1130  ***  AU  Trade balance

06-Feb  0330/1430  ***  AU  RBA monthly cash rate decision

06-Feb  0700/0800  **   DE  manufacturing orders

06-Feb  0900/1000  *    DE  VDMA machine orders

06-Feb  0900/1000       EU  ECB Gov. Council member Jens Weidmann speech on

                              the occasion of the SAFE / CFS / Deutsche

                              Bundesbank Lecture by Agustin Carstens (General

                              Manager, Bank for International Settlements), in

                              Frankfurt.

06-Feb  1330/0830  **   CA  International Merchandise Trade (Trade Balance)

06-Feb  1330/0830  **   US  trade balance

06-Feb  1350/0850       US  St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James

                              Bullard to present on U.S. Economy and Monetary

                              Policy at the 29th Annual Gatton College of

                              Business and Economics Economic Outlook Conference

                              in Lexington, Kentucky, with audience Q&A.

06-Feb  1355/0855  **   US  Redbook Retail Sales Index

06-Feb  1500/1000  **   US  IBD/TIPP Optimism Index

06-Feb  1500/1000  **   US  JOLTS jobs opening level

06-Feb  1500/1000  **   US  JOLTS quits Rate

06-Feb  1500/1000  **   CA  Ivey PMI

06-Feb  1800/1900       DE  BBK Board member Joachim Wuermeling speech at the

                              Bank evening of the Bundesbank's head office in

                              Baden-Wuerttemberg, in Stuttgart, Germany.

06-Feb  2000/1500  *    US  Treasury STRIPS

07-Feb      -      ***  CN  FX Reserves

07-Feb  2145/1045  ***  NZ  Quarterly Labor market data

07-Feb  2145/1045  ***  NZ  Quarterly Labor market data

07-Feb  2230/0930  **   AU  AI Group/HIA construction index

07-Feb  0000/0900  **   JP  average wages (p)

07-Feb  0700/0800  **   DE  industrial production

07-Feb  0745/0845  *    FR  current account

07-Feb  0745/0845  *    FR  foreign trade

07-Feb  0830/0830  *    UK  Halifax House Price Index

07-Feb  0900/1000  *    IT  retail sales

07-Feb  0900/1000       EU  ECB Executive Board member Sabine Lautenschlaeger

                              statement at Annual Press Conference of ECB

                              Banking Supervision, in Frankfurt.

07-Feb  0900/1000       EU  ECB Supervisory Board chair Daniele Nouy speech at

                              Annual Press Conference of ECB Banking

                              Supervision, in Frankfurt.

07-Feb  1100/0600       US  Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Rob Kaplan

                              to participate in a moderated Q&A at the Institute

                              for Monetary and Financial Stability Working Lunch

                              in Frankfurt, Germany, with audience Q&A.

07-Feb  1200/0700  **   US  MBA weekly applications index

07-Feb  1200/1200       UK  Weekly questions to the Prime Minister

07-Feb  1330/0830  *    CA  Building Permits

07-Feb  1330/0830       US  New York Federal Reserve Bank President William

                              Dudley to speak at "Banking Culture: Still Room

                              for Improvement?" in New York, with audience Q&A.

07-Feb  1530/1030  **   US  DOE weekly crude oil stocks

07-Feb  1600/1100  **   US  Kansas City Fed LMCI

07-Feb  1615/1115       US  Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles

                              Evans to speak about current economic conditions

                              and monetary policy at the "Iowa Bankers

                              Association Bank Management Conference" in Des

                              Moines, Iowa, with audience and media Q&A.

                            https://goo.gl/iiSwph

07-Feb  2000/1500  *    US  Consumer Credit

07-Feb  2000/1500  *    US  Treasury Allotments (final)

07-Feb  2230/1730       US  San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John

                              Williams to deliver remarks at the "Community

                              Leaders Luncheon" in Hololulu, Hawaii, with

                              audience and media Q&A.

08-Feb      -      ***  CN  Trade

08-Feb  2000/0900  ***  NZ  RBNZ official cash rate decision

08-Feb  2000/0900  ***  NZ  RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement

08-Feb  2100/1000  ***  NZ  RBNZ monetary policy press conference

08-Feb  0001/0001  *    UK  RICS House Prices

08-Feb  0030/1130  **   AU  NAB quarterly business survey

08-Feb  0101/0101  **   UK  Markit/REC Jobs Report

08-Feb  0700/0800  **   DE  trade balance

08-Feb  0730/0830  **   FR  BoF Business survey

08-Feb  0800/0900  **   ES  industrial production

08-Feb  0845/0945       EU  ECB Gov. Council member Jens Weidmann speech at

                              GIC / SUERF / Deutsche Bundesbank Conference, in

                              Frankfurt.

08-Feb  0900/2000       AU  RBA Gov Philip Lowe speaks at A50 Australian

                              Economic Forum dinner in Sydney, also Q&A

08-Feb  0950/0450       US  Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Rob Kaplan

                              to participate in a moderated Q&A session at the

                              Global Interdependence Center Conference in

                              Frankfurt, with media Q&A.

08-Feb  1100/1200  *    EU  OECD Leading Indicator

08-Feb  1200/1200  ***  UK  Bank Of England Interest Rate

08-Feb  1200/1200  ***  UK  Bank Of England Quantitative Easing

08-Feb  1300/0800       US  Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President

                              Patrick Harker to speak at the National

                              Association of College and University Business

                              Officers 2018 Endowment and Debt Management Forum

                              in New York, with audience and media Q&A.

08-Feb  1315/0815  **   CA  Housing Starts - CMHC (Canadian Mortgage and

                              Housing Corp)

08-Feb  1330/0830  *    CA  New Housing Price Index

08-Feb  1330/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

08-Feb  1400/0900       US  Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel

                              Kashkari to participate in a moderated Q&A session

                              in Pierre, South Dakota, with audience Q&A.

                            https://goo.gl/1gWUMK

08-Feb  1445/0945  *    US  Bloomberg Comfort Index

08-Feb  1530/1030  **   US  Natural Gas Stocks

08-Feb  1715/1815       DE  BBK Board member Andreas Dombret speech at London

                              School of Economics, in London.

08-Feb  1745/1245       CA  BOC  Senior Deputy Gov Carolyn A. Wilkins speech

                              to the Bank of Canada and Finance Canada,

                              Montebello, QC

08-Feb  2130/1630  **   US  Fed Weekly Money Supply Data

08-Feb  0200/2100       US  Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Esther

                              George to discuss the economic outlook at the

                              "Wichita Independent Business Association 2018

                              Annual Meeting" in Wichita, Kansas, with audience

                              Q&A.

09-Feb  0030/1130  ***  AU  RBA Statement on Monetary Policy

09-Feb  0030/1130  ***  AU  Housing finance

09-Feb  0130/0930  ***  CN  CPI

09-Feb  0130/0930  ***  CN  Producer Price Index

09-Feb  0645/0745  **   CH  unemployment

09-Feb  0745/0845  *    FR  industrial production

09-Feb  0800/0900       EU  ECB Gov. Council member Ewald Nowotny speech on

                              "Ordoliberalism and Crisis management" at Bank of

                              Austria, in Vienna.

09-Feb  0900/1000  *    IT  industrial production

09-Feb  0930/0930  **   UK  Output in the Construction Industry

09-Feb  1300/1300       UK  NIESR monthly GDP estimate

09-Feb  1330/0830  ***  CA  Labour Force Survey

09-Feb  1500/1000  **   US  wholesale trade

09-Feb  1600/1100  **   US  St. Louis Fed Real GDP Nowcast

09-Feb  1615/1115  **   US  NY Fed GDP Nowcast

10-Feb      -      ***  CN  Money Supply

10-Feb      -      ***  CN  New Loans

10-Feb      -      ***  CN  Social Financing

11-Feb      -      ***  CN  Money Supply

11-Feb      -      ***  CN  New Loans

11-Feb      -      ***  CN  Social Financing

12-Feb      -      ***  CN  Money Supply

12-Feb      -      ***  CN  New Loans

12-Feb      -      ***  CN  Social Financing

12-Feb  2145/1045  **   NZ  Electronic card transactions m/m

12-Feb  0815/0915  ***  CH  CPI

12-Feb  1600/1100  **   US  NY Fed survey of consumer expectations

12-Feb  1900/1400  **   US  Treasury Budget

13-Feb  2030/0730       AU  RBA Asst Gov Luci Ellis speaks at ABE Forecasting

                              Conference in Sydney, also Q&A

13-Feb  2350/0850  *    JP  CGPI

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