Global News and Data Calendar

--Rating: *** most market sensitive, * least market sensitive

Date    GMT /Local          Event

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19-Feb      -           EU  ECB President Mario Draghi and ECB Executive Board

                              member Benoit Coeure participation in Eurogroup

                              meeting, in Brussels.

19-Feb  2350/0850  **   JP  Trade

19-Feb  0900/1000  **   EU  current account

19-Feb  1000/1100  **   EU  construction production

20-Feb      -           EU  ECB Executive Board member Vitor Constancio

                              participation in ECOFIN meeting, in Brussels.

20-Feb  2215/0915       AU  RBA Asst Gov Michele Bullock speaks at Responsible

                              Lending and Borrowing Summit in Sydney, also Q&A

20-Feb  0030/1130  ***  AU  RBA board meeting minutes

20-Feb  0700/0800  **   DE  PPI

20-Feb  1000/1100  ***  DE  ZEW Current Expectations Index

20-Feb  1000/1100  ***  DE  ZEW Current Conditions Index

20-Feb  1100/1100  **   UK  CBI Industrial Trends

20-Feb  1330/0830  **   CA  Wholesale Trade

20-Feb  1330/0830  **   US  Philadelphia Fed Nonmanufacturing Index

20-Feb  1500/1600  **   EU  consumer confidence indicator (p)

20-Feb  1730/1830       DE  BBK Board member Andreas Dombret speech at the

                              ICBM Public Lecture, in Geneva.

21-Feb  2330/1030  *    AU  Westpac-MI leading index

21-Feb  0030/1130  ***  AU  Quarterly wage price index

21-Feb  0030/1130  ***  AU  Quarterly construction work done

21-Feb  0800/0900  *    ES  services survey

21-Feb  0800/0900  *    ES  industrial orders

21-Feb  0800/0900  **   FR  Markit Services PMI (p)

21-Feb  0800/0900  **   FR  Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

21-Feb  0830/0930  **   DE  Markit Services PMI (p)

21-Feb  0830/0930  **   DE  Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

21-Feb  0900/1000  **   EU  Markit Services PMI (p)

21-Feb  0900/1000  **   EU  Markit Composite PMI (p)

21-Feb  0900/1000  **   EU  Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

21-Feb  0930/0930  ***  UK  Labour Market Survey

21-Feb  0930/0930  ***  UK  Public Sector Finances

21-Feb  0930/1030       DE  BBK Board member Andreas Dombret speech at the 2nd

                              Hessian Regional Bank Conference, in Brussels.

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

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

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

21-Feb  1400/0900       US  Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President

                              Patrick Harker to speak at the Edward Jones Dean's

                              Breakfast: The Economic Outlook  in St Louis, with

                              audience Q&A.

21-Feb  1445/0945  ***  US  Markit Manufacturing Index (flash)

21-Feb  1445/0945  ***  US  Markit Services Index (flash)

21-Feb  1500/1000  ***  US  NAR existing home sales

21-Feb  1900/1400       US  Federal Reserve releases minutes from the January

                              30-31 FOMC meeting in Washington.

21-Feb  0115/2015       US  Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel

                              Kashkari to participate in a moderated Q&A in

                              Minneapolis, with audience Q&A.

                            https://goo.gl/aD2SxT

22-Feb  0001/0001  *    UK  XpertHR pay deals for whole economy

22-Feb  0515/0015       US  Federal Reserve Vice Chairman for Supervision

                              Randal Quarles to speak on "10 Years After the

                              Global Financial Crisis: How Has The World Economy

                              Changed and Where Will It Go?" at the 26th

                              International Financial Symposium in Tokyo.

22-Feb  0745/0845  *    FR  Services Sentiment

22-Feb  0745/0845  **   FR  Manufacturing Sentiment

22-Feb  0745/0845  *    FR  Business Climate Indicator

22-Feb  0745/0845  ***  FR  HICP (f)

22-Feb  0900/1000  ***  DE  IFO Business Climate Index

22-Feb  0900/1000  *    IT  industrial orders

22-Feb  0900/1000  ***  DE  IFO Business Climate Index Direction

22-Feb  0930/0930  ***  UK  GDP Second Estimate

22-Feb  0930/0930  **   UK  Index of Services

22-Feb  1000/1100  ***  IT  HICP (f)

22-Feb  1100/1100  **   UK  CBI Distributive Trades

22-Feb  1100/1200       DE  BBK Board member Joachim Wuermeling participation

                              in discussion at High-level conference on

                              sustainable finance, in Berlin.

22-Feb  1330/0830  ***  CA  Retail Trade

22-Feb  1330/0830  *    CA  Quarterly financial statistics for enterprises

22-Feb  1330/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

22-Feb  1400/1500  **   BE  BNB Business Sentiment

22-Feb  1445/0945  *    US  Bloomberg Comfort Index

22-Feb  1500/1000  **   US  leading indicators

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

22-Feb  1600/1100  **   US  DOE weekly crude oil stocks

22-Feb  1600/1100  **   US  Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index

22-Feb  1710/1210       US  Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael

                              Bostic to speak at the 2018 Banking Outlook

                              Conference in Atlanta, with audience Q&A.

                            https://goo.gl/ATwn1e

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

23-Feb  2145/1045  **   NZ  Quarterly retail trade

23-Feb  2330/0830  ***  JP  CPI

23-Feb  0700/0800  *    DE  construction orders

23-Feb  0700/0800  ***  DE  GDP (f)

23-Feb  0745/0845  **   FR  Consumer Sentiment

23-Feb  0800/0900  **   ES  PPI

23-Feb  1000/1100  ***  EU  HICP (f)

23-Feb  1330/0830  ***  CA  CPI

23-Feb  1330/0830  *    CA  Payroll employment

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

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

23-Feb  1830/1930       EU  ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure

                              participation in a panel discussion on a review of

                              the objectives of monetary policy during the 2018

                              US Monetary Policy Forum organised by Chicago

                              Booth, in New York City.

23-Feb  1830/1330       US  Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta

                              Mester to participate in the panel on A Review of

                              the Objectives for Monetary Policy in New York,

                              with audience Q&A.

23-Feb  2000/1500  *    US  Treasury Allotments (preliminary)

23-Feb  2040/1540       US  San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John

                              Williams to speak on the "Outlook on the Economy

                              and the Implications for Monetary Policy" in Los

                              Angeles, with audience and media Q&A.

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