Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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27-Feb  0745/0845  **   FR  Consumer Sentiment

27-Feb  0800/0900  ***  ES  HICP (p)

27-Feb  0805/0905       EU  ECB Executive Board member Yves Mersch keynote

                              address at 2nd Annual Conference on "FinTech and

                              Digital Innovation: Regulation at the European

                              level and beyond" organised by Afore Consulting,

                              in Brussels.

27-Feb  0900/1000  **   EU  M3

27-Feb  0900/1000  **   IT  ISTAT Business Confidence

27-Feb  0900/1000  **   IT  ISTAT Consumer Confidence

27-Feb  1000/1100  **   EU  Economic Sentiment Indicator

27-Feb  1000/1100  *    EU  Business Climate Indicator

27-Feb  1000/1100  *    EU  Consumer Confidence, Industrial Sentiment

27-Feb  1000/1100       EU  ECB Gov. Council member Jens Weidmann and BBK

                              Board member Carl-Ludwig Thiele participation in

                              press conference "Publication of the Financial

                              Statements 2017", in Frankfurt.

27-Feb  1000/1100       EU  ECB Gov. Council member Jens Weidmann and  BBK

                              Board member Carl-Ludwig Thiele participation in

                              press conference " Publication of the annual

                              financial statement 2017", in Frankfurt.

27-Feb  1030/1130       DE  BBK Board member Joachim Wuermeling participation

                              in discussion at the 2nd Annual Conference on

                              FinTech and Digital Innovation, in Brussels.

27-Feb  1300/1400  ***  DE  HICP (p)

27-Feb  1330/0830  **   US  durable goods new orders

27-Feb  1330/0830  **   US  advance trade, advance business inventories

27-Feb  1330/0830       US  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's semiannual

                              monetary policy statement to be released in

                              Washington.

27-Feb  1345/1445       DE  BBK Board member Johannes Beermann participation

                              in discussion at 11. Institutional Money Kongress,

                              in Frankfurt.

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

27-Feb  1400/0900  **   US  FHFA Home Price Index

27-Feb  1400/0900  **   US  FHFA Quarterly Price Index

27-Feb  1400/0900  **   US  S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index

27-Feb  1500/1000  **   US  Richmond Fed Survey

27-Feb  1500/1000  ***  US  Conference Board Consumer Confidence

27-Feb  1500/1000       US  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to deliver the

                              semiannual monetary policy testimony before the

                              House Financial Services Committee in Washington.

27-Feb  1530/1030  **   US  Dallas Fed Services Survey

27-Feb  2000/1500  *    US  farm prices

27-Feb  2100/1600       CA  Canada government to present 2018 Budget

28-Feb  2145/1045  *    NZ  Net monthly migration

28-Feb  2350/0850  **   JP  Industrial production

28-Feb  2350/0850  *    JP  Retail sales (p)

28-Feb  0000/1300  ***  NZ  ANZ monthly business survey

28-Feb  0001/0001  **   UK  Gfk Monthly Consumer Confidence

28-Feb  0030/1130  **   AU  RBA private sector credit m/m

28-Feb  0100/0900  ***  CN  CFLP Manufacturing PMI

28-Feb  0100/0900  **   CN  CFLP Non-Manufacturing PMI

28-Feb  0700/0800  *    DE  GFK Consumer Climate

28-Feb  0700/0800  **   DE  ILO employment

28-Feb  0745/0845  ***  FR  GDP (2nd est.)

28-Feb  0745/0845  **   FR  Consumer Spending

28-Feb  0745/0845  **   FR  PPI

28-Feb  0745/0845  ***  FR  HICP (p)

28-Feb  0800/0900  *    CH  KOF Economic Barometer

28-Feb  0855/0955  **   DE  unemployment

28-Feb  1000/1100  ***  IT  HICP (p)

28-Feb  1000/1100  ***  EU  HICP (p)

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

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

28-Feb  1330/0830  *    CA  Industrial Product and Raw Material Price Index

28-Feb  1330/0830  ***  US  GDP (2nd)

28-Feb  1330/1430       DE  BBK Board member Andreas Dombret participation in

                              discussion at International Bankers Forum IBF

                              "Bank of the Future", in Frankfurt.

28-Feb  1400/0900  *    US  Milwaukee Manufacturing ISM index

28-Feb  1445/0945  **   US  MNI Chicago PMI

28-Feb  1500/1000  **   US  NAR pending home sales

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

28-Feb  1700/1800       DE  BBK Board member Carl-Ludwig Thiele speech at the

                              Bundesbank Forum, in Frankfurt.

01-Mar      -      ***  US  domestic made vehicle sales

01-Mar  2145/1045  ***  NZ  Quarterly terms of trade

01-Mar  2230/0930  **   AU  AI Group manufacturing index

01-Mar  2300/1000  **   AU  CoreLogic home value index m/m

01-Mar  0030/1130  ***  AU  Quarterly Private new capex

01-Mar  0130/1030       JP  BOJ board member Goushi Kataoka speaks to business

                              leaders

01-Mar  0530/1630  *    AU  RBA index of commodity prices

01-Mar  0645/0745  ***  CH  GDP

01-Mar  0800/0900  ***  ES  GDP (f)

01-Mar  0800/0900  *    FR  car registrations

01-Mar  0815/0915  **   CH  retail sales

01-Mar  0815/0915  **   ES  Markit Manufacturing PMI (f)

01-Mar  0845/0945  **   IT  Markit Manufacturing PMI (f)

01-Mar  0850/0950  **   FR  Markit Manufacturing PMI (f)

01-Mar  0855/0955  **   DE  Markit Manufacturing PMI (f)

01-Mar  0900/1000  **   EU  Markit Manufacturing PMI (f)

01-Mar  0930/0930  **   UK  Markit/CIPS Manufacturing PMI

01-Mar  0930/0930  **   UK  BOE M4

01-Mar  0930/0930  **   UK  BOE Lending to Individuals

01-Mar  1000/1100  **   EU  unemployment

01-Mar  1030/1130       EU  ECB Supervisory Board Chair Daniele Nouy speech at

                              Delphi Economic Forum III "New Globalization and

                              Growth Challenges", in Delphi, Greece.

01-Mar  1300/2100  ***  CN  Caixin Manufacturing PMI

01-Mar  1330/0830  *    CA  Current account

01-Mar  1330/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

01-Mar  1330/0830  **   US  Personal Income and Consumption

01-Mar  1445/0945  ***  US  Markit Manufacturing Index (final)

01-Mar  1445/0945  *    US  Bloomberg Comfort Index

01-Mar  1500/1000  ***  US  ISM Manufacturing Index

01-Mar  1500/1000  *    US  construction spending

01-Mar  1500/1000       US  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to deliver the

                              semiannual monetary policy testimony before the

                              Senate Banking Committee in Washington.

01-Mar  1530/1030  **   US  Natural Gas Stocks

01-Mar  2130/1630  **   US  Fed Weekly Money Supply Data

02-Mar      -      *    DE  car registrations

02-Mar  2145/1045  *    NZ  Monthly building consents

02-Mar  2330/0830  **   JP  Tokyo CPI

02-Mar  0700/0800  *    DE  wholesale sales

02-Mar  0700/0800  **   DE  Import/Export Prices

02-Mar  0700/0800  **   DE  Retail Sales

02-Mar  0800/0900  *    ES  unemployment

02-Mar  0810/0910       EU  ECB Executive board member Yves Mersch speech at

                              KPMG Finance Forum 2018 in Prague.

02-Mar  0900/1000  ***  IT  GDP (f)

02-Mar  0930/0930  **   UK  Markit/CIPS Construction PMI

02-Mar  1000/1100  **   EU  PPI

02-Mar  1000/1000       UK  BOE Governor Mark Carney speech, Edinburgh

02-Mar  1330/0830  ***  CA  CA GDP by Industry and GDP Canadian Economic

                              Accounts Combined

02-Mar  1445/0945  *    US  ISM-NY Manufacturing Index

02-Mar  1500/1000  ***  US  Final Michigan Sentiment Index

02-Mar  1600/1100  **   US  St. Louis Fed Real GDP Nowcast

02-Mar  1615/1115  **   US  NY Fed GDP Nowcast

05-Mar  2230/0930  **   AU  AI Group services index

05-Mar  0030/1130  ***  AU  Quarterly business indicators

05-Mar  0030/1130  ***  AU  Dwelling Approvals

05-Mar  0815/0915  **   ES  Markit Services PMI (f)

05-Mar  0845/0945  **   IT  Markit Services PMI (f)

05-Mar  0930/0930  **   UK  Markit/CIPS Services PMI

05-Mar  1000/1100  **   EU  retail sales

05-Mar  1300/2100  **   CN  Caixin Service PMI

05-Mar  1445/0945  ***  US  Markit Services Index (final)

05-Mar  1500/1000  ***  US  ISM Non-Manufacturing Index

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