Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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03-Mar  0700/1500       CN  The Chinese People's Political Consultative

                              Conference (CPPCC) opening

05-Mar  2130/0830  **   AU  AI Group services index

05-Mar  2300/0000       DE  BBK Board member Joachim Wuermeling speech at the 

                              Go Live-Event at the start of the project "The

                              Digital financial statement", in Berlin.

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

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

05-Mar  0100/0900       CN  China National People's Congress (NPC) opening -

                              REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE GOVERNMENT will be

                              released.

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

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

05-Mar  0850/0950  **   FR  Markit Services PMI (f)

05-Mar  0855/0955  **   DE  Markit Services PMI (f)

05-Mar  0900/1000  **   EU  Markit Services PMI (f)

05-Mar  0900/1000  *    DE  VDMA machine orders

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

05-Mar  1530/1630       DE  BBK Board member Andreas Dombret speech at the IIB

                              Annual Washington Conference, in Washington D.C.

05-Mar  1700/1800       EU  ECB Gov. Council member Jens Weidmann speech at

                              the Opening of the exhibition "Banks, Stages...",

                              in Frankfurt.

05-Mar  1815/1315       US  Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Randal Quarles to

                              discuss foreign bank regulation at the "Institute

                              of International Bankers Annual Washington

                              Conference" in Washington, DC, with audience Q&A.

06-Mar  2230/0930  **   AU  ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence

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

06-Mar  0030/1130  ***  AU  Quarterly balance of payments

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

06-Mar  0815/0915  ***  CH  CPI

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

06-Mar  1500/1000  **   US  factory new orders

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

06-Mar  1500/1000  **   CA  Ivey PMI

06-Mar  2000/1500  *    US  Treasury STRIPS

06-Mar  0000/1900       US  Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard to speak

                              about the economic and monetary policy outlook at

                              the "Money Marketeers Forum" in New York City,

                              with audience Q&A.

06-Mar  0130/2030       US  Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Rob Kaplan

                              to participate in a moderated Q&A at the CERA Week

                              in Houston, with audience and media Q&A.

07-Mar      -      ***  CN  FX Reserves

07-Mar  2130/0830  **   AU  AI Group/HIA construction index

07-Mar  2140/0840       AU  RBA Governor Lowe speaks at AFR Business Summit,

                              Sydney

07-Mar  0030/1130  ***  AU  Quarterly GDP

07-Mar  0745/0845  *    FR  foreign trade

07-Mar  0745/0845  *    FR  current account

07-Mar  0800/0900       DE  BBK Board member Andreas Dombret speech at the

                              Bank Symposium of the German Bundesbank, in

                              Frankfurt.

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

07-Mar  1000/1100  ***  EU  GDP (2nd est.)

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

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

07-Mar  1300/0800       US  Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael

                              Bostic to speak at the Fireside Chat to the

                              Broward Workshop in Fort Lauderdale, FL, with

                              audience and media Q&A.

07-Mar  1315/0815  ***  US  ADP Employment Report

07-Mar  1330/0830  **   US  Non-Farm Productivity (f)

07-Mar  1330/0830  **   US  trade balance

07-Mar  1330/0830  *    CA  Labour Productivity and Costs

07-Mar  1330/0830  **   CA  International Merchandise Trade (Trade Balance)

07-Mar  1500/1000  ***  CA  Interest Rate Announcement Bank of Canada

07-Mar  1500/1000  *    US  help-wanted online index

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

07-Mar  1900/1400       US  Federal Reserve releases the Beige Book for

                              upcoming FOMC meeting in Washington.

07-Mar  2000/1500  *    US  Consumer Credit

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

08-Mar      -           JP  BOJ holds two-day policy board meeting

08-Mar      -      ***  CN  Trade

08-Mar  2315/0015       DE  BBK Board member Andreas Dombret speech at the

                              conference on Local Currency Bond Markets, in

                              Pretoria, South Africa.

08-Mar  2350/0850  **   JP  GDP (r)

08-Mar  0030/1130  ***  AU  Trade balance

08-Mar  0645/0745  **   CH  unemployment

08-Mar  0700/0800  **   DE  manufacturing orders

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

08-Mar  1100/1200  *    EU  OECD Leading Indicator

08-Mar  1230/0730  *    US  Challenger Monthly Layoff Intentions

08-Mar  1245/1345       EU  ECB monetary policy decision, in Frankfurt.

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

                              Housing Corp)

08-Mar  1330/0830  *    CA  Building Permits

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

08-Mar  1330/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

08-Mar  1330/1430       EU  Press conference following the Governing Council

                              meeting of the ECB, in Frankfurt.

08-Mar  1445/0945  *    US  Bloomberg Comfort Index

08-Mar  1500/1000  *    US  Services Revenues

08-Mar  1500/1000  *    US  QCEW

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

08-Mar  1700/1200  *    US  Fed domestic non-financial debt

08-Mar  2035/1535       CA  BOC  Deputy Gov Timothy Lane speech on Economic

                              Progress report at the Greater Vancouver Board of

                              Trade Vancouver, BC.

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

09-Mar      -           JP  BOJ holds two-day policy board meeting

09-Mar  2330/0830  **   JP  Household spending

09-Mar  0000/0900  **   JP  average wages (p)

09-Mar  0130/0930  ***  CN  CPI

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

09-Mar  0300/1200       JP  BOJ releases outcome of two-day policy board

                              meeting, monetary policy statement

09-Mar  0630/1530       JP  BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda news conference

09-Mar  0700/0800  *    DE  labour costs

09-Mar  0700/0800  **   DE  industrial production

09-Mar  0700/0800  **   DE  trade balance

09-Mar  0745/0845  *    FR  industrial production

09-Mar  0800/0900  **   ES  industrial production

09-Mar  0830/0930       EU  ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure

                              introductory remarks at strategic high-level

                              meeting on Cyber resilience for Pan-European

                              Financial Market Infrastructures organised by the

                              ECB , in Frankfurt.

09-Mar  0845/0945       EU  ECB Executive Board member Sabine Lautenschlaeger

                              speech at strategic high-level meeting on Cyber

                              Resilience for Pan-European Financial Market

                              Infrastructures organised by the ECB, in

                              Frankfurt.

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

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

09-Mar  1330/0830  **   CA  Capacity Utilization

09-Mar  1330/0830  ***  US  Employment Report

09-Mar  1500/1000  **   US  wholesale trade

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

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

09-Mar  1745/1245       US  Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles

                              Evans to speak at the Manhattan Institute Shadow

                              Open Market Committee in New York, with audience

                              and media Q&A.

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