Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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

08-Mar      -      ***  CN  Trade

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.

10-Mar      -      ***  CN  Money Supply

10-Mar      -      ***  CN  New Loans

10-Mar      -      ***  CN  Social Financing

11-Mar      -      ***  CN  Money Supply

11-Mar      -      ***  CN  New Loans

11-Mar      -      ***  CN  Social Financing

12-Mar      -      ***  CN  Money Supply

12-Mar      -      ***  CN  New Loans

12-Mar      -      ***  CN  Social Financing

12-Mar  1400/1000  *    US  employment trends index

12-Mar  1400/1000  *    US  BLS State Employment

12-Mar  1500/1100  **   US  NY Fed survey of consumer expectations

12-Mar  1800/1400  **   US  Treasury Budget

13-Mar      -           EU  ECB Executive Board member Vitor Constancio

                              participation in the ECOFIN meeting, in Brussels,

                              Belgium.

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

13-Mar  2340/1040       AU  RBA Asst Gov Michele Bullock speaks at Seamless

                              Australia Payments Conference, Sydney. Also Q&A

13-Mar  2350/0850  *    JP  CGPI

13-Mar  0030/1130  ***  AU  Housing finance

13-Mar  0030/1130  **   AU  NAB business survey

13-Mar  0630/0730  **   FR  non-farm payrolls

13-Mar  0800/0900  ***  ES  HICP (f)

13-Mar  1000/0600  **   US  NFIB Small Business Optimism Index

13-Mar  1230/0830  ***  US  CPI

13-Mar  1230/1230       UK  UK Budget, Spring Statement, Westminster

13-Mar  1255/0855  **   US  Redbook Retail Sales Index

13-Mar  1415/1015       CA  BOC Gov Stephen Poloz speech on Today's Labour

                              Market and the Future of Work at Queen's

                              University Kingston, ON.

14-Mar      -      *    FR  BOF retail trade

14-Mar  2205/0905       AU  RBA Asst Gov Christopher Kent speaks at KangaNews

                              DCM Summit, Sydney. Also Q&A

14-Mar  2330/1030       AU  Westpac-MI Consumer Sentiment

14-Mar  2350/0850  *    JP  Machinery orders

14-Mar  2350/0850       JP  BOJ releases minutes of Jan. 22-23 policy meeting

14-Mar  0200/1000  ***  CN  Fixed-Asset Investment

14-Mar  0200/1000  ***  CN  Industrial Output

14-Mar  0200/1000  ***  CN  Retail Sales

14-Mar  0700/0800  ***  DE  HICP (f)

14-Mar  0730/0830       EU  ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure

                              participation in a meeting with Fintech companies

                              organised by FinLeap, in Berlin.

14-Mar  0800/0900  *    ES  retail sales

14-Mar  0800/0900       EU  ECB President Mario Draghi speech at Conference

                              "The ECB and Its Watchers XIX" organised by the

                              Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability, in

                              Frankfurt.

14-Mar  0845/0945       EU  ECB Executive Board member Peter Praet

                              participation in Debate 1 "Assessment of

                              Quantitative Easing and Challenges of Policy

                              Normalization" at Conference "The ECB and Its

                              Watchers XIX" , in Frankfurt.

14-Mar  0900/1000  *    IT  retail sales

14-Mar  1000/1100  *    EU  employment

14-Mar  1000/1100  **   EU  industrial production

14-Mar  1045/1145       EU  ECB Executive Board member Vitor Constancio

                              participation in Debate 2 "The Pursuit of

                              Financial Stability and Tasks for Monetary,

                              Regulatory and Macro-Prudential Policies" at

                              Conference "The ECB and Its Watchers XIX" ,in

                              Frankfurt.

14-Mar  1100/0700  **   US  MBA weekly applications index

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

14-Mar  1230/0830  *    CA  Intl Investment Position

14-Mar  1230/0830  ***  US  PPI

14-Mar  1230/0830  ***  US  Retail Sales

14-Mar  1400/1000  *    US  business inventories

14-Mar  1400/1000  **   US  Atlanta Fed inflation index

14-Mar  1430/1030  **   US  DOE weekly crude oil stocks

14-Mar  1615/1715       EU  ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure

                              participation in panel on 'Zero interest rate

                              policy' at CDU-Economic Council:

                              Finanzmarktklausur, in Berlin.

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