Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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21-Mar      -           US  FOMC policy meeting, in Washington.

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

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

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

21-Mar  1100/1100  **   UK  CBI Industrial Trends

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

21-Mar  1230/0830  *    US  current account balance

21-Mar  1400/1000  ***  US  NAR existing home sales

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

21-Mar  1800/1400       US  FOMC policy announcement, in Washington.

21-Mar  1830/1430       US  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to hold a

                              press conference following the FOMC meeting in

                              Washington.

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22-Mar  2000/0900  ***  NZ  RBNZ official cash rate decision

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

22-Mar  0030/1130  ***  AU  Labor force survey

22-Mar  0745/0845  **   FR  Manufacturing Sentiment

22-Mar  0745/0845  *    FR  Business Climate Indicator

22-Mar  0745/0845  *    FR  Services Sentiment

22-Mar  0800/0900  **   FR  Markit Services PMI (p)

22-Mar  0800/0900  **   FR  Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

22-Mar  0830/0930  **   DE  Markit Services PMI (p)

22-Mar  0830/0930  **   DE  Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

22-Mar  0830/0930       EU  ECB Executive Board member Sabine Lautenschlaeger

                              participation in a panel discussion at the 9th

                              annual EFR Stakeholder Round Table on "Financial

                              Fragmentation or Integration" hosted by the ING

                              Group, in Brussels.

22-Mar  0900/1000  **   EU  current account

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

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

22-Mar  0900/1000  **   EU  Markit Services PMI (p)

22-Mar  0900/1000  **   EU  Markit Composite PMI (p)

22-Mar  0900/1000       EU  ECB Supervisory Board chair Daniele Nouy

                              introductory remarks at "Joint Governance

                              Conference: Governance expectations for banks in a

                              changing financial environment" , in Frankfurt.

22-Mar  0900/1000  **   EU  Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

22-Mar  0930/0930  ***  UK  Retail Sales

22-Mar  1200/1200  ***  UK  Bank Of England Interest Rate

22-Mar  1200/1200  ***  UK  Bank Of England Quantitative Easing

22-Mar  1230/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

22-Mar  1300/0900  **   US  FHFA Home Price Index

22-Mar  1345/0945  ***  US  Markit Services Index (flash)

22-Mar  1345/0945  ***  US  Markit Manufacturing Index (flash)

22-Mar  1345/0945  *    US  Bloomberg Comfort Index

22-Mar  1400/1000  **   US  leading indicators

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

22-Mar  1430/1030  **   US  Natural Gas Stocks

22-Mar  1500/1100  **   US  Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index

22-Mar  1845/1445       CA  BOC Senior Deputy Gov Carolyn Wilkins speech at

                              the Rotman School of Management Toronto.

22-Mar  1900/1500  *    US  Treasury Allotments (preliminary)

22-Mar  2030/1630  **   US  Fed Weekly Money Supply Data

23-Mar  2330/0830  ***  JP  CPI

23-Mar  0700/0800  *    DE  construction orders

23-Mar  0800/0900  **   ES  PPI

23-Mar  1210/0810       US  Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael

                              Bostic to speak at the Knoxville Economics Forum

                              in Knoxville, Tennessee, with audience Q&A.

23-Mar  1230/0830  ***  CA  CPI

23-Mar  1230/0830  ***  CA  Retail Trade

23-Mar  1230/0830  **   US  durable goods new orders

23-Mar  1400/1000  ***  US  new home sales

23-Mar  1400/1000  *    US  Building permits revisions

23-Mar  1400/1000  *    US  BLS State Employment

23-Mar  1430/1030       US  Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel

                              Kashkari to participate in a moderated Q&A in New

                              York, with audience Q&A.

23-Mar  1500/1100  **   US  St. Louis Fed Real GDP Nowcast

23-Mar  1515/1115  **   US  NY Fed GDP Nowcast

23-Mar  1530/1130       US  Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Rob Kaplan

                              to participate in a moderated Q&A at the "Trellis

                              Foundation Summit on Postsecondary Access,

                              Affordability & Attainment" in Austin, with

                              audience & media Q&A.

26-Mar  0645/0845  ***  FR  GDP (f)

26-Mar  0700/0900  *    ES  industrial orders

26-Mar  0700/0900  *    ES  services survey

26-Mar  1300/1500       EU  ECB Supervisory Board chair Daniele Nouy

                              presentation of the ECB Annual Report on

                              supervisory activities 2017 to the European

                              Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs

                              Committee, in Brussels .

26-Mar  1430/1030  **   US  Dallas Fed manufacturing survey

26-Mar  2030/1630       US  Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta

                              Mester to speak at the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for

                              Public Policy & Finance at Princeton University in

                              Princeton, New Jersey, with audience Q%A.

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

27-Mar  0045/1145       AU  RBA Asst Gov Christopher Kent, speaks at

                              Investment Implementation Summit, Sydney. Also Q&A

27-Mar  0700/0900  ***  ES  HICP (p)

27-Mar  0800/1000  **   IT  ISTAT Consumer Confidence

27-Mar  0800/1000  **   IT  ISTAT Business Confidence

27-Mar  0800/1000  **   EU  M3

27-Mar  0900/1100  **   EU  Economic Sentiment Indicator

27-Mar  0900/1100  *    EU  Business Climate Indicator

27-Mar  0900/1100  *    EU  Consumer Confidence, Industrial Sentiment

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

27-Mar  1300/0900  **   US  S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index

27-Mar  1400/1000  **   US  Richmond Fed Survey

27-Mar  1400/1000  ***  US  Conference Board Consumer Confidence

27-Mar  1430/1030  **   US  Dallas Fed Services Survey

27-Mar  1500/1100       US  Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael

                              Bostic to participate in a "Conversation with John

                              Hope Bryant" at the "HOP Flobal Forums, 2018

                              Annual Meeting" in Atlanta.

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