Global News and Data Calendar

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 22:01 GMT Feb 4/17:01 EST Feb 4

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

Date    GMT /Local          Event

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05-Feb  0001/0001  *    UK  BRC-KPMG Shop Sales Monitor

05-Feb  0030/1130       AU  Retail Trade

05-Feb  0330/1430       AU  RBA Rate Decision

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

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

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

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

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

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

05-Feb  1000/1100  **   EU  retail sales

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

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

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

05-Feb  1500/1000  **   US  IBD/TIPP Optimism Index

04-Feb  0030/1930       US  Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta

                              Mester to deliver a speech on economic outlook and

                              monetary policy at the 50 Club of Cleveland Annual

                              meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, followed by audience

                              Q&A.

06-Feb  0700/0800  **   DE  manufacturing orders

06-Feb  0900/1000  *    DE  VDMA machine orders

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

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

06-Feb  1330/0830  *    CA  Building Permits

06-Feb  1330/0830  **   US  Preliminary Non-Farm Productivity

06-Feb  1330/0830  **   US  trade balance

06-Feb  1335/0835       CA  BOC Deputy Gov Timothy Lane speaks at the Peterson

                              Institute for International Economics, Washington,

                              DC. Topic: The Canadian Approach to Foreign

                              Reserve Management. Audience Q&A will follow.

06-Feb  1500/1000  *    US  help-wanted online index

06-Feb  1500/1000  **   CA  Ivey PMI

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

06-Feb  2000/1500  *    US  Treasury STRIPS

06-Feb  2305/1805       US  Federal Reserve Board of Governors Vice Chairman

                              Randal Quarles to deliver a speech about the

                              Federal Reserve Stress Testing Conference at the

                              Council for Economic Education Vantage Point

                              Reception in New York, NY, with moderated Q&A.

06-Feb  0000/1900       US  US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome H. Powell

                              to host a town hall meeting with educators from

                              around the country via webcast from the Board Room

                              of the Board's main building in Washington, DC,

                              featuring audience and participant Q&A.

07-Feb      -      ***  CN  FX Reserves

07-Feb  0700/0800  **   DE  industrial production

07-Feb  0745/0845  *    FR  current account

07-Feb  0745/0845  *    FR  foreign trade

07-Feb  0800/0900  **   ES  industrial production

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

07-Feb  0900/1000       EU  ECB Economic Bulletin

07-Feb  0900/1000  *    IT  retail sales

07-Feb  1200/1200  ***  UK  Bank Of England Interest Rate

07-Feb  1200/1200  ***  UK  Bank Of England Quantitative Easing

07-Feb  1330/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

07-Feb  1415/0915       US  Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Rob Kaplan

                              to participate in a moderated Q&A at the

                              University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of

                              Business Outlook Series in Dallas, TX.

07-Feb  1430/0930       US  Federal Reserve Board of Governors Vice Chairman

                              Richard Clarida to present a research paper titled

                              "The Global Factor in Neutral Policy Rates" at the

                               Czech National Bank and Czech Economic Society

                              academic seminar in Prague, with audience Q&A.

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

07-Feb  2000/1500  *    US  Consumer Credit

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

07-Feb  0030/1930       US  St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James

                              Bullard to deliver a presentation on the US

                              economy and monetary policy at St. Cloud State

                              University in St. Cloud, Minnesota, followed by

                              audience Q&A.

08-Feb      -      ***  CN  FX Reserves

08-Feb  2330/0830  **   JP  Household spending

08-Feb  0000/0900  **   JP  average wages (p)

08-Feb  0030/1130  ***  AU  RBA Statement on Monetary Policy

08-Feb  0645/0745  **   CH  unemployment

08-Feb  0700/0800  **   DE  trade balance

08-Feb  0745/0845  **   FR  non-farm payrolls

08-Feb  0745/0845  *    FR  industrial production

08-Feb  0900/1000  *    IT  industrial production

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

                              Housing Corp)

08-Feb  1330/0830  ***  CA  Labour Force Survey

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

08-Feb  1700/1200  **   US  USDA GrainStock - NASS

08-Feb  1815/1315       US  San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary

                              Daly to participate in a moderated Q&A at the Bay

                              Area Council Economic Institute's 12th Annual

                              Economic Forecast Conference in San Francisco, CA.

09-Feb      -      ***  CN  FX Reserves

10-Feb      -      ***  CN  FX Reserves

11-Feb      -      ***  CN  FX Reserves

11-Feb      -      ***  CN  Money Supply

11-Feb      -      ***  CN  New Loans

11-Feb      -      ***  CN  Social Financing

11-Feb  0730/0830  **   FR  BoF Business survey

11-Feb  0730/0830  ***  CH  CPI

11-Feb  0930/0930  **   UK  Output in the Construction Industry

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

11-Feb  1100/1200  *    EU  OECD Leading Indicator

11-Feb  1600/1100  **   US  NY Fed survey of consumer expectations

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