Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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03-Mar      -           CN  Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

04-Mar      -      *    DE  car registrations

04-Mar  0030/1130       AU  Building Approvals

04-Mar  0030/1130       AU  Business Indicators

04-Mar  0800/0900  *    ES  unemployment

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

04-Mar  1000/1100  **   EU  PPI

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

04-Mar  1500/1000  *    US  construction spending

05-Mar      -           CN  National People's Congress

05-Mar      -           US  National People's Congress held in Beijing

05-Mar      -           US  National People's Congress held in Beijing

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

05-Mar  0030/1130       AU  Balance of Payments: Current Account

05-Mar  0145/0945  **   CN  Caixin Service PMI

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

05-Mar  0700/0800  *    DE  wholesale sales

05-Mar  0730/0830  ***  CH  CPI

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  ***  IT  GDP (f)

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

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

05-Mar  1000/1100  **   EU  retail sales

05-Mar  1230/0730       US  Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Eric

                              Rosengren to offer the National Association of

                              Corporate Directors' New England Chapter analysis

                              of the current economic landscape in Boston, MA

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

05-Mar  1400/0900  *    US  Building permits revisions

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

05-Mar  1500/1000  ***  US  new home sales

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

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

05-Mar  1900/1400  **   US  Treasury Budget

06-Mar  0500/1400       JP  BOJ board member Harada holds a news conference

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

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

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

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

06-Mar  1330/0830  **   US  trade balance

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

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

06-Mar  1500/1000  **   CA  Ivey PMI

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

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

06-Mar  1700/1200       US  Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta

                              Mester to participate in a moderated Q&A session

                              at the Columbus Club in Columbus, Ohio.

06-Mar  1710/1210       US  New York Federal Reserve Bank President John

                              Williams to deliver a speech on "The Economic

                              Outlook: The 'New Normal' Is Now" at the Economic

                              Club of New York, followed by audience Q&A.

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

                              upcoming FOMC meeting in Washington.

06-Mar  2000/1500  *    US  Treasury STRIPS

07-Mar      -      ***  CN  FX Reserves

07-Mar  0030/1130       AU  Retail Trade

07-Mar  0645/0745  **   CH  unemployment

07-Mar  0820/0920       EU  ECB Supervisory Board Chair Andrea Enria keynote

                              speech at 4th SSM & EBF Boardroom dialogue in

                              Frankfurt.

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

07-Mar  0900/1000  *    IT  retail sales

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

07-Mar  1000/1100  *    EU  employment

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

07-Mar  1245/1345  ***  EU  ECB Deposit Rate

07-Mar  1245/1345  ***  EU  ECB Main Refi Rate

07-Mar  1245/1345  ***  EU  ECB Marginal Lending Rate

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

07-Mar  1330/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

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

07-Mar  1330/0830  *    CA  Building Permits

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

                              meeting of the ECB, in Frankfurt.

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

07-Mar  1530/1030       US  New York Federal Reserve Bank Vice President Simon

                              Potter to participate in a panel on "Challenges

                              and Opportunities from Purchasing Unconventional

                              Assets" at the Bank of England Research Workshop

                              in London, UK.

07-Mar  1715/1215       US  Federal Reserve Board of Governors member Lael

                              Brainard to deliver a speech on economic outlook

                              and monetary policy at a lecture series hosted by

                              Princeton University's Julis-Rabinowitz Center for

                              Public Policy and Finance and the Bendheim Center

                              for Finance in Princeton, NJ, with audience Q&A.

07-Mar  1730/1230       CA  BOC Deputy Gov Lynn Patterson speech at the

                              Hamilton Chamber of Commerce, Hamilton, ON. Topic:

                              Economic Progress Report

07-Mar  2000/1500  *    US  Consumer Credit

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

08-Mar      -      ***  CN  Trade

08-Mar  2330/0830  **   JP  Household spending

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

08-Mar  0700/0800  **   DE  manufacturing orders

08-Mar  0745/0845  *    FR  current account

08-Mar  0745/0845  *    FR  foreign trade

08-Mar  0745/0845  *    FR  industrial production

08-Mar  0800/0900  **   ES  industrial production

08-Mar  0900/1000  *    DE  VDMA machine orders

08-Mar  0900/1000  *    IT  industrial production

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

                              Housing Corp)

08-Mar  1330/0830  **   CA  Capacity Utilization

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

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

08-Mar  1330/0830  ***  US  housing starts

08-Mar  1500/1000       US  San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President Mary

                              Daly to participate in the conference of the

                              Brookings Papers on Economic Activity at the

                              Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.

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

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

08-Mar  1630/1730       EU  ECB Executive Board member Yves Mersch speech at

                              the 'Let's Talk Europe' conference in Luxembourg.

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