Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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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  1430/0930       US  Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel

                              Kashkari to deliver testimony about state economic

                              conditions and an overview of the Minneapolis Fed

                              to the Minnesota Senate Finance Committee in St.

                              Paul, MN.

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  1730/1830       EU  ECB Executive Board member Peter Praet

                              participates in a roundtable discussion at a

                              conference in Paris.

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.

08-Mar  0300/2200       US  US Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Jerome Powell to

                              deliver a speech on Monetary Policy Normalization

                              and Review at the 2019 Stanford Institute for

                              Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) Economic Summit

                              in Stanford, CA, with moderated Q&A.

09-Mar  0130/0930  ***  CN  CPI

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

11-Mar      -           EU  ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure

                              participates in Eurogroup meeting in Brussels.

11-Mar      -      ***  CN  Money Supply

11-Mar      -      ***  CN  New Loans

11-Mar      -      ***  CN  Social Financing

11-Mar  0700/0800  *    DE  labour costs

11-Mar  0700/0800  **   DE  industrial production

11-Mar  0700/0800  **   DE  trade balance

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

11-Mar  0800/0900  *    ES  retail sales

11-Mar  1100/1200  *    EU  OECD Leading Indicator

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

11-Mar  1400/1000  *    US  business inventories

11-Mar  1400/1000  *    US  employment trends index

11-Mar  1400/1000  *    US  BLS State Employment

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

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