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March 2015 Economic
Statistics
and Other Economic Influences |
TUESDAYS:
Weekly Chain Store Sales*
Average Hourly Earnings*
API Weekly Gas/Oil Stockpiles Report* ** (4:30p.m.)
WEDNESDAYS:
Mortgage Applications Data
EIA Weekly Report on Gas & Oil Stockpiles* (10a.m.)
THURSDAYS:
Weekly Unemployment Report*
Weekly Mutual Fund Flows*
Natural Gas Storage Levels* (a.m.)
*Except Holidays ** As of 1/09
All Dates Subject to Change: |
| Sunday, March 15 |
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China Feb. Foreign Direct Investment
OVERNIGHT into US Mon. a.m. et:
UK Rightmove March House Prices
Australia Feb. New Motor Vehicle Sales
Indonesia Feb Trade Balance
(Imports/Exports)
India Feb WPI Food, Fuel &
Manufacturing Inflation
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| Monday March 16 |
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Empire State Manufacturing Survey
Feb. Industrial Production/Capacity Utilization
NAHB March Housing Market Index
US Treasury Auctions$26B 3- & $26B 6-month Bills
US Jan. TICs
Swiss Feb. Producer & Import Prices + Jan. Retail Sales
Canadian Jan. Int'l Securities Transactions
Norwegian Trade Balance
Mexican Holiday
South Korean Feb. Trade Balance (Imports/Exports)
OVERNIGHT into US Tues. a.m. et:
BoJ Meets
& Issues Statement +Mar. Rise in Annual Monetary Base
BoJ's Karuda Press
Conference (Tues. a.m. local time)
RBA March 12th
Meeting Minutes
Singapore Feb Non-Oil Exports
Chinese Feb. Foreign Direct
Investment
Indonesian Interest
Rate Decision (current 7.5%), Deposit + Lending Rates
South African Q4 Current
Account
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| Tuesday, March 17 |
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FOMC Starts 2-day Meeting
Feb. US Housing Starts/Building Permits (Consider Frigid weather &
snow)
Redbook weekly Store Sales Snapshot
Israeli Elections
EU25 Q4 New Car Sales
German March ZEW Survey
Eurozone Feb CPI & Q4 Change in Employment
Canadian Jan. Manufacturing Shipments
OVERNIGHT into US Wed. a.m. et:
New Zealand Q4 Current Account
Balance
South Korean Feb Unemployment Rate
Japanese Feb. Merchandise Trade
Balance (Imports/Exports)
China Feb. Property/House Prices
South Africa Feb CPI
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| Wed.,
March 18 |
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FOMC Meeting Statement
(2pm et), Updated Forecasts (2:15 pm et)
Janet Yellen Press Conference (2:30pm et)
MBA Initial Mortgage & Refinance Apps
EIA weekly Petroleum Stats
Japanese Feb. Final Machine Tool Orders
UK Feb. Jobless Claimant Count & Jan ILO Unemployment Rate/Change
BoE Releases Minutes of their March 5th Meeting
Italian Jan. Trade Balance
Eurozone Jan Trade Balance + Construction Output
Swiss March ZEW Survey
Canadian Jan Wholesale Sales
South Africay Jan. Retail Sales
OVERNIGHT into US Thurs. a.m. et:
New Zealand Q4 GDP
RBA Feb FX Transactions
Japanese Mar. All Industry Tankan
Activity Index & Foreign Investments
Swiss Feb. Trade Balance
(Imports/Exports)
Norwegian Interest Rate
Decision (current 1.25% w/0.25% cut expected)
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| Thursday, Mar. 19 |
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Weekly US Jobless Claims
US Current Account
Fed. Gov Daniel Tarullo Testifies @Senate Banking, Housing & Urban
Affairs Cmte
Philly Fed Business Outlook
EIA weekly Natural Gas Report
US Treasury Auctions $13B Reopened 10-year TIPS maturing 01/15/25
US Treasury Announces Auction Plans include 2-, 5-, & 7-yr Note + 2-yrFRN + 10-yr TIPS
Fed Balance Sheet
US Money Supply
SEMI Feb. Book2Bill
SNB Meets on Rate Decision + Swiss Feb Imports/Exports
& Trade Balance
ECB Publishes Monthly Economic Bulletin
Eurozone Q4 Labor Costs
OVERNIGHT into US Fri. a.m. et:
New Zealand Feb Job Ads & Net
Migration & Marc. Consumer Confidence
BoJ Minutes of Feb 17--18
Meeting
Chinese MNI March Business
Indicators
New Zealand Feb Credit Card
Spending
German Feb PPI
Hong Kong Feb. CPI
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| Friday, Mar.
20 |
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Atlanta Fed's Dennis
Lockhart speaks on Eco & Monetary Policy (10:20am et GA)
Chico Fed's Evans on panel discussing risk mgnmnt near zero bound (D.C.
11:30am)
Atlanta Fed's Business Inflation Expectations
Baker Hughes Weekly US Rig Count (1pm et)
German Feb PPI
Eurozone Jan Current Account
UK Feb Public Finances & Central Gov't NCR/Net Borrowing
Canadian Feb. CPI + Jan. Retail Sales
Mexican Jan. Retail Sales
S&P Rebalanced
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| Saturday, Mar. 21 |
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Hindu New Year Holiday (India &
Indonesia)
Japan Holiday (Spring Equinox)
South Africa Holiday (Human Rights Day)
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| Sunday,
Mar. 22 |
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Swedish Snap Elections
(1st since 1958)
OVERNIGHT into US Mon. a.m. et:
Japan Cabinet Monthly Economic
Report & Supermarket Sales
Singapore Feb CPI
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| Monday, Mar. 23 |
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Cleveland Fed's Mester &
Bk of France Gov Noyer discuss monetary policy context @Global Interdependence
Center (Paris France)
Federal Reserve Vice Chair. Fischer speaks (NY)
Chicago Fed Nat'l Activity Index
NAR Feb. Existing Home Sales
US Treasury Auctions $24B 3- & $24B 6-month Bills
World Bank Annual Conference on Land & Poverty (Washington D.C.)
Swiss Feb. M3 Money Supply (1st full month after Euro peg dropped)
UK March CBI Order & Sales Trends
Eurozone Advance March Consumer Confidence
Mexico 14Q4 Private Spending & Aggregate Demand
OVERNIGHT into US a.m. et:
Fed's Williams speaks
on economic outlook (Sydney Australia 10pm et)
Australia Conference Board
Jan. Leading Index
Japan Markit/JMMA
March Prelim. Manufacturing PMI
China HSBC Prelim.
March Manufacturing PMI & Feb. Leading Index
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| Tuesday, Mar. 24 |
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St. Louis Fed's Bullard and
ECB VP Constancio discuss monetary policy (London)
Feb. US CPI
Feb. US Real Earnings
Jan. FHFA House Price Index
Feb. US New Home Sales (Snow & frigid cold probably hampered sales)
US Treasury Auctions $26B 2-year Notes
US Markit Prelimary March Manufacturing PMI
Richmond Fed March Manufacturing Shipments & Services Index
Redbook weekly Store Sales Snapshot
Markit France, Germany & Eurozone Prelim. March Manufacturing/Composite PMI
UK Feb. Retail Price Index (RPI), & PPI + DCLG Jan. House Prices
Iran Nuclear Agreement Deadline
OVERNIGHT into US Wed. a.m. et:
API weekly Crude Oil stats
New Zealand Feb. Trade Balance
(Imports/Exports)
Japan Feb. Corporate Service Price
Australia Feb. Skilled Job Vacancies
German Feb. Import Price Index
China Westpac-MNI March Consumer
Sentiment
Swiss UBS Feb. Consumption Indicator
South Korean 14Q4 GDP
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| Wed ,
Mar. 25 |
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Dr.
Ben Bernanke, Ian Bremmer (Euroasia Grp), SEC’s Mary Schapiro,
ICE’s CEO Jeffrey Sprecher, headline the Credit Suisse Global
Trading Forum (Miami FL thru 27th)
Chico Fed's Evans lectures on monetary policy (London)
US Treasury Auctions $13B in reopened 2-year FRN & $35B
5-yr Notes
MBA Mortgage/Refinance Applications
Feb. US Durable Goods Orders/Shipments
EIA weekly Petroleum Stats
CME CB/Pres Duffy will testify @House Ag SubCmte on Commodity Exchanges,
Energy & Credit, re: reauthorization the CFTC
US Flash PMI Manufacturing Index
German IFO March Current Business Climate/Expectations
Italian Feb. Trade Balance
UK BBA Feb. Loans for House Prices
Brazil Feb Foreign Direct Investment & Fund Flows & Current Account
Mexican Jan. Economic Activity
OVERNIGHT into US Thurs. a.m. et:
Fed's Bullard speaks on
economy & monetary policy (Frankfurt DE Thurs local time 4:35am US et)
Japan 2-wk March Int'l Bond & Stock
Flows
Singapore Feb. Industrial PRoduction
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| Thursday, Mar.
26 |
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Atlanta Fed's Lockhart discusses
monetary policy & economic outlook (Detroit 9am et)
T-3 EOM
Weekly US Jobless Claims
PMI Flash Services Index
EIA weekly Natural Gas Report
US Treasury Auctions 29B 7-year Notes
K.C. Fed Manufacturing Index & Annual Lincoln Economic Forum
(Kansas City)
US Treasury Announces Auction Plans, including 7-yr Notes
ECB Publishes Monthly Economic Bulletin on Monetary & Credit
Developments
China Releases so-called "Belt & Road" Plans
Hong Kong Feb. Imports/Exports
Norwegian Jan. Unemployment Rate (current 3.7%)
German GfK April Consumer Confidence
French 14Q4 Final GDP
Eurozone Feb M3 + 3-month Moving Average, & Private Sector Loans
Fed Balance Sheet
US Money Supply
Swiss KOF Institute Spring Economic Forecast
UK Feb. Retail Sales (with and ex-Autos)
Markit US Preliminary March US Composite PMI
South Africa Interest & Prime Rate Decision + Feb PPI
Brazil TJLP Q2 Lending Rate & Feb. Unemployment Rate
Mexico March Interest Rate Decision
OVERNIGHT into US Fri. a.m. et:
Japan Feb. Jobless Rate, Household
Spending, + CPI, & Retail Sales
UK March Nationwide House
Price Index
Aussie CBAHIA 14Q4 House
Affordability
German Feb Retail Sales, &
Import Price Index
China Feb. Industrial Profits
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| Friday,
Mar. 27 |
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US 14Q4 Final GDP
US 14Q4 Final Corporate Profits
U.M. March Final Consumer Sentiment
Sovereign Debt Restructuring Conference, U. of Chicago Booth School of
Business (London)
Baker Hughes weekly US Rig Count (1pm et)
Italian Jan. Industrial New Orders/Sales & Jan. Retail Sales
Norwegian March Unemployment Rate/Change & Feb. Core Retail Sales
Brazilian 14Q4 GDP & Feb Bank Lending
Mexican Feb. Trade Balance & Unemployment Rate
Fed's Fischer speaks on bank regulation (Bundesbank, Frankfurt, DE 6:30am
et)
FOMC Chief Yellen speaks at San Francisco Fed Conference on the "New Normal of
Monetary Policy" (3:45pm et)
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WEEKS AHEAD: 03/28
Earliest date to which Nigerian Presidential Elections can be rescheduled
03/31 Dallas Fed Pres. Fisher leaves the Federal Reserve
04/03 Good Friday: US Equity and most markets worldwide, Markets
Closed;
US Treasury Markets Close 1pm
04/07 Reserve Bk of Australia Meets
04/08 FOMC Minutes of the 03/17--18 Meeting (2pm)
BoJ Meets
04/09 BoE Meets
04/15 US Fed's Beige Book
ECB Meets
Bk of Canada Meets
04/28--29 FOMC Meets (Big 15Q1 Earnings Week, as well)
04/30 Royal BK of New Zealand Meets
*FOMC 2015 Voting Members:
www.federalreserve.gov//newsevents/press/monetary/20150128a.htm
FOMC Chief Yellen, NY Fed's Dudley, Lael Brainard, Chicago Fed's Charles Evans, Fed. Gov.
Stanley Fischer, Richmond Fed's Jeffrey Lacker, Atlanta's Dennis Lockhart, Fed. Gov.
Jerome Powell, Fed Gov. Danniel Tarullo, San Francisco Fed's John Williams. (Non-voter
Charles Plosser left Fed 03/01. His replacement arrives this summer.) Dallas Fed's Fisher
leaves 3/31
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