Monday, Aug 25, 2008

GMT	Ccy	Events	Consensus	Previous
6:00	EUR	German Import Price Index (MoM) (JUL)	0.5%	1.5%
6:00	EUR	German Import Price Index (YoY) (JUL)	9.2%	8.9%
6:00	JPY	Bank of Japan's Governor Shirakawa to Speak in Osaka	--	--
14:00	USD	Existing Home Sales (MoM) (JUL)	0.8%	-2.6%
14:00	USD	Existing Home Sales (JUL)	4.90M	4.86M
22:45	NZD	Trade Balance (New Zealand dollars) (JUL)	--	-223.0M
22:45	NZD	Imports (New Zealand dollars) (JUL)	--	3.81B
22:45	NZD	Exports (New Zealand dollars) (JUL)	--	3.59B
23:50	JPY	Corporate Service Price (YoY) (JUL)	1.4%	1.2%

Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008

GMT	Ccy	Events	Consensus	Previous
3:00	NZD	Reserve Bank of New Zealand 2-Year Inflation Expectation (3Q)	--	--
6:00	EUR	German Gross Domestic Product s.a. (QoQ) (2Q F)	-0.5%	1.5%
6:00	EUR	German Gross Domestic Product w.d.a. (YoY) (2Q F)	1.7%	2.6%
6:00	EUR	German Gross Domestic Product n.s.a. (YoY) (2Q F)	3.1%	1.8%
6:00	EUR	German Private Consumption (2Q F)	-0.4%	0.3%
6:00	EUR	German Government Spending (2Q F)	0.3%	1.3%
6:00	EUR	German Capital Investment (2Q F)	-1.5%	3.7%
6:00	EUR	German Construction Investment (2Q F)	-4.0%	4.5%
6:00	EUR	German Domestic Demand (2Q F)	--	1.9%
6:00	EUR	German Imports (2Q F)	--	3.5%
6:00	EUR	German Exports (2Q F)	--	2.4%
6:10	EUR	German GfK Consumer Confidence Survey (SEP)	2.0	2.1
6:45	EUR	French Housing Starts (3MoY) (JUL)	--	-28.2%
6:45	EUR	French Housing Permits (3MoY) (JUL)	--	-15.3%
8:00	EUR	German IFO - Expectations (AUG)	90.3	90.0
8:00	EUR	German IFO - Business Climate (AUG)	97.2	97.5
8:00	EUR	German IFO - Current Assessment (AUG)	104.8	105.7
8:00	CHF	UBS Consumption Indicator (JUL)	--	2.246
8:30	GBP	BBA Loans for House Purchase (JUL)	--	21118
13:00	USD	S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-20 (YoY) (JUN)	-16.2%	-15.8%
13:00	USD	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index (JUN)	--	168.5
13:00	USD	S&P/Case-Shiller US Home Price Index (2Q)	--	159.2
13:00	USD	S&P/Case-Shiller US Home Price Index (YoY) (2Q)	--	-14.1%
14:00	USD	Consumer Confidence (AUG)	53.0	51.9
14:00	USD	New Home Sales (MoM) (JUL)	-0.9%	-0.6%
14:00	USD	New Home Sales (JUL)	525K	530K
14:00	USD	House Price Index (MoM) (JUN)	-0.4%	-0.3%
14:00	USD	House Price Index (QoQ) (2Q)	--	--
14:00	USD	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index (AUG)	-10	-16
18:00	USD	Federal Open Market Committee Meeting Minutes	--	--
21:00	USD	ABC Consumer Confidence (AUG 24)	--	-49

Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008

GMT	Ccy	Events	Consensus	Previous
1:30	AUD	Construction Work Done (2Q)	1.5%	2.3%
3:00	NZD	NBNZ Business Confidence (AUG)	--	-43.2
7:30	EUR	Italian Consumer Confidence Index s.a. (AUG)	96.0	95.8
11:00	USD	MBA Mortgage Applications (AUG 22)	--	-1.5%
12:30	USD	Durable Goods Orders (JUL)	0.1%	0.8%
12:30	USD	Durables Ex Transportation (JUL)	-0.5%	2.0%
12:35	USD	Atlanta Fed's Lockhart to Speak on Inflation at Georgia State	--	--
23:50	JPY	Foreign Buying Japan Stocks (Yen) (AUG 22)	--	43.8B
23:50	JPY	Foreign Buying Japan Bonds (Yen) (AUG 22)	--	504.6B
23:50	JPY	Japan Buying Foreign Stocks (Yen) (AUG 22)	--	-53.4B
23:50	JPY	Japan Buying Foreign Bonds (Yen) (AUG 22)	--	620.1B

Thursday, Aug 28, 2008

GMT	Ccy	Events	Consensus	Previous
--	AUD	HIA New Home Sales (MoM) (JUL)	--	4.00%
00:00	AUD	Conference Board Leading Index (JUN)	--	-0.10%
01:30	AUD	Private Capital Expenditure (2Q)	2.00%	-2.50%
01:30	JPY	Bank of Japan's Suda to Speak in Kanazawa; Japan	--	--
03:00	NZD	Money Supply M3 (YoY) (JUL)	--	7.40%
06:00	EUR	German ILO Unemployment Rate (JUL)	--	7.30%
06:45	EUR	French Industrial Investment Survey (JUL)	--	--
07:15	CHF	Employment Level (2Q)	--	3.899M
07:15	CHF	Employment Level (YoY) (2Q)	--	2.80%
07:55	EUR	German Unemployment Change (AUG)	-10K	-20K
07:55	EUR	German Unemployment Rate (s.a) (AUG)	7.80%	7.80%
08:00	EUR	Bloomberg France Retail Purchasing Manager Index (AUG)	--	51.3
08:00	EUR	Bloomberg Germany Retail Purchasing Manager Index (AUG)	--	46.4
08:00	EUR	Bloomberg Euro Zone Retail Purchasing Manager Index (AUG)	--	46
08:00	EUR	Euro-Zone M3 s.a. (3M) (JUL)	9.50%	9.90%
08:00	EUR	Euro-Zone M3 s.a. (YoY) (JUL)	9.00%	9.50%
08:00	EUR	Italian Producer Price Index (MoM) (JUL)	--	0.80%
08:00	EUR	Italian Producer Price Index (YoY) (JUL)	--	8.20%
09:00	EUR	Euro-Zone Business Climate Indicator (AUG)	--	-0.21
09:00	EUR	Euro-Zone Consumer Confidence (AUG)	-20	-20
09:00	EUR	Euro-Zone Economic Confidence (AUG)	89.1	89.5
09:00	EUR	Euro-Zone Industrial Confidence (AUG)	-9	-8
09:00	EUR	Euro-Zone Services Confidence (AUG)	0	1
10:00	GBP	U.K. CBI Distributive Trades Report (AUG)	--	--
12:30	CAD	Current Account (BoP) (Canadian dollar) (2Q)	8.0B	5.6B
12:30	USD	Gross Domestic Product (Annualized) (2Q P)	2.80%	1.90%
12:30	USD	Personal Consumption (2Q P)	1.60%	1.50%
12:30	USD	Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (QoQ) (2Q P)	2.10%	2.10%
12:30	USD	Gross Domestic Product Price Index (2Q P)	1.10%	1.10%
12:30	USD	Initial Jobless Claims (AUG 23)	--	432K
12:30	USD	Continuing Claims (AUG 16)	--	3362K
22:45	NZD	Building Permits (MoM) (JUL)	--	-20.10%
23:01	GBP	GfK Consumer Confidence Survey (AUG)	-40	-39
23:15	JPY	Nomura/JMMA Manufacturing Purchasing Manager Index (AUG)	--	47
23:30	JPY	Tokyo Consumer Price Index (YoY) (AUG)	1.60%	1.60%
23:30	JPY	Tokyo Consumer Price Index Ex-Fresh Food (YoY) (AUG)	1.70%	1.60%
23:30	JPY	Tokyo Consumer Price Index Ex Food; Energy (YoY) (AUG)	0.30%	0.30%
23:30	JPY	National Consumer Price Index (YoY) (JUL)	2.20%	2.00%
23:30	JPY	National Consumer Price Index Ex-Fresh Food (YoY) (JUL)	2.30%	1.90%
23:30	JPY	National Consumer Price Index Ex Food; Energy (YoY) (JUL)	0.10%	0.10%
23:30	JPY	Jobless Rate (JUL)	4.10%	4.10%
23:30	JPY	Job-To-Applicant Ratio (JUL)	0.9	0.91
23:30	JPY	Household Spending (YoY) (JUL)	-1.80%	-1.80%
23:50	JPY	Large Retailers' Sales (JUL)	-1.70%	-3.90%
23:50	JPY	Retail Trade s.a. (MoM) (JUL)	0.10%	0.00%
23:50	JPY	Retail Trade (YoY) (JUL)	1.30%	0.30%
23:50	JPY	Industrial Production (MoM) (JUL P)	-0.50%	-2.20%
23:50	JPY	Industrial Production (YoY) (JUL P)	0.60%	0.00%
23:50	JPY	Loans Discounts Corp (YoY) (JUL)	--	0.90%

Friday, Aug 29, 2008

GMT	Ccy	Events	Consensus	Previous
1:30	AUD	Private Sector Credit (MoM) (JUL)	0.5%	0.4%
1:30	AUD	Private Sector Credit (YoY) (JUL)	11.1%	11.7%
4:00	JPY	Vehicle Production (YoY) (JUL)	--	4.5%
5:00	JPY	Housing Starts (YoY) (JUL)	14.9%	-16.7%
5:00	JPY	Annualized Housing Starts (JUL)	1.099M	1.130M
5:00	JPY	Construction Orders (YoY) (JUL)	--	-11.7%
5:00	JPY	Small Business Confidence (AUG)	--	39.9
8:00	EUR	Italian Retail Sales s.a. (MoM) (JUN)	-0.1%	0.2%
8:00	EUR	Italian Retail Sales (YoY) (JUN)	--	0.5%
9:00	EUR	Italian Consumer Price Index (NIC incl. tobacco) (MoM) (AUG P)	0.1%	0.5%
9:00	EUR	Italian Consumer Price Index (NIC incl. tobacco) (YoY) (AUG P)	4.0%	4.1%
9:00	EUR	Italian Consumer Price Index - EU Harmonized (MoM) (AUG P)	-0.2%	-0.6%
9:00	EUR	Italian Consumer Price Index - EU Harmonized (YoY) (AUG P)	4.0%	4.0%
9:00	EUR	Euro-Zone Unemployment Rate (JUL)	7.3%	7.3%
9:00	EUR	Euro-Zone Consumer Price Index Estimate (YoY) (AUG)	3.9%	4.1%
9:30	CHF	KOF Swiss Leading Indicator (AUG)	--	0.9
12:30	CAD	Gross Domestic Product (MoM) (JUN)	0.2%	-0.1%
12:30	CAD	Quarterly Gross Domestic Product Annualized (2Q)	0.6%	-0.3%
12:30	CAD	Raw Materials Price Index (MoM) (JUL)	0.2%	4.4%
12:30	CAD	Industrial Product Price (MoM) (JUL)	1.0%	1.3%
12:30	USD	Personal Income (JUL)	0.0%	0.1%
12:30	USD	Personal Spending (JUL)	0.3%	0.6%
12:30	USD	Personal Consumption Expenditure Core (MoM) (JUL)	0.3%	0.3%
12:30	USD	Personal Consumption Expenditure Core (YoY) (JUL)	2.4%	2.3%
12:30	USD	Personal Consumption Expenditure Deflator (YoY) (JUL)	4.4%	4.1%
13:45	USD	Chicago Purchasing Manager (AUG)	49.9	50.8
14:00	USD	U. of Michigan Confidence (AUG F)	62.0	61.7
14:00	USD	NAPM-Milwaukee (AUG)	--	44