Australia Economic Calendar for March 17, 2019

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

AUSTRALIA ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Mon., Mar 18				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	AUD	08:30 PM	House Price Index (Q-o-Q)	Q4	-2.4%	-	-1.5%

	AUD	08:30 PM	House Price Index (Y-o-Y)	Q4	-5.1%	-	-1.9%
Tue., Mar 19				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	AUD	07:30 PM	Westpac Leading Index (M-o-M)	FEB	-	-	0.1 (R)%
Wed., Mar 20				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	AUD	08:30 PM	Employment Change	FEB	4.6K	-	39.1K

	AUD	08:30 PM	Participation Rate	FEB	65.6%	-	65.7%

	AUD	08:30 PM	Unemployment Rate	FEB	4.9%	-	5.0%
Wed., Mar 27				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	AUD	10:30 AM	CB Coincidence Index	JAN	0.1%	-	0.2%

	AUD	10:30 AM	CB Leading Index	JAN	-	-	0.1%
Thu., Mar 28				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	AUD	08:30 PM	Private Sector Credit (Y-o-Y)	FEB	4.2%	-	4.3%

	AUD	08:30 PM	M3 Money Supply (Y-o-Y)	FEB	3.0%	-	2.6%

	AUD	08:30 PM	M3 Money Supply (M-o-M)	FEB	0.6%	-	0.6%

	AUD	08:30 PM	Private Sector Credit (M-o-M)	FEB	0.3%	-	0.2%
Sun., Mar 31				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	AUD	05:30 PM	AiG Performance of Mfg Index	MAR	51.0	-	54.0

	AUD	08:30 PM	NAB Business Confidence	MAR	-	-	2

	AUD	08:30 PM	NAB Business Conditions	MAR	7	-	4
Mon., Apr 01				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	AUD	12:30 AM	RBA Commodity Index (Y-o-Y)	MAR	16.6	-	15.4

	AUD	08:30 PM	Building Approvals (Y-o-Y)	FEB	-12.5%	-	-28.6%

	AUD	08:30 PM	Building Approvals (M-o-M)	FEB	19.1%	-	2.5%

	AUD	11:30 PM	Interest Rate Decision	-	1.50%	-	1.50%
Tue., Apr 02				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	AUD	05:30 PM	AiG Performance of Service Index	MAR	44.8	-	44.5

	AUD	08:30 PM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	FEB	0.8%	-	0.1%

	AUD	08:30 PM	Trade Balance	FEB	4.80B	-	4.35 (R)B

	AUD	08:30 PM	Exports	FEB	39.83B	-	39.76 (R)B

	AUD	08:30 PM	Imports	FEB	35.03B	-	35.41 (R)B
Thu., Apr 04				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	AUD	05:30 PM	AiG Performance of Construction Index	MAR	45.6	-	43.8
Fri., Apr 05				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	AUD	12:30 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	MAR	54.64B	-	48.95B
Mon., Apr 08				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	AUD	09:30 PM	Investment Lending	FEB	2.6%	-	-4.1%

	AUD	09:30 PM	Home Loans	FEB	2.0%	-	-2.5 (R)%
Tue., Apr 09				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	AUD	08:30 PM	Westpac Consumer Confidence	FEB	1.9%	-	-4.8%
Tue., Apr 16				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	AUD	08:30 PM	Westpac Leading Index (M-o-M)	MAR	0.2%	-	0.0%
Wed., Apr 17				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	AUD	09:30 PM	Participation Rate	MAR	65.7%	-	65.6%

	AUD	09:30 PM	Employment Change	MAR	25.7K	-	4.6K

	AUD	09:30 PM	Unemployment Rate	MAR	5.0%	-	4.9%
Tue., Apr 23				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	AUD	10:30 AM	CB Leading Index	FEB	0.5%	-	0.2 (R)%

	AUD	10:30 AM	CB Coincidence Index	FEB	0.1%	-	0.1%

	AUD	09:30 PM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	Q1	1.3%	-	1.8%

	AUD	09:30 PM	Trimmed Mean (Q-o-Q)	Q1	0.3%	-	0.4%

	AUD	09:30 PM	Weighted Median (Y-o-Y)	Q1	1.2%	-	1.7%

	AUD	09:30 PM	Trimmed Mean (Y-o-Y)	Q1	1.6%	-	1.8%

	AUD	09:30 PM	Weighted Median (Q-o-Q)	Q1	0.1%	-	0.4%

	AUD	09:30 PM	CPI (Q-o-Q)	Q1	-	-	0.5%
Thu., Apr 25				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	AUD	09:30 PM	Import Price Index (Q-o-Q)	Q1	-0.5%	-	0.5%

	AUD	09:30 PM	Export Price Index (Q-o-Q)	Q1	4.5%	-	4.4%

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Australia Economic Calendar for March 17, 2019

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FOREX NEWS

U.S. Dollar Higher Following Strong PCE Inflation Data

Yen Slides After BoJ Keeps Key Rate Unchanged

Yen Slides Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Climbs As Jobless Claims Fall, PCE Inflation Rises

Yen Declines As Intervention Risk Rises; BoJ Meeting In Focus

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

Eurozone Consumers' 12-Month Inflation Expectations Lowest Since Dec 2021 - ECB

U.S. Consumer Sentiment Dips More Than Previously Estimated In April

U.S. Consumer Prices Rise 0.3% In March, Annual Growth Accelerates To 2.7%

Spain Unemployment Rate Rises In Q1

U.S. Consumer Prices Rise In Line With Estimates In March