Forex Economic Calendar for March 17, 2010

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Wed., Mar 17				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	ARS	12:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	MAR	41.38	-	43.54

	USD	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	MAR 12	129.29B	-	128.89B

	ISK	04:00 AM	Interest Rate Decision	-	9.00 %	-	9.50 %

	EUR	05:00 AM	CB Coincidence Index	JAN	-0.2 %	-	0.1 (R) %

	EUR	05:00 AM	CB Leading Index	JAN	-0.2 %	-	0.3 %
Thu., Mar 18				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	CHF	03:15 AM	Imports (M-o-M)	FEB	3.9%	-	3.2 (R)%

	CHF	03:15 AM	Exports (M-o-M)	FEB	-0.1%	-	2.9 (R)%

	CHF	03:15 AM	Trade Balance	FEB	1.29B	2.37B	2.42B

	CHF	04:15 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	Q4	-1.1%	-3.5 %	-9.0 %

	CHF	04:15 AM	Industrial Production (Q-o-Q)	Q4	6.4%	5.0 %	3.4 %

	HKD	04:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	DEC - FEB	4.6%	4.8 %	4.9 %

	EUR	04:30 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	MAR	-12	-12	-13

	EUR	04:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	DEC - FEB	5.7 %	5.7 %	5.6 %

	SEK	04:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	FEB	9.3%	9.4 %	9.4 %

	EUR	05:00 AM	Imports	JAN	25.74B	-	25.09B

	EUR	05:00 AM	Trade Balance	JAN	-1.03B	-1.65B	-0.030B

	EUR	05:00 AM	Exports	JAN	24.71B	-	25.06B

	EUR	05:00 AM	Capital Account Balance - BoP	JAN	1.7B	-	1.1B

	EUR	05:00 AM	Trade Balance EU	JAN	-0.17B	-	-1.40B

	EUR	05:00 AM	Current Account Balance - BoP	JAN	-8.1B	2.9B	2.3 (R)B

	GBP	05:30 AM	Public Finances (PSNCR)	FEB	7.7B	-11.0B	-12.0 (R)B

	GBP	05:30 AM	Mortgage Approvals	FEB	48K	54K	49K

	GBP	05:30 AM	M4 Money Supply (Y-o-Y)	FEB P	3.6 %	4.3 %	4.7 (R) %

	GBP	05:30 AM	Public Sector Net Borrowing	FEB	12.4B	14.0B	0.0 (R)B

	GBP	05:30 AM	M4 Money Supply (M-o-M)	FEB P	0.2 %	0.7 %	0.2 (R) %

	EUR	06:00 AM	Imports	JAN NSA	106.8B	-	108.0 (R)B

	EUR	06:00 AM	Exports	JAN NSA	97.8B	-	112.1 (R)B

	EUR	06:00 AM	Trade Balance	JAN NSA	-8.9B	5.1B	4.1B

	EUR	06:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	Q4	10.3%	-	9.3%

	CHF	06:00 AM	ZEW Survey (Expectations)	MAR	53.8	-	52.5

	GBP	07:00 AM	CBI Monthly Industrial Trends	MAR	-37	-33	-36

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	MAR 6	4579 K	4500 K	4567 (R) K

	CAD	08:30 AM	Canadian Investment in Foreign Securities	JAN	5.83B	-	-0.66B

	CAD	08:30 AM	Foreign Investment in Canadian Securities	JAN	11.83B	7.53B	11.11 (R)B

	USD	08:30 AM	Current Account Balance - BoP	Q4	-116B	-120B	-102.35 (R)B

	USD	08:30 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	FEB	2.1%	2.3%	2.6%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core CPI (Y-o-Y)	FEB	1.3%	1.4%	1.6%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core CPI (M-o-M)	FEB	0.1%	0.1%	-0.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	FEB	-	0.1%	0.2%

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	MAR 13	457K	456K	462K

	USD	10:00 AM	Coincidence Index	FEB	0.1 %	-	0.0 (R) %

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Paid	MAR	38.6	-	32.4

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Received	MAR	-0.4	-	3.7