Forex Economic Calendar for May 5, 2010

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Wed., May 05				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	INR	02:00 AM	PMI Services	APR	62.1	-	58.1

	RON	03:00 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	MAR	-4.8%	-	-8.0%

	RON	03:00 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	MAR	3.7%	-	-1.1%

	EUR	03:00 AM	PMI Services	APR	51.0	-	49.6

	EUR	03:00 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	MAR WDA	-5.4 %	-	-1.9 %

	EUR	03:45 AM	PMI Services	APR	50.9	-	51.3

	EUR	03:45 AM	PMI Services	APR	54.5	56	55.3

	EUR	03:50 AM	PMI Composite	APR F	59.2	-	55.8

	EUR	03:50 AM	PMI Services	APR F	59.2	57.8	53.8

	EUR	03:55 AM	PMI Composite	APR F	59.3	-	58.7

	EUR	03:55 AM	PMI Services	APR F	55.2	55	54.9

	EUR	04:00 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	APR	0.29%	-	0.57%

	EUR	04:00 AM	PMI Composite	APR F	57.3	57.3	55.9

	EUR	04:00 AM	PMI Services	APR F	55.6	55.5	54.1

	NOK	04:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	JAN - MAR	3.4 %	3.3 %	3.3 %

	EUR	04:00 AM	PMI Services	APR	51.0	-	49.6

	GBP	04:30 AM	PMI Construction	APR	-	-	53.1

	GBP	04:30 AM	PMI Construction	APR	58.2	53.2	53.1

	EUR	05:00 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	-	-	2.29%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	MAR	-	0.0%	-0.2 (R)%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	MAR	-0.1%	-0.6%	-0.2 (R)%

	ISK	05:00 AM	Interest Rate Decision	-	8.50 %	-	9.00 %

	EUR	05:00 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	2.32%	-	2.29%

	EUR	06:00 AM	Industrial Production (M-o-M)	MAR	9.9%	-	-3.0%

	EUR	06:00 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	MAR	11.4 %	-	4.0 %

	EUR	06:00 AM	Manufacturing Production (M-o-M)	MAR	12.2 %	-	-2.6 %

	EUR	06:00 AM	Manufacturing Production (Y-o-Y)	MAR	11.1 %	-	1.3 %

	AUD	06:00 AM	PMI Services	APR	52.3	-	48.4

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	APR 30	4.0%	-	-2.9%

	NOK	08:00 AM	Interest Rate Decision	-	2.00 %	-	1.75 %

	USD	08:15 AM	ADP Employment Change	APR	32K	29K	-23K

	CAD	08:30 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	APR	56.84B	-	56.67B

	BRL	09:00 AM	PMI Services	APR	52.2	-	55.2

	BRL	09:00 AM	PMI Composite	APR	52.9	-	55.8

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Non-Manufacturing Survey	APR	55.4	56.0	55.4

	DKK	10:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	APR	72.1B	-	75.7B

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Non-Manufacturing New Orders Index	APR	58.2	-	62.3

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Non-Manufacturing Prices Index	APR	64.7	-	62.9

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	APR 30	360.6M	-	357.8M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	APR 30	84.24	-	83.48

	NZD	06:45 PM	Employment Change (Y-o-Y)	Q1	-0.1%	-	-2.4 %

	NZD	06:45 PM	Participation Rate	Q1	68.1%	-	68.1 %

	NZD	06:45 PM	Employment Change (Q-o-Q)	Q1	1.0%	0.2 %	-0.1 %

	NZD	06:45 PM	Unemployment Rate	Q1	6.0%	7.3 %	7.3 %

	JPY	07:15 PM	PMI Services	APR	-	-	48.3

	JPY	07:15 PM	PMI Composite	APR	-	-	50.3

	JPY	07:15 PM	PMI Services	APR	50.0	-	48.3

	JPY	07:15 PM	PMI Composite	APR	51.8	-	50.3

	AUD	07:30 PM	AiG Performance of Service Index	APR	-	-	48.4

	JPY	07:50 PM	Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes	-	-	-	-

	AUD	09:30 PM	Exports	MAR	20.44B	-	20.14 (R)B

	AUD	09:30 PM	Imports	MAR	22.53B	-	21.85B

	AUD	09:30 PM	Trade Balance	MAR	-2.08B	-2.13B	1.92B

	AUD	09:30 PM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	MAR	0.3%	0.7 %	-1.4 %

	AUD	09:30 PM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	APR	-	-	1.7 %

	HKD	10:30 PM	PMI Manufacturing	APR	-	-	54.9

	CNY	10:30 PM	PMI Composite	APR	-	-	58.4

	CNY	10:30 PM	PMI Composite	APR	57.7	-	58.4

	CNY	10:30 PM	PMI Services	APR	58.5	-	58.7