Forex Economic Calendar for May 19, 2010

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Wed., May 19				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	JPY	12:00 AM	Monetary Policy Meeting	-	-	-	-

	JPY	12:30 AM	Industrial Production (M-o-M)	MAR F	1.2%	-	-0.6%

	JPY	12:30 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	MAR F	31.8%	-	31.3%

	JPY	12:30 AM	Capacity Utilization (M-o-M)	MAR F	0.6%	-	0.0%

	JPY	12:30 AM	Capacity Utilization (Y-o-Y)	MAR F	-	-	0.1%

	JPY	12:30 AM	Capacity Utilization (Y-o-Y)	MAR F	45.3%	-	43.8%

	EUR	03:00 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q1 F	0.1 %	0.1 %	-0.1 %

	EUR	03:00 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q1 F	-1.3 %	-1.3 %	-3.1 %

	ZAR	04:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (M-o-M)	MAR	2.4%	-	4.2%

	ZAR	04:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (Y-o-Y)	MAR	4.0%	-	0.3%

	EUR	04:00 AM	CB Leading Index	MAR	1.2%	-	0.1 (R)%

	EUR	04:00 AM	CB Coincidence Index	MAR	0.2%	-	-0.1%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes	-	-	-	-

	EUR	05:00 AM	Construction Output (Y-o-Y)	MAR	-5.2%	-	-14.8 (R)%

	ISK	05:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (Y-o-Y)	APR	11.1 %	-	11.6 %

	ISK	05:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (M-o-M)	APR	0.3 %	-	1.0 %

	EUR	05:00 AM	Construction Output (M-o-M)	MAR	7.6%	-	-7.2 (R)%

	ISK	05:00 AM	Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes	-	-	-	-

	ZAR	05:30 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	MAR	0.4 %	-	-1.4 (R) %

	ZAR	05:30 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	MAR	1.0%	0.2%	-1.3 (R)%

	EUR	06:00 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	3.9 %	-	3.0 (R) %

	EUR	06:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	APR	1.0%	-	0.4%

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	MAY 14	-1.5%	-	3.9%

	HUF	08:00 AM	Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes	-	-	-	-

	PLN	08:00 AM	Wages (Y-o-Y)	APR	3.2%	4.1%	4.8%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	0.9 %	1.0 %	1.1 %

	CAD	08:30 AM	Wholesale Sales (Y-o-Y)	MAR	10.3 %	-	8.4 (R) %

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

	USD	08:30 AM	Core CPI (M-o-M)	APR	-	0.1%	0.0%

	USD	08:30 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	2.2%	2.4%	2.3%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Wholesale Sales (M-o-M)	MAR	1.4 %	1 %	-1.2 %

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	MAY 14	362.7M	-	362.5M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	MAY 14	74.97	-	80.22

	USD	02:00 PM	FOMC Meeting Minutes	-	-	-	-

	JPY	07:50 PM	Japan Buying Foreign Stocks (Yen)	MAY 9 - MAY 15	148.3B	-	0.4B

	JPY	07:50 PM	Japan Buying Foreign Bonds (Yen)	MAY 9 - MAY 15	594.8B	-	1566.6 (R)B

	JPY	07:50 PM	Foreigners Buying Japan Stocks (Yen)	MAY 9 - MAY 15	-134.3B	-	-238 (R)B

	JPY	07:50 PM	Foreigners Buying Japan Bonds (Yen)	MAY 9 - MAY 15	3.9B	-	-251.7B

	JPY	07:50 PM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q1 P	1.2%	1.4%	0.9%

	JPY	07:50 PM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q1 P	4.9%	5.5%	3.8%

	JPY	07:50 PM	GDP Deflator (Y-o-Y)	Q1 P	-3.0%	-3.0%	-2.7% (R)

	JPY	07:50 PM	Nominal GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q1 P	1.2%	1.3%	0.1%

	AUD	08:30 PM	Westpac Leading Index (M-o-M)	MAR	-	-	0.5%

	AUD	09:00 PM	Consumer Inflation Expectation	MAY	3.6%	-	4.1%

	AUD	09:30 PM	Foreign Exchange Transaction	APR	350M	-	892M

	AUD	09:30 PM	Avg. Weekly Wages (Y-o-Y)	Q1	5.8 %	5.4 %	5.6(R) %

	AUD	09:30 PM	Avg. Weekly Wages (Q-o-Q)	Q1	1.1 %	0.9 %	2.2(R) %

	NZD	11:00 PM	Consumer Confidence Index	MAY	-	-	121.9