Forex Economic Calendar for May 17, 2011

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Tue., May 17				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	EUR	02:00 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	7.3%	-	7.80%

	EUR	02:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	APR	0.1%	-	1.10%

	ZAR	04:00 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	APR	0.3%	0.5%	1.20%

	ZAR	04:00 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	4.2%	4.5%	4.10%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Core CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	3.7%	-	3.2%

	GBP	04:30 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	APR	1.0%	0.7%	0.3%

	GBP	04:30 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	4.5%	4.1%	4.0%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Retail Price Index (M-o-M)	APR	0.8%	0.8%	0.5%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Retail Price Index (Y-o-Y)	APR	5.2%	5.2%	5.3%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Core CPI (M-o-M)	APR	0.9%	-	0.3%

	GBP	04:30 AM	DCLG UK House Prices (Y-o-Y)	MAR	0.9 %	-	0.5 (R) %

	GBP	05:00 AM	CB Leading Index	MAR	0.4%	-	0.6%

	GBP	05:00 AM	CB Coincidence Index	MAR	0.1%	-	-0.1%

	EUR	05:00 AM	ZEW Survey (Current Situation)	MAY	13.6	-	5.6

	EUR	05:00 AM	ZEW Survey (Current Situation)	MAY	91.5	87.5	87.1

	EUR	05:00 AM	ZEW Survey (Econ. Sentiment)	MAY	3.1	4.8	7.6

	ISK	05:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (Y-o-Y)	APR	3.1%	-	2.3%

	ISK	05:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (M-o-M)	APR	1.1%	-	0.9%

	EUR	05:00 AM	ZEW Survey (Econ. Sentiment)	MAY	13.6	17.3	19.7

	ZAR	07:00 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	APR	5.1 %	-	5.5 (R) %

	ZAR	07:00 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	APR	0.3 %	-	-1.2 (R) %

	CAD	08:30 AM	Canadian Investment in Foreign Securities	MAR	1.73B	-	-2.72 (R)B

	USD	08:30 AM	Housing Starts (M-o-M)	APR	523 K	570 K	585 (R)K

	CAD	08:30 AM	Foreign Investment in Canadian Securities	MAR	6.34B	-	2.50B

	USD	08:30 AM	Building Permits (M-o-M)	APR	551K	590K	594K

	USD	09:15 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	APR	5.0%	-	5.9%

	USD	09:15 AM	Industrial Production (M-o-M)	APR	-	0.4 %	0.7 (R) %

	USD	09:15 AM	Capacity Utilization (M-o-M)	APR	76.9%	77.6%	77.4%

	MXN	10:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	MAY 13	125.84B	-	125.65B

	NZD	06:45 PM	PPI Output (Q-o-Q)	Q1	1.7%	-	0.2%

	NZD	06:45 PM	PPI Input (Y-o-Y)	Q1	5.3%	-	4.4%

	NZD	06:45 PM	PPI Input (Q-o-Q)	Q1	2.2%	-	0.9%

	NZD	06:45 PM	PPI Output (Y-o-Y)	Q1	4.2%	-	4.3%

	JPY	07:50 PM	Tertiary Industry Index (M-o-M)	MAR	-6.0%	-5.7%	0.8%

	AUD	09:00 PM	DEWR Skilled Vacancies (M-o-M)	MAY	-0.4%	-	1.7%

	AUD	09:30 PM	Wage Cost Index (Y-o-Y)	Q1	3.8%	4.0 %	3.9 %

	AUD	09:30 PM	Wage Cost Index (Q-o-Q)	Q1	0.8%	1.1 %	1.0 %
Wed., May 18				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	EUR	12:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	Q1	12.4 %	-	11.1 %

	EUR	03:00 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q1 F	0.3%	-	0.2%

	EUR	03:00 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q1 F	0.8%	-	0.6%

	DKK	03:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	MAY	2.6	-	2.0

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

	EUR	04:00 AM	CB Leading Index	MAR	0.6%	-	0.1%