Forex Economic Calendar for May 26, 2011

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Thu., May 26				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	EUR	12:00 AM	Imports	MAR	1317.5M	-	1430.7M

	EUR	12:00 AM	Trade Balance	MAR	-355.1M	-	-374.0M

	EUR	12:00 AM	Exports	MAR	962.4M	-	1056.7M

	EUR	12:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	APR	5.9 %	-	6.3 %

	SGD	01:00 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	APR	-9.5%	-3.5%	26.3 (R)%

	SGD	01:00 AM	Industrial Production (M-o-M)	APR	-16.3%	-8.6%	25.8 (R)%

	CHF	02:00 AM	Exports	APR	16.03B	-	18.08B

	CHF	02:00 AM	Imports	APR	14.51B	-	16.99B

	CHF	02:00 AM	Trade Balance	APR	1.52B	-	1.09B

	EUR	02:00 AM	Import Price Index (Y-o-Y)	APR	9.4%	9.9%	11.3%

	EUR	02:00 AM	Import Price Index (M-o-M)	APR	0.3%	0.7%	1.1%

	EUR	02:45 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	MAY	84	83	83

	SEK	03:15 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	MAY	17.9	17.1	17.6

	SEK	03:30 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	APR	-	0.4%	0.0%

	SEK	03:30 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	1.9%	2.2%	1.7%

	SEK	03:30 AM	Exports	APR	98.5B	-	114.3 (R)B

	SEK	03:30 AM	Imports	APR	92.7B	-	104.2 (R)B

	SEK	03:30 AM	Trade Balance	APR	5.8B	9.5B	10.1 (R)B

	EUR	04:00 AM	CB Leading Index	APR	0.4%	-	-0.5%

	EUR	04:00 AM	CB Coincidence Index	APR	0.1%	-	0.0%

	NOK	04:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	FEB - APR	3.3%	-	3.2 (R)%

	HKD	04:30 AM	Imports	APR	294.48B	-	321.57B

	HKD	04:30 AM	Trade Balance	APR	-42.44B	-35.3B	-40.08B

	HKD	04:30 AM	Exports	APR	252.04B	-	281.49B

	BGN	05:00 AM	M3 Money Supply (Y-o-Y)	MAR	7.6 %	-	7.4 %

	EUR	05:00 AM	Trade Balance	MAR	-1.71B	-	-1.46B

	EUR	05:00 AM	Exports	MAR	1.31B	-	1.18B

	EUR	05:00 AM	Imports	MAR	3.02B	-	2.64B

	ZAR	05:30 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	6.6%	7.0%	7.3%

	ZAR	05:30 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	APR	0.9%	1.2%	0.9%

	BRL	08:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	APR	6.4%	6.4%	6.5%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q1	1.8%	-	3.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q1	2.3%	-	2.8%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q1	2.7%	-	2.6%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP Deflator (Q-o-Q)	Q1	1.9%	-	0.4%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q1	0.9%	-	0.8%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Q-o-Q)	Q1	2.2%	-	4.0%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Avg Weekly Earnings	MAR	876.53	-	872.11 (R)

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	MAY 21	424 K	-	414 (R) K

	CAD	08:30 AM	Non-Farm Payroll (M-o-M)	MAR	21.4 K	-	2.6 (R) K

	MXN	09:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	APR	5.10 %	-	4.61 (R) %

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	MAY 20	2024B	-	1919B

	SGD	07:00 PM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q1	-	-	12.0%

	SGD	07:00 PM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q1	-	-	3.9%

	KRW	07:00 PM	Current Account Balance - BoP	APR	1.88B	3.5B	1.43B

	GBP	07:01 PM	GfK Consumer Confidence Survey	MAY	-21	-31	-31

	JPY	07:30 PM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	0.3%	0.3%	0.0 %

	JPY	07:30 PM	Core CPI (M-o-M)	APR	0.4%	-	0.2 %

	JPY	07:30 PM	CPI (M-o-M)	APR	0.3%	-	0.3 %

	JPY	07:30 PM	Tokyo Core CPI (Y-o-Y)	MAY	0.1%	0.2%	0.2 %

	JPY	07:30 PM	Tokyo CPI (Y-o-Y)	MAY	0.1%	0.1 %	-0.1 %

	JPY	07:30 PM	Core CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	0.6%	0.6%	-0.1 %

	JPY	07:50 PM	Retail Trade (M-o-M)	APR	4.1%	2.6%	-7.8%

	JPY	07:50 PM	Retail Trade (Y-o-Y)	APR	-4.8%	-6.2%	-8.3% (R)

	JPY	07:50 PM	Large Retailers' Sales	APR	-1.9%	-1.3%	-7.5% (R)