Forex Economic Calendar for August 18, 2011

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Thu., Aug 18				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	EUR	12:00 AM	Capital Account Balance - BoP	JUN	-10.5M	-	15.6M

	EUR	12:00 AM	Current Account Balance - BoP	JUN	-1.58B	-	-1.99B

	EUR	12:00 AM	Financial Account Balance - BoP	JUN	15.10B	-	2.38B

	JPY	01:00 AM	Leading Index	JUN F	103.2	-	99.4 (R)

	JPY	01:00 AM	Lagging Index	JUN F	90.5	-	90.4 (R)

	JPY	01:00 AM	Coincidence Index	JUN F	108.8	-	106.1 (R)

	SEK	03:30 AM	Capacity Utilization Rate	Q2	88.8%	-	89.0%

	EUR	03:30 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	AUG	-21	-	-12

	EUR	03:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	JUL	5.3%	-	5.0%

	ZAR	04:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (M-o-M)	JUN	1.42%	-	2.04 (R)%

	ZAR	04:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (Y-o-Y)	JUN	8.67%	-	6.92 (R)%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	JUL	0.2%	-	0.8 (R)%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	JUL	-	-	0.4%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (Y-o-Y)	JUL	-0.2%	-	0.2%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (M-o-M)	JUL	0.2%	-	1.0 (R)%

	HKD	04:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	JUL	3.4%	-	3.5%

	ISK	05:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (M-o-M)	JUL	-0.2%	-	0.3%

	ISK	05:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (Y-o-Y)	JUL	5.2%	-	4.8%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Construction Orders (M-o-M)	JUN	-1.8%	-	0.1 (R)%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Construction Orders (Y-o-Y)	JUN	-11.3%	-	0.0 (R)%

	LVL	06:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	Q2	16.2%	-	16.6%

	EUR	06:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	JUL	0.1%	-	-0.2%

	EUR	06:00 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL	5.6%	-	5.8%

	EUR	06:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	JUL	-	-	-0.8%

	EUR	06:00 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL	-0.4%	-	-0.1%

	PLN	08:00 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	JUL	1.8%	-	2.0%

	PLN	08:00 AM	Industrial Production (M-o-M)	JUL	-6%	-	1.1%

	PLN	08:00 AM	Manufacturing Production (M-o-M)	JUL	-6.2%	-	1.1%

	PLN	08:00 AM	Manufacturing Production (Y-o-Y)	JUL	2.3%	-	1.9%

	PLN	08:00 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL	5.9%	-	5.6%

	PLN	08:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	JUL	0.4%	-	0.3%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core CPI (M-o-M)	JUL	0.2 %	-	0.3 %

	USD	08:30 AM	Core CPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL NSA	1.8 %	-	1.6 %

	USD	08:30 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	JUL	0.5 %	-	-0.2 %

	USD	08:30 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL NSA	3.6 %	-	3.6 %

	CAD	08:30 AM	Leading Index	JUL	0.2%	-	0.1 (R)%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Wholesale Sales (Y-o-Y)	JUN	8.0%	-	8.1 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	AUG 13	408K	-	399 (R)K

	CAD	08:30 AM	Wholesale Sales (M-o-M)	JUN	0.2%	-	2.0 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Price	JUL	174.6K	-	175.6 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Inventories	JUL	3.65M	-	3.72 (R)M

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Sales	JUL	4.37 M	-	4.84 (R) M

	USD	10:00 AM	Coincidence Index	JUL	0.3%	-	0.1%

	USD	10:00 AM	Lagging Index	JUL	0.2%	-	0.4 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Leading Index	JUL	0.5%	-	0.3%

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Business Condition	AUG	-30.7	-	3.2

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Paid	AUG	12.8	-	25.1

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Received	AUG	-9.0	-	1.1

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	AUG 12	2833B	-	2783B

	NZD	11:00 PM	Credit Card Spending (Y-o-Y)	JUL	7.3%	-	4.6 (R)%