Forex Economic Calendar for March 15, 2012

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Thu., Mar 15				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	EUR	12:00 AM	Financial Account Balance - BoP	JAN	6.64B	-	-3.04 (R)B

	EUR	12:00 AM	Current Account Balance - BoP	JAN	172M	-	125 (R)M

	EUR	12:00 AM	Capital Account Balance - BoP	JAN	13M	-	15 (R)M

	EUR	12:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	FEB	0.4%	-	1.3%

	EUR	12:00 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	FEB	5.3%	-	6.6%

	BGN	12:00 AM	Capital Account Balance - BoP	JAN	-	-	248.3M

	BGN	12:00 AM	Current Account Balance - BoP	JAN	-112.0M	-	-256.2M

	BGN	12:00 AM	Financial Account Balance - BoP	JAN	-573.0M	-	-46.9M

	SGD	01:00 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	JAN	1.7%	-	-2.4%

	SGD	01:00 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	JAN	1.7%	-2%	4.2%

	INR	01:30 AM	Interest Rate Decision	-	8.50%	8.5%	8.50%

	TRY	04:00 AM	Participation Rate	DEC	49.5%	-	49.8%

	TRY	04:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	DEC	9.3%	-	9.3%

	CZK	04:00 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	JAN	0.5%	-	3.3%

	CZK	04:00 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	JAN	-	-	0.5%

	DKK	04:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	FEB	1.0%	-	0.8%

	DKK	04:00 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	FEB	3.3%	-	3.4%

	CZK	04:00 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	FEB	3.6%	-	4.1%

	CZK	04:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	FEB	0.1%	-	1.0%

	ZAR	04:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (M-o-M)	JAN	1.4%	-	0.4%

	ZAR	04:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (Y-o-Y)	JAN	9.2%	-	6.1%

	CHF	04:30 AM	Interest Rate Decision	-	-	-	0 - 0.25%

	EUR	04:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	FEB	6.0%	-	6.0%

	SEK	04:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	FEB	7.8%	-	7.6%

	EUR	04:30 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	JAN	-1.93%	-	3.16 (R)%

	EUR	04:30 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	JAN	-1.7%	-	-1.5%

	EUR	04:30 AM	Industrial Production (M-o-M)	JAN	-3.9%	-	2.68 (R)%

	EUR	04:30 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	JAN	-20.83%	-	16.2%

	NOK	05:00 AM	Trade Balance	FEB	45.30B	-	44.06B

	ISK	05:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (Y-o-Y)	FEB	6.7%	-	6.2%

	ISK	05:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (M-o-M)	FEB	1.9%	-	-0.3%

	NOK	05:00 AM	Exports	FEB	84.47B	-	81.82B

	NOK	05:00 AM	Imports	FEB	39.17B	-	37.76B

	EUR	06:00 AM	Labor Cost (Y-o-Y)	Q4	2.8%	2.7%	2.6 (R)%

	EUR	06:00 AM	Employment (Q-o-Q)	Q4	-0.2%	-0.2%	-0.1%

	EUR	06:00 AM	Employment (Y-o-Y)	Q4	-0.2%	-	0.2%

	HRK	06:00 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	JAN	22.2%	-	13.9%

	HRK	06:00 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	JAN	1.9%	-	-0.4%

	EUR	07:00 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	FEB	0.9%	-	-0.5%

	EUR	07:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (Y-o-Y)	FEB	1.6%	-	1.3%

	EUR	07:00 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	FEB	2.1%	-	2.2%

	EUR	07:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (M-o-M)	FEB	1.1%	-	-0.4%

	USD	08:30 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	FEB	0.4%	0.5%	0.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	FEB	3.3%	3.1%	4.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core PPI (M-o-M)	FEB	0.2%	0.15%	0.4%

	USD	08:30 AM	Empire State Mfr Index - Prices Received	MAR	13.58	-	15.29

	USD	08:30 AM	Empire State Mfr Index - Prices Paid	MAR	50.62	-	25.88

	USD	08:30 AM	Empire State Mfr Index - Business Condition	MAR	20.21	20	19.53

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAR 3	3394.25K	-	3419.5 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	MAR 10	351K	360K	365 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	MAR 3	3343K	-	3424 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAR 10	355.75K	-	355.75K

	USD	09:00 AM	Total Net TIC Flows	JAN	18.8B	-	95.2 (R)B

	USD	09:00 AM	Net Long-term TIC Flows	JAN	101.0B	-	19.1 (R)B

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Business Condition	MAR	12.5	9.75	10.2

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Received	MAR	8.4	-	15.0

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Paid	MAR	18.7	-	38.7

	EUR	10:00 AM	Exports	JAN P	18.9B	-	18.1B

	EUR	10:00 AM	Trade Balance	JAN P	-1.0B	-	-1.2B

	EUR	10:00 AM	Imports	JAN P	19.9B	-	19.3B

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	MAR 9	2369B	-	2433B

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