Forex Economic Calendar for April 17, 2012

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Tue., Apr 17				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	ISK	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	MAR	0.98B	-	1.09B

	CHF	12:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (Y-o-Y)	MAR	-	-	-1.2%

	CHF	12:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (M-o-M)	MAR	-	-	0.1%

	JPY	12:30 AM	Capacity Utilization (M-o-M)	FEB F	-1.7%	-	3.2 (R)%

	JPY	12:30 AM	Industrial Production (M-o-M)	FEB F	-1.6%	-	1.9%

	JPY	12:30 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	FEB F	1.5%	-	-1.3%

	SGD	01:00 AM	Imports	MAR	42.58B	-	39.68 (R)B

	SGD	01:00 AM	Trade Balance	MAR	2.44B	-	5.48 (R)B

	SGD	01:00 AM	Exports	MAR	45.02B	-	45.16 (R)B

	JPY	01:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Households	MAR	40.1	-	39.1

	JPY	01:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	MAR	41.8	-	39.0

	INR	01:30 AM	Monetary Policy Meeting	-	-	-	-

	INR	01:30 AM	Interest Rate Decision	-	8.00%	8.25%	8.50%

	EUR	03:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (Y-o-Y)	MAR	3.9%	4.3%	4.0%

	EUR	03:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (M-o-M)	MAR	0.3%	0.7%	0.2%

	EUR	04:00 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	MAR	1.1%	1%	0.5%

	EUR	04:00 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	MAR	2.4%	2.4%	2.6%

	EUR	04:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (M-o-M)	MAR	1.2%	-	0.5%

	EUR	04:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (Y-o-Y)	MAR	2.7%	-	2.6%

	GBP	04:30 AM	DCLG UK House Prices (Y-o-Y)	FEB	0.3%	-	0.2%

	GBP	04:30 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	MAR	0.3%	0.40%	0.6%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Core CPI (Y-o-Y)	MAR	2.5%	2.2%	2.4%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Core CPI (M-o-M)	MAR	0.4%	-	0.6%

	GBP	04:30 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	MAR	3.5%	3.48%	3.4%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Retail Price Index (Y-o-Y)	MAR	3.6%	3.55%	3.7%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Retail Price Index (M-o-M)	MAR	0.4%	0.3%	0.8%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Capital Account Balance - BoP	FEB	50M	-	-99M

	EUR	05:00 AM	Financial Account Balance - BoP	FEB	-9.14B	-	15.70B

	EUR	05:00 AM	Current Account Balance - BoP	FEB	-5.14B	-7B	-7.95B

	EUR	05:00 AM	ZEW Survey (Econ. Sentiment)	APR	13.1	-	11

	EUR	05:00 AM	ZEW Survey (Current Situation)	APR	-49.0	-	-48.4

	EUR	05:00 AM	ZEW Survey (Current Situation)	APR	40.7	30	37.6

	EUR	05:00 AM	Core CPI (M-o-M)	MAR	1.5%	-	0.3%

	EUR	05:00 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	MAR	2.7%	2.6%	2.7%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Core CPI (Y-o-Y)	MAR	1.6%	1.5%	1.5%

	EUR	05:00 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	MAR	1.3%	1.25%	0.5%

	EUR	05:00 AM	ZEW Survey (Econ. Sentiment)	APR	23.4	11	22.3

	EUR	06:00 AM	Exports	FEB	7.27B	-	8.32 (R)B

	EUR	06:00 AM	Imports	FEB	3.65B	-	4.51 (R)B

	EUR	06:00 AM	Trade Balance	FEB	3.62B	-	3.82 (R)B

	ISK	08:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	MAR	7.1%	-	7.3%

	CAD	08:30 AM	New Motor Vehicle Sales (Y-o-Y)	FEB	5.77%	-	14.13 (R)%

	CAD	08:30 AM	New Motor Vehicle Sales (M-o-M)	FEB	-6.7%	-	13.98 (R)%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Manufacturing Shipments (Y-o-Y)	FEB	6.3%	-	4.3 (R)%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Manufacturing Shipments (M-o-M)	FEB	-0.3%	-	-1.55 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Building Permits (M-o-M)	MAR	747K	711K	717K

	USD	08:30 AM	Housing Starts (M-o-M)	MAR	654K	712.8K	698K

	CAD	09:00 AM	Interest Rate Decision	-	1.00%	1%	1.00%

	USD	09:15 AM	Capacity Utilization (M-o-M)	MAR	78.6%	78.70%	78.7%

	USD	09:15 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	MAR	3.8%	-	4.0%

	USD	09:15 AM	Industrial Production (M-o-M)	MAR	-	0.32%	0.0%

	MXN	10:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	APR 13	151.48B	-	150.81B

	AUD	11:30 AM	Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes	-	-	-	-

	AUD	08:30 PM	Westpac Leading Index (M-o-M)	FEB	0.2%	-	0.6%