Forex Economic Calendar for April 18, 2012

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Wed., Apr 18				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	BGN	12:00 AM	Capital Account Balance - BoP	FEB	7.4M	-	0.0M

	BGN	12:00 AM	Financial Account Balance - BoP	FEB	-96.7M	-	-573.0M

	BGN	12:00 AM	Current Account Balance - BoP	FEB	-233.3M	-	-112.0M

	EUR	12:00 AM	Exports	FEB	17.98B	-	16.58B

	EUR	12:00 AM	Imports	FEB	21.74B	-	20.23B

	EUR	12:00 AM	Trade Balance	FEB	-3.75B	-	-3.65B

	TRY	12:00 AM	Monetary Policy Meeting	-	-	-	-

	SEK	12:00 AM	Monetary Policy Meeting	-	-	-	-

	BRL	12:00 AM	Interest Rate Decision	-	9%	-	11%

	SEK	03:30 AM	Interest Rate Decision	-	1.50%	1.5%	1.50%

	EUR	04:00 AM	Capital Account Balance - BoP	FEB	1.6B	-	0.1B

	EUR	04:00 AM	Current Account Balance - BoP	FEB	-1.3B	2B	3.7 (R)B

	EUR	04:00 AM	Financial Account Balance - BoP	FEB	3.2B	-	10.4 (R)B

	ZAR	04:00 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	MAR	1.1%	-	0.6%

	ZAR	04:00 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	MAR	6.0%	-	6.1%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Claimant Count Rate	FEB	4.9%	5%	4.9 (R)%

	GBP	04:30 AM	ILO Unemployment Rate	FEB	8.3%	8.4%	8.4%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Avg Earnings ex bonus (3M-o-Y)	FEB	1.6%	-	1.6 (R)%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Avg Earnings Inc bonus (3M-o-Y)	FEB	1.1%	1.22%	1.3 (R)%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes	-	-	-	-

	GBP	04:30 AM	Jobless Claims Change	FEB	3.6K	5K	4.5 (R)K

	EUR	05:00 AM	Construction Orders (Y-o-Y)	FEB	-12.9%	-	-2.7 (R)%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Construction Orders (M-o-M)	FEB	-7.1%	-	-0.5 (R)%

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

	ISK	05:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (Y-o-Y)	MAR	7.8%	-	6.7%

	CHF	05:00 AM	ZEW Survey (Expectations)	APR	2.1	-	0.0

	ZAR	07:00 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	FEB	-2.2%	-	-0.6%

	ZAR	07:00 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	FEB	7.2%	-	3.9%

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	APR 13	6.9%	-	-2.4%

	TRY	07:00 AM	Interest Rate Decision	-	5.75	5.75	5.75

	PLN	08:00 AM	Wages (M-o-M)	MAR	5.7%	-	-2.7%

	PLN	08:00 AM	Wages (Y-o-Y)	MAR	3.8%	2.6%	4.3%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	APR 13	369.0M	-	365.2M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	APR 13	102.53	-	103.51

	NZD	06:45 PM	CPI (Q-o-Q)	Q1	0.5%	0.55%	-0.3%

	NZD	06:45 PM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	Q1	1.6%	1.6%	1.8%

	AUD	07:25 PM	Westpac Leading Index (M-o-M)	FEB	-	-	0.6%

	JPY	07:50 PM	Trade Balance	MAR	-82.6B	-	32.9B

	JPY	07:50 PM	Exports	MAR	5.9%	2.2%	-2.7%

	JPY	07:50 PM	Imports	MAR	10.5%	4.6%	9.2%

	JPY	07:50 PM	Foreigners Buying Japan Bonds (Yen)	APR 8 - APR 14	739.9B	-	-105.1B

	JPY	07:50 PM	Japan Buying Foreign Stocks (Yen)	APR 8 - APR 14	-10.3B	-	-94.4B

	JPY	07:50 PM	Japan Buying Foreign Bonds (Yen)	APR 8 - APR 14	116.3B	-	-1903.7 (R)B

	JPY	07:50 PM	Foreigners Buying Japan Stocks (Yen)	APR 8 - APR 14	202.8B	-	53.6 (R)B