Forex Economic Calendar for April 24, 2012

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Tue., Apr 24				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	EUR	12:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	MAR	6.0%	-	5.9%

	MXN	12:00 AM	CB Leading Index	FEB	-	-	1.5%

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

	EUR	02:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	MAR	8.5%	-	7.7%

	CHF	02:00 AM	Imports	MAR	15.81B	-	14.04B

	CHF	02:00 AM	Exports	MAR	17.49B	-	16.72B

	CHF	02:00 AM	Trade Balance	MAR	1.69B	-	2.68B

	EUR	02:00 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	MAR	1.4%	-	2.2%

	EUR	02:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	MAR	0.4%	-	1.2%

	CHF	02:00 AM	UBS Consumption Indicator	MAR	1.22	-	0.87

	EUR	02:45 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	APR	88	86.5	87

	ZAR	03:00 AM	Leading Index	FEB	134.4	-	132.9

	CZK	03:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	APR	72.3	-	72.1

	HUF	03:00 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	FEB	-1.4%	-	0.6%

	HUF	03:00 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	FEB	-0.5%	-	-0.2%

	CZK	03:00 AM	Business Climate Indicator	APR	89.5	-	91.2

	EUR	03:00 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	FEB	-0.9%	-	1.7%

	EUR	03:00 AM	Industrial Production (M-o-M)	FEB	-1.4%	-	2.5%

	SEK	03:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	MAR	7.7%	-	7.8%

	EUR	04:00 AM	Hourly Wages (M-o-M)	MAR	-	0.1%	0.0%

	EUR	04:00 AM	Hourly Wages (Y-o-Y)	MAR	1.2%	1.3%	1.4%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Public Finances (PSNCR)	MAR	16.51B	13B	-8.23 (R)B

	GBP	04:30 AM	Public Sector Net Borrowing	MAR	15.87B	13B	9.94 (R)B

	HKD	04:30 AM	Imports	MAR	306.30B	-	305.54B

	HKD	04:30 AM	Exports	MAR	262.42B	-	259.75B

	HKD	04:30 AM	Trade Balance	MAR	-43.87B	-45.3B	-45.79B

	ISK	05:00 AM	Wage Cost Index (Y-o-Y)	MAR	12.1%	-	11.3%

	ISK	05:00 AM	Wage Cost Index (M-o-M)	MAR	1.1%	-	2.1%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Industrial New Orders (Y-o-Y)	FEB	-6.1%	-	-4.3 (R)%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Industrial New Orders (M-o-M)	FEB	-1.2%	-	-2.9 (R)%

	EUR	06:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	MAR	-	-	-0.6%

	LVL	06:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	MAR	-0.4%	-	0.2%

	LVL	06:00 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	MAR	5.4%	-	6.7%

	EUR	06:00 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	MAR	2.6%	-	2.3%

	TRY	07:30 AM	Capacity Utilization Rate	APR	75.6%	-	76.0 (R)%

	HUF	08:00 AM	Interest Rate Decision	-	7.00%	7%	7.00%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	FEB	-0.2%	0.1%	0.5%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	FEB	4.1%	-	4.7%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (M-o-M)	FEB	0.5%	0.4%	-0.12 (R)%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (Y-o-Y)	FEB	2.6%	-	3.09 (R)%

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-20 (Y-o-Y)	FEB	-3.5%	-3.33%	-3.8%

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index	FEB	134.20	-	135.46

	EUR	09:00 AM	Business Sentiment	APR	-10.7	-12	-9.6

	BRL	09:30 AM	Capital Account Balance - BoP	MAR	183M	-	82M

	BRL	09:30 AM	Financial Account Balance - BoP	MAR	13.42B	-	2.89B

	BRL	09:30 AM	Current Account Balance - BoP	MAR	-3.32B	-4.7B	-1.77B

	USD	10:00 AM	House Price Index (M-o-M)	FEB	0.3%	0.3%	-0.5 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Units	MAR	328K	320K	353 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Median Prices	MAR	234.5K	-	236.9 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	APR	69.2	68.8	69.5 (R)

	MXN	10:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	APR 20	152.42B	-	151.48B

	USD	10:00 AM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	APR	14	6.67	7

	ARS	03:00 PM	Consumer Confidence Index	APR	43.83	-	50.22