Forex Economic Calendar for May 4, 2012

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Fri., May 04				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	MAY 4	152.25B	-	149.81B

	EUR	03:00 AM	Retail Trade (Y-o-Y)	MAR	0.1%	-	2.0%

	CHF	03:15 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	MAR	4.2%	-	0.8%

	CHF	03:15 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	MAR	2.2%	-	-1.1 (R)%

	EUR	03:15 AM	PMI Services	APR	42.1	-	46.3

	EUR	03:45 AM	PMI Services	APR	42.3	43.7	44.3

	EUR	03:50 AM	PMI Composite	APR	45.9	-	48.7

	EUR	03:50 AM	PMI Services	APR	45.2	-	50.1

	EUR	03:55 AM	PMI Composite	APR	50.5	-	51.6

	EUR	03:55 AM	PMI Services	APR	52.2	53.5	52.1

	NOK	04:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	JAN - MAR	3.2%	-	3.2%

	EUR	04:00 AM	PMI Composite	APR	46.7	47.4	49.1

	EUR	04:00 AM	PMI Services	APR	46.9	47.9	49.2

	EUR	05:00 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	MAR	-0.2%	-1.4%	-2.1%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	MAR	0.3%	-0.2%	-0.2 (R)%

	EUR	06:00 AM	Industrial Production (M-o-M)	MAR	-2.5%	-	-3.6%

	EUR	06:00 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	MAR	-5.6%	-	-3.3%

	INR	07:30 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	APR 27	295.36B	-	294.60B

	USD	08:30 AM	Change in Manufacturing Payrolls	APR	16K	20K	41 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Avg Hourly Earnings	APR	19.72	-	19.69 (R)

	USD	08:30 AM	Avg Weekly Hours	APR	33.8	-	33.8

	USD	08:30 AM	Participation Rate	APR	63.6%	-	63.8%

	USD	08:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	APR	8.1%	8.2%	8.2%

	USD	08:30 AM	Non-Farm Payroll (M-o-M)	APR	115K	174.17K	120K

	BRL	09:00 AM	PMI Composite	APR	52.7	-	53.4

	BRL	09:00 AM	PMI Services	APR	54.4	54	53.8

	MXN	09:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	APR	97.2	93.6	93.4

	CAD	10:00 AM	Ivey Purchasing Managers Index	APR	52.7	60.25	63.5
Sun., May 06				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	JPY	07:15 PM	PMI Services	MAR	-	-	53.2

	JPY	07:15 PM	PMI Composite	MAR	-	-	53.7

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

	AUD	09:30 PM	Building Approvals (M-o-M)	MAR	7.4%	-	-8.8 (R)%

	AUD	09:30 PM	Building Approvals (Y-o-Y)	MAR	-15.0%	-	-15.2%

	AUD	09:30 PM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	MAR	1.8%	-	1.9%

	AUD	09:30 PM	NAB Business Confidence	APR	4	-	3

	AUD	09:30 PM	NAB Business Conditions	APR	-	-	3

	AUD	09:30 PM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	MAR	0.9%	-	0.3%
Mon., May 07				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	PHP	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	APR	75.97B	-	76.13 (R)B

	EUR	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	APR	36.54B	-	35.98B

	EEK	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	APR	232.3M	-	212.1M

	EUR	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	APR	8.54B	-	8.09B

	EUR	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	APR	189.56B	-	186.63B

	IDR	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	APR	116.41B	-	110.49B