Forex Economic Calendar for May 17, 2012

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Thu., May 17				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	PHP	12:00 AM	Interest Rate Decision	-	-	-	6.0%

	PHP	12:00 AM	Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes	-	-	-	-

	JPY	12:30 AM	Capacity Utilization (M-o-M)	MAR F	1.3%	-	-1.7%

	JPY	12:30 AM	Industrial Production (M-o-M)	MAR F	1.3%	-	-1.6%

	JPY	12:30 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	MAR F	14.2%	-	1.5%

	SGD	01:00 AM	Exports	APR	44.13B	-	44.99 (R)B

	SGD	01:00 AM	Imports	APR	38.78B	-	42.58 (R)B

	SGD	01:00 AM	Trade Balance	APR	5.35B	-	2.41 (R)B

	CZK	03:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	APR	-	0.4%	0.3%

	CZK	03:00 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	2.2%	2.6%	3.0%

	EUR	03:00 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q1 F	-0.3%	-0.3%	-0.3%

	EUR	03:00 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q1 F	-0.4%	-	0.3%

	ZAR	04:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (Y-o-Y)	MAR	5.3%	-	13.9%

	ZAR	04:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (M-o-M)	MAR	-5.0%	-	2.7%

	HKD	04:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	APR	3.3%	3.4%	3.4%

	BRL	08:00 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	MAR	12.5%	-	6.7%

	BRL	08:00 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	MAR	0.2%	0.4%	-0.5%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Canadian Investment in Foreign Securities	MAR	-7.78B	-	2.11 (R)B

	CAD	08:30 AM	Foreign Investment in Canadian Securities	MAR	-2.80B	-	12.53 (R)B

	CAD	08:30 AM	Wholesale Sales (Y-o-Y)	MAR	6.0%	-	6.9 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	MAY 12	370K	365.5K	370 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAY 12	375K	-	379.75 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	MAY 5	3265K	32340K	3247 (R)K

	CAD	08:30 AM	Wholesale Sales (M-o-M)	MAR	0.4%	0.5%	1.55 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAY 5	3282.75K	-	3295.50 (R)K

	MXN	09:00 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q1 SA	1.31%	1%	0.72 (R)%

	MXN	09:00 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q1	4.6%	4.2%	3.9 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Received	MAY	-4.5	-	9.4

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Paid	MAY	5.0	-	22.5

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Business Condition	MAY	-5.8	10.33	8.5

	USD	10:00 AM	Leading Index	APR	-0.1%	0.12%	0.3%

	USD	10:00 AM	Coincidence Index	APR	0.2%	-	0.2%

	USD	10:00 AM	Lagging Index	APR	0.5%	-	0.3%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	MAY 11	2667B	-	2606B
Fri., May 18				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	LTL	12:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	Q1	14.5%	-	13.9%

	EUR	12:00 AM	Trade Balance	MAR	-3.24B	-	-3.75B

	EUR	12:00 AM	Exports	MAR	19.89B	-	17.98B

	EUR	12:00 AM	Imports	MAR	23.13B	-	21.74B

	USD	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	MAY 18	150.42B	-	151.39B

	EUR	02:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	APR	0.2%	-	0.6%

	EUR	02:00 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	2.4%	-	3.3%

	EUR	04:00 AM	CB Coincidence Index	MAR	-0.2%	-	-0.2 (R)%

	EUR	04:00 AM	CB Leading Index	MAR	-0.9%	-	0.0 (R)%