Euro Economic Calendar for May 22, 2012

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

EURO ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Tue., May 22				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	EUR	02:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	APR	8.4%	-	8.5%

	EUR	03:30 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	MAY	-38	-	-32

	EUR	09:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	MAY	-10	-13	-12
Wed., May 23				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	EUR	12:00 AM	Financial Account Balance - BoP	MAR	1.98B	-	0.85B

	EUR	12:00 AM	Capital Account Balance - BoP	MAR	0.03B	-	1.05B

	EUR	12:00 AM	Current Account Balance - BoP	MAR	-2.13B	-	-1.09B

	EUR	04:00 AM	Current Account Balance - BoP	MAR	9.1B	-1.3B	-1.2 (R)B

	EUR	04:00 AM	Capital Account Balance - BoP	MAR	0.3B	-	1.6B

	EUR	04:00 AM	Financial Account Balance - BoP	MAR	-19.0B	-	0.3 (R)B

	EUR	04:00 AM	CB Coincidence Index	MAR	0.5%	-	0.0 (R)%

	EUR	04:00 AM	CB Leading Index	MAR	0.3%	-	0.3 (R)%

	EUR	04:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	MAY	86.5	88.25	88.8 (R)

	EUR	05:00 AM	Trade Balance - Non EU	APR	-904M	-	510 (R)M

	EUR	05:00 AM	Industrial New Orders (M-o-M)	MAR	1.8%	-	-1.4 (R)%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Industrial New Orders (Y-o-Y)	MAR	-2.8%	-	-5.3 (R)%

	EUR	06:00 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	2.8%	-	2.6%

	EUR	06:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	APR	-0.5%	-	0.0%
Thu., May 24				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	EUR	12:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	APR	6.1%	-	6.0%

	EUR	02:00 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q1	0.5%	-0.2%	-0.2%

	EUR	02:00 AM	Captial Investment	Q1	-1.1%	-	1.1%

	EUR	02:00 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q1	1.7%	-	1.5%

	EUR	02:00 AM	Construction Investment	Q1	-1.3%	-	1.9%

	EUR	02:00 AM	Private Consumption	Q1	0.4%	0.1%	-0.2%

	EUR	02:00 AM	Government Spending	Q1	0.2%	-	0.6 (R)%

	EUR	02:00 AM	Domestic Demand	Q1	-0.3%	-	0.2 (R)%

	EUR	02:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	APR	-0.1%	-	0.4%

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

	EUR	02:45 AM	Production Outlook Indicator	MAY	-29	-16	-14

	EUR	02:45 AM	Own-Company Production Outlook	MAY	-4	-5	-5 (R)

	EUR	02:45 AM	Business Confidence Indicator	MAY	93	93.67	95

	EUR	03:00 AM	PMI Manufacturing	MAY P	44.4	47	46.9

	EUR	03:00 AM	PMI Composite	MAY P	44.7	-	45.9

	EUR	03:00 AM	PMI Services	MAY P	45.2	46	45.2

	EUR	03:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	APR	6.2%	-	5.9%

	EUR	03:30 AM	PMI Manufacturing	MAY P	45.0	47	46.2

	EUR	03:30 AM	PMI Composite	MAY P	49.6	-	50.5

	EUR	03:30 AM	PMI Services	MAY P	52.2	52	52.2

	EUR	04:00 AM	Germany IFO - Business Climate	MAY	106.9	109.28	109.9

	EUR	04:00 AM	Germany IFO - Expectations	MAY	100.9	102.5	102.7

	EUR	04:00 AM	Germany IFO - Current Assessment	MAY	113.3	117	117.5

	EUR	04:00 AM	PMI Manufacturing	MAY P	45.0	45.75	45.9

	EUR	04:00 AM	PMI Services	MAY P	46.5	46.65	46.9

	EUR	04:00 AM	PMI Composite	MAY P	45.9	46.35	46.7