Forex Economic Calendar for May 23, 2012

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

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

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

	JPY	12:00 AM	Interest Rate Decision	-	-	0.1	0 - 0.10

	SGD	01:00 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	APR	0.5%	-	0.8%

	SGD	01:00 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	5.4%	5.5%	5.2%

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

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

	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

	ZAR	04:00 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	APR	0.4%	-	1.1%

	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)

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

	GBP	04:30 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	APR	-2.3%	-1.02%	2.0 (R)%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	APR	-1.1%	-0.3%	3.1 (R)%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (Y-o-Y)	APR	-0.3%	-	2.7 (R)%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (M-o-M)	APR	-1.0%	-0.7%	1.6 (R)%

	MYR	05:00 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	APR	-	-	0.0%

	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)%

	BGN	05:00 AM	M3 Money Supply (Y-o-Y)	APR	11.63%	-	10.7%

	BGN	05:00 AM	M3 Money Supply (M-o-M)	APR	1.38%	-	0.21%

	MYR	05:00 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	1.9%	1.8%	2.1%

	MYR	06:00 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q1	4.7%	-	5.2%

	LVL	06:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	APR	0.9%	-	-0.4%

	LVL	06:00 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	4.0%	-	5.4%

	GBP	06:00 AM	CBI Monthly Industrial Trends	MAY	-17	-8	-8

	MYR	06:00 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q1	-	-3.1%	1.2%

	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%

	USD	07:00 AM	MBA Mortgage Applications	MAY 18	3.8%	-	9.2%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Leading Index	APR	0.3%	1%	0.4%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (Y-o-Y)	MAR	2.4%	-	2.53 (R)%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (M-o-M)	MAR	0.1%	0.5%	0.38 (R)%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	MAR	0.4%	0.4%	-0.2%

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

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Median Prices	APR	235.7K	-	234 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	House Price Index (M-o-M)	MAR	1.8%	0.2%	0.3%

	USD	10:00 AM	House Price Index (Q-o-Q)	Q1	0.55%	0.1%	-0.14 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Units	APR	343K	339.5K	332 (R)K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	MAY 18	382.5M	-	381.6M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	MAY 18	93.12	-	96.99

	NZD	06:45 PM	Exports	APR	3.9B	-	4.2B

	NZD	06:45 PM	Trade Balance	APR	355M	-	134M

	NZD	06:45 PM	Imports	APR	3.5B	-	4.1B

	JPY	07:50 PM	Foreigners Buying Japan Bonds (Yen)	MAY 13 - MAY 19	-64.7B	-	-128.7B

	JPY	07:50 PM	Japan Buying Foreign Bonds (Yen)	MAY 13 - MAY 19	243.7B	-	1259.7B

	JPY	07:50 PM	Japan Buying Foreign Stocks (Yen)	MAY 13 - MAY 19	-36.1B	-	-32.1B

	JPY	07:50 PM	Foreigners Buying Japan Stocks (Yen)	MAY 13 - MAY 19	-131.3B	-	-258.6B

	CNY	10:30 PM	PMI Manufacturing	MAY	48.7	-	49.3