Forex Economic Calendar for August 2, 2012

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Thu., Aug 02				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

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

	RON	03:00 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	JUN	5.8%	-	6.7%

	RON	03:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	JUN	-0.2%	-	0.1%

	RON	03:00 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	JUN	4.0%	-	5.6%

	RON	03:00 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	JUN	-1.1%	-	1.2%

	CHF	03:15 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	JUN	0.3%	-	1.1 (R)%

	CHF	03:15 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	JUN	3.7%	-	6.4 (R)%

	CHF	03:30 AM	SVME - Purchasing Manager Index	JUL	48.6	46	48.1

	NOK	04:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	APR - JUN	3.0%	3%	3.0%

	GBP	04:30 AM	PMI Construction	JUL	50.9	48	48.2

	HKD	04:30 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	JUN	8.5%	5.7%	5.8%

	EUR	05:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	JUN	-0.5%	-0.5%	-0.5%

	EUR	05:00 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL	2.2%	-	1.77%

	EUR	05:00 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	JUL	-1.1%	-	-0.66%

	RON	05:00 AM	Interest Rate Decision	-	5.25%	5.25%	5.25%

	EUR	05:00 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	JUN	1.8%	1.83%	2.3%

	CZK	07:00 AM	Interest Rate Decision	-	0.50%	0.5%	0.50%

	GBP	07:00 AM	Interest Rate Decision	-	0.50%	0.5%	0.50%

	GBP	07:00 AM	Asset Purchase Facility	-	375B	375B	375B

	EUR	07:45 AM	Interest Rate Decision	-	0.75%	0.75%	0.75%

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	JUL 21	3298.50K	-	3310 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	JUL 28	365.50K	-	368.25 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	JUL 28	365K	367.75K	357 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	JUL 21	3272K	3275K	3291 (R)K

	USD	09:45 AM	ISM NY Business Conditions	JUL	55.2	-	49.7

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders Ex. Transportation M-o-M	JUN	-1.8%	-	0.0 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders (M-o-M)	JUN	-0.5%	0.94%	0.5 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Factory Orders Ex. Defense (M-o-M)	JUN	-1.5%	-	0.2 (R)%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	JUL 27	3217B	-	3189B

	KRW	07:00 PM	Official Foreign Reserves	JUL	314.35B	-	312.38B

	JPY	07:15 PM	PMI Services	JUL	47.5	-	49.3

	JPY	07:15 PM	PMI Composite	JUL	47.4	-	49.1

	AUD	07:30 PM	AiG Performance of Service Index	JUL	46.5	-	48.8

	CNY	10:30 PM	PMI Services	JUL	53.1	-	52.3

	CNY	10:30 PM	PMI Composite	JUL	51.9	-	50.6
Fri., Aug 03				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	12:00 AM	Official Foreign Reserves	AUG 3	149.71B	-	149.53B

	INR	01:00 AM	PMI Composite	JUL	54.4	-	55.7

	INR	01:00 AM	PMI Services	JUL	54.2	-	54.3

	EUR	02:00 AM	PMI Services	JUL	49.1	-	49.7

	TRY	03:00 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL	9.07%	9%	8.87%

	TRY	03:00 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	JUL	-0.23%	-0.30%	-0.90%

	EUR	03:00 AM	Retail Trade (Y-o-Y)	JUN	-0.9%	0.3%	0.6%

	CZK	03:00 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	JUN	0.4%	-	1.0%