Forex Economic Calendar for August 16, 2012

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Thu., Aug 16				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	EUR	12:00 AM	Exports	JUN	18.87B	-	19.46B

	EUR	12:00 AM	Trade Balance	JUN	-2.70B	-	-1.93B

	EUR	12:00 AM	Imports	JUN	21.57B	-	21.39B

	EUR	03:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (Y-o-Y)	JUL	3.8%	-	3.7%

	EUR	03:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (M-o-M)	JUL	-	-	0.2%

	TRY	03:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	JUL	92.8	-	91.8

	EUR	03:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	JUL	6.5%	-	6.3%

	EUR	04:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (M-o-M)	JUL	-0.5%	-	0.0%

	EUR	04:00 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL	2.1%	2.2%	2.2%

	EUR	04:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (Y-o-Y)	JUL	2.1%	-	2.2%

	ZAR	04:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (M-o-M)	JUN	-2.7%	-	1.0%

	ZAR	04:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (Y-o-Y)	JUN	3.9%	-	8.7%

	EUR	04:00 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	JUL	-0.3%	-0.2%	0.1%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (Y-o-Y)	JUL	3.3%	-	3.3 (R)%

	HKD	04:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	JUL	3.2%	-	3.2%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (M-o-M)	JUL	-	-	1.1 (R)%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	JUL	0.3%	-0.07%	0.1%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	JUL	2.8%	1.6%	2.6 (R)%

	EUR	05:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (M-o-M)	JUL	-0.3%	-	1.1 (R)%

	EUR	05:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (Y-o-Y)	JUL	4.2%	-	4.4 (R)%

	HRK	05:00 AM	Core CPI (M-o-M)	JUL	-1.3%	-	-0.3%

	HRK	05:00 AM	Core CPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL	0.4%	-	0.8%

	HRK	05:00 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL	3.4%	-	3.8%

	HRK	05:00 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	JUL	-1.0%	-	-0.6%

	EUR	05:00 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL	2.4%	2.4%	2.4%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Core CPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL	1.7%	1.60%	1.6%

	CHF	05:00 AM	ZEW Survey (Expectations)	AUG	-33.3	-42.5	-42.5

	EUR	05:00 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	JUL	-0.5%	-0.55%	-0.1%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Core CPI (M-o-M)	JUL	-0.8%	-	0.1%

	EUR	06:00 AM	Trade Balance	JUN	3.42B	-	3.46 (R)B

	EUR	06:00 AM	Exports	JUN	7.40B	-	7.53 (R)B

	EUR	06:00 AM	Imports	JUN	3.98B	-	4.06 (R)B

	TRY	07:00 AM	Interest Rate Decision	-	5.75%	-	5.75%

	BRL	08:00 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	JUN	1.5%	0%	-0.8%

	BRL	08:00 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	JUN	9.5%	6.7%	8.2%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Foreign Investment in Canadian Securities	JUN	-7.88B	-	26.11B

	CAD	08:30 AM	Manufacturing Shipments (M-o-M)	JUN	-0.4%	0.9%	-0.4%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Manufacturing Shipments (Y-o-Y)	JUN	6.9%	-	7.3 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Housing Starts (M-o-M)	JUL	746K	748.33K	754 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	AUG 11	363.75K	-	369.25 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	AUG 4	3305K	-	3336 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	AUG 4	3303.00K	-	3306.00 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	AUG 11	366K	366.67K	364 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Building Permits (M-o-M)	JUL	812K	765K	760 (R)K

	CAD	08:30 AM	Canadian Investment in Foreign Securities	JUN	-3.94B	-	-1.35 (R)B

	MXN	09:00 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q2	4.1%	4%	4.5 (R)%

	EUR	09:00 AM	Trade Balance	JUN P	0.7B	-	0.1B

	EUR	09:00 AM	Exports	JUN P	20.5B	-	20.4B

	EUR	09:00 AM	Imports	JUN P	19.9B	-	20.3B

	MXN	09:00 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q2 SA	0.87%	0.8%	1.19 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Paid	AUG	11.2	-	3.7

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Received	AUG	2.8	-	1.6

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Business Condition	AUG	-7.1	-3.5	-12.9

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	AUG 10	3261B	-	3241B

	NZD	06:45 PM	PPI Input (Y-o-Y)	Q2	1.9%	-	2.3%

	NZD	06:45 PM	PPI Output (Q-o-Q)	Q2	0.3%	0.1%	-0.1%

	NZD	06:45 PM	PPI Output (Y-o-Y)	Q2	0.5%	-	1.6%

	NZD	06:45 PM	PPI Input (Q-o-Q)	Q2	0.6%	-	0.3%

	NZD	06:45 PM	PPI Input (Q-o-Q)	Q2	-	-	0.3%