Forex Economic Calendar for October 18, 2012

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Thu., Oct 18				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	EUR	12:00 AM	Industrial Production (M-o-M)	AUG	-15.7%	-	-0.1%

	EUR	12:00 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	AUG	-5.9%	-	-5.4%

	EUR	12:00 AM	Exports	AUG	16.59B	-	19.60B

	EUR	12:00 AM	Imports	AUG	19.73B	-	21.29B

	EUR	12:00 AM	Trade Balance	AUG	-3.14B	-	-1.69B

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

	CHF	02:00 AM	Imports	SEP	14.48B	-	13.81B

	CHF	02:00 AM	Exports	SEP	16.49B	-	15.54B

	CHF	02:00 AM	Trade Balance	SEP	2.02B	-	1.73B

	EUR	03:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	SEP	6.6%	-	6.5%

	EUR	03:30 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	OCT	-32	-27	-29

	SEK	03:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	SEP	7.8%	-	7.8%

	EUR	04:00 AM	CB Coincidence Index	AUG	-	-	0.1%

	EUR	04:00 AM	CB Leading Index	AUG	0.6%	-	0.3%

	ZAR	04:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (Y-o-Y)	AUG	7.0%	-	8.8%

	ZAR	04:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (M-o-M)	AUG	2.2%	-	0.6%

	HKD	04:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	SEP	3.3%	3.2%	3.2%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	SEP	2.5%	2.2%	2.5 (R)%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	SEP	0.6%	0.75%	-0.1 (R)%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (Y-o-Y)	SEP	2.9%	2.5%	3.1%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (M-o-M)	SEP	0.6%	0.5%	-0.3%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Current Account Balance - BoP	AUG	-2.53B	-3B	1.59B

	EUR	05:00 AM	Capital Account Balance - BoP	AUG	-22M	-	-9M

	EUR	05:00 AM	Financial Account Balance - BoP	AUG	-1.58B	-	10.79B

	EUR	06:00 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	SEP	4.6%	-	4.0%

	EUR	06:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	SEP	0.6%	-	0.9%

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

	PLN	08:00 AM	Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes	-	-	-	-

	CAD	08:30 AM	Wholesale Sales (M-o-M)	AUG	0.5%	-0.15%	-0.74 (R)%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Wholesale Sales (Y-o-Y)	AUG	4.4%	-	4.46 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	OCT 13	388.0K	365K	342.0 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	OCT 13	365.5K	-	364.0K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	OCT 6	3275.50K	-	3281.25 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	OCT 6	3252K	-	3281K

	EUR	09:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	OCT	-17	-14	-14

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Paid	OCT	19.0	-	8.0

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Received	OCT	5.4	-	-0.2

	USD	10:00 AM	Coincidence Index	SEP	0.2%	-	0.0 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Lagging Index	SEP	0.1%	-	0.3 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Leading Index	SEP	-	0.13%	-0.1%

	USD	10:00 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Business Condition	OCT	5.7	1.3	-1.9

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	OCT 12	3776B	-	3725B

	NZD	10:00 PM	Credit Card Spending (Y-o-Y)	SEP	1.5%	-	1.9%