Forex Economic Calendar for May 22, 2014

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Thu., May 22				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

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

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

	ZAR	12:00 AM	Interest Rate Decision	-	5.50%	5.5%	5.50%

	EUR	02:45 AM	Own-Company Production Outlook	MAY	-13%	-	-14 (R)%

	EUR	02:45 AM	Business Confidence Indicator	MAY	99	96	100

	EUR	02:45 AM	Production Outlook Indicator	MAY	4%	-	11 (R)%

	DKK	03:00 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	APR	2.6%	-	-0.3 (R)%

	DKK	03:00 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	APR	0.1%	-	0.1 (R)%

	EUR	03:00 AM	PMI Services	MAY P	49.2	50	50.4

	EUR	03:00 AM	PMI Manufacturing	MAY P	49.8	53	51.2

	EUR	03:30 AM	PMI Manufacturing	MAY P	52.9	53.75	54.1

	EUR	03:30 AM	PMI Services	MAY P	56.4	54.35	54.7

	NOK	04:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	JAN - MAR	3.3%	-	3.5%

	EUR	04:00 AM	PMI Manufacturing	MAY P	52.5	53.25	53.4

	EUR	04:00 AM	PMI Composite	MAY P	53.9	53.70	54

	EUR	04:00 AM	PMI Services	MAY P	53.5	53.03	53.1

	GBP	04:30 AM	Total Business Investment (Y-o-Y)	Q1 P	8.7%	-	8.7%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Total Business Investment (Q-o-Q)	Q1 P	2.7%	-	2.4%

	HKD	04:30 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	3.7%	-	3.9%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Public Finances (PSNCR)	APR	9.63B	6.1B	6.07 (R)B

	GBP	04:30 AM	Public Sector Net Borrowing	APR	-10.59B	-	15.66 (R)B

	GBP	04:30 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q1	0.8%	0.8%	0.7%

	GBP	04:30 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q1	3.1%	3.1%	2.7%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Index of Services (3M-o-3M)	MAR	0.9%	0.9%	0.8 (R)%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Current Account Balance - BoP	MAR	-44.4M	-	-709.3M

	EUR	05:00 AM	Capital Account Balance - BoP	MAR	0.01B	-	1.47B

	EUR	05:00 AM	Financial Account Balance - BoP	MAR	-521.4M	-	-420.3M

	HRK	05:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	APR	21.1%	-	22.3%

	ISK	05:00 AM	Wage Cost Index (M-o-M)	APR	0.7%	-	1.0%

	ISK	05:00 AM	Wage Cost Index (Y-o-Y)	APR	4.8%	-	4.47%

	GBP	06:00 AM	CBI Monthly Industrial Trends	MAY	-	6.5%	-1%

	EUR	06:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	APR	0.5%	-	-0.6%

	EUR	06:00 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	-2.7%	-	-3.1%

	TRY	07:00 AM	Interest Rate Decision	-	9.5%	10%	10.00%

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

	BRL	08:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	APR	4.9%	5%	5.0%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	MAR	-0.1%	0.3%	0.6 (R)%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (M-o-M)	MAR	0.1%	0.3%	0.6%

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	MAY 17	326K	308.33K	298 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	MAY 10	2653K	-	2666 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAY 17	322.50K	-	323.50 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	MAY 10	2689K	-	2694.25 (R)K

	CAD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	MAR	3.9%	-	3.9 (R)%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (Y-o-Y)	MAR	3.7%	-	3.1%

	MXN	09:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	APR	4.89%	5.15%	5.24 (R)%

	USD	09:45 AM	PMI Manufacturing	MAY P	56.2	-	55.4

	USD	10:00 AM	Coincidence Index	APR	0.1%	-	0.3 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Leading Index	APR	0.4%	0.3%	1.0 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Lagging Index	APR	0.2%	-	0.7 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Sales	APR	4.65M	4.66M	4.59M

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Inventories	APR	2.29M	-	1.96 (R)M

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Price	APR	201.7K	-	196.7 (R)K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	MAY 16	1266B	-	1160B

	CNY	10:00 PM	CB Coincidence Index	APR	0.4%	-	1.3 (R)%

	CNY	10:00 PM	CB Leading Index	APR	0.9%	-	1.1 (R)%