Forex Economic Calendar for May 18, 2016

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Wed., May 18				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	EUR	12:00 AM	Financial Account Balance - BoP	MAR	639.02M	-	-423.50M

	EUR	12:00 AM	Capital Account Balance - BoP	MAR	97.27M	-	125.18M

	EUR	12:00 AM	Current Account Balance - BoP	MAR	276.53M	-	-424.81M

	EUR	03:00 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	APR	-	-	0.8%

	EUR	03:00 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	0.5%	-	0.7%

	EUR	03:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (M-o-M)	APR	0.1%	0.3%	1.0%

	EUR	03:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (Y-o-Y)	APR	0.6%	0.8%	0.6%

	EUR	03:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (M-o-M)	APR	0.4%	-	0.0%

	EUR	03:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (Y-o-Y)	APR	-0.4%	-	-0.5%

	ZAR	04:00 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	6.2%	6%	6.3%

	ZAR	04:00 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	APR	0.8%	0.6%	0.8%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Jobless Claims Change	APR	-2.4K	0K	14.7 (R)K

	GBP	04:30 AM	Markit Household Finance Index	MAY	42.3	-	45.1 (R)

	GBP	04:30 AM	Avg Earnings ex bonus (3M-o-Y)	MAR	2.1%	2.22%	2.2%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Avg Earnings Inc bonus (3M-o-Y)	MAR	2.0%	1.62%	1.9 (R)%

	GBP	04:30 AM	ILO Unemployment Rate	MAR	5.1%	5.10%	5.1%

	GBP	04:30 AM	Claimant Count Rate	APR	2.1%	2.1%	2.2 (R)%

	EUR	05:00 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	-0.2%	-0.22%	0.0%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Core CPI (M-o-M)	APR	-	-	1.5%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Core CPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	0.7%	0.7%	1.0%

	EUR	05:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (M-o-M)	APR	2.6%	-	1.0%

	EUR	05:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (Y-o-Y)	APR	0.8%	-	1.0%

	BGN	05:00 AM	Capital Account Balance - BoP	MAR	369.6M	-	72.0M

	BGN	05:00 AM	Financial Account Balance - BoP	MAR	486.8M	-	231.4M

	BGN	05:00 AM	Current Account Balance - BoP	MAR	88.8M	-	-14.4M

	EUR	05:00 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	APR	-	0.6%	1.2%

	LVL	06:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	Q1	10.3%	-	9.8%

	ZAR	07:00 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	MAR	0.2%	-	0.4 (R)%

	ZAR	07:00 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	MAR	2.5%	-	2.4 (R)%

	PLN	08:00 AM	Wages (M-o-M)	APR	-0.9%	-1.7%	5.2%

	PLN	08:00 AM	Wages (Y-o-Y)	APR	4.6%	3.8%	3.3%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Canadian Investment in Foreign Securities	MAR	2.27B	-	4.37B

	CAD	08:30 AM	Foreign Investment in Canadian Securities	MAR	17.17B	-	15.94B

	EUR	09:30 AM	CB Coincidence Index	MAR	-0.3%	-	0.1 (R)%

	EUR	09:30 AM	CB Leading Index	MAR	0.6%	-	-0.2%

	GBP	09:30 AM	CB Coincidence Index	MAR	-	-	0.1 (R)%

	GBP	09:30 AM	CB Leading Index	MAR	-	-	0.1 (R)%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	MAY 13	541.3M	-	540.0M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	MAY 13	45.45	-	44.24

	USD	02:00 PM	FOMC Meeting Minutes	-	-	-	-

	KRW	05:00 PM	PPI (M-o-M)	APR	0.2%	0.2%	-0.1%

	KRW	05:00 PM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	APR	-3.1%	-3.1%	-3.3%

	JPY	07:50 PM	Machinery Orders (M-o-M)	MAR	5.5%	-0.13%	-9.2%

	JPY	07:50 PM	Japan Buying Foreign Bonds (Yen)	MAY 8 - MAY 14	-1121.8B	-	-270.2 (R)B

	JPY	07:50 PM	Japan Buying Foreign Stocks (Yen)	MAY 8 - MAY 14	152.1B	-	-17.5 (R)B

	JPY	07:50 PM	Foreigners Buying Japan Bonds (Yen)	MAY 8 - MAY 14	348.4B	-	21.9B

	JPY	07:50 PM	Foreigners Buying Japan Stocks (Yen)	MAY 8 - MAY 14	71.7B	-	-435.0 (R)B

	AUD	09:30 PM	Unemployment Rate	APR	5.7%	5.75%	5.7%

	AUD	09:30 PM	Participation Rate	APR	64.8%	-	64.9%

	AUD	09:30 PM	Employment Change	APR	10.8K	2.5K	26.1K

	PHP	10:00 PM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q1	1.1%	0.9%	2.1 (R)%

	PHP	10:00 PM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q1	6.9%	6.55%	6.5 (R)%