Economic Calendar — Forex, Gold & Market Events

2 March, Monday

Actual

Forecast

00:30

AUD

Business Inventories q/q

-0.1%

0.1%

-0.8%

Company Gross Operating Profits q/q

5.8%

0.0%

1.5%

Company Profits Before Income Tax q/q

1.6%

0.7%

ANZ Job Advertisements m/m

3.2%

0.6%

5.2%

JPY

au Jibun Bank Manufacturing PMI

52.8

05:00

INR

S&P Global Manufacturing PMI

57.5

05:30

AUD

RBA Index of Commodity Prices y/y

N/D

2.5%

2.6%

07:00

EUR

Retail Sales m/m

1.2%

0.0%

-0.5%

Retail Sales y/y

2.5%

1.1%

1.3%

GBP

Nationwide HPI m/m

0.3%

0.2%

0.3%

Nationwide HPI y/y

1.0%

1.2%

1.0%

07:30

SEK

Silf/Swedbank Manufacturing PMI

56.1

57.1

55.9

CHF

Retail Sales y/y

N/D

08:00

EUR

New Car Registrations m/m

12.7%

-38.0%

New Car Registrations y/y

-14.7%

-6.6%

08:15

EUR

S&P Global Manufacturing PMI

49.2

08:30

CHF

procure.ch Manufacturing PMI

47.4

48.1

48.8

08:45

EUR

S&P Global Manufacturing PMI

50.6

08:50

EUR

S&P Global Manufacturing PMI

50.1

49.9

08:55

EUR

S&P Global Manufacturing PMI

50.9

50.7

09:00

NOK

DNB/NIMA Manufacturing PMI

N/D

ZAR

Absa Manufacturing PMI

47.4

46.9

48.7

EUR

S&P Global Manufacturing PMI

50.8

09:15

EUR

ECB Executive Board Member Elderson Speech

09:30

GBP

BoE Consumer Credit m/m

£1.812 B

£1.286 B

£1.652 B

BoE M4 Money Supply m/m

-0.1%

0.2%

0.4%

BoE Mortgage Approvals

59.999 K

61.975 K

61.007 K

BoE Mortgage Lending m/m

£4.076 B

£4.603 B

£4.492 B

BoE Net Lending to Individuals m/m

£5.888 B

£6.155 B

£6.144 B

S&P Global/CIPS Manufacturing PMI

51.7

52.0

11:30

BRL

BCB Focus Market Report

12:00

ZAR

Total New Vehicle Sales

53.455 K

50.521 K

Total New Vehicle Sales m/m

5.8%

2.2%

Total New Vehicle Sales y/y

11.4%

10.0%

7.5%

13:00

BRL

S&P Global Manufacturing PMI

47.3

SGD

SIPMM PMI

50.6

50.1

50.3

13:56

EUR

3-Month BTF Auction

2.030%

2.008%

6-Month BTF Auction

2.065%

2.034%

12-Month BTF Auction

2.097%

2.055%

14:00

EUR

Bbk President Nagel Speech

EUR

ECB President Lagarde Speech

14:30

CAD

S&P Global Manufacturing PMI

51.0

14:45

USD

S&P Global Manufacturing PMI

51.6

15:00

MXN

S&P Global Manufacturing PMI

47.1

USD

ISM Manufacturing PMI

52.4

53.0

52.6

ISM Manufacturing Prices Paid

70.5

62.2

59.0

ISM Manufacturing Employment

48.8

45.4

48.1

ISM Manufacturing New Orders

55.8

57.8

57.1

15:30

GBP

BoE Deputy Governor Markets and Banking Ramsden Speech

16:30

USD

3-Month Bill Auction

3.610%

3.590%

6-Month Bill Auction

3.535%

3.525%

17:00

EUR

New Car Registrations m/m

N/D

New Car Registrations y/y

14.0%

21:24

MXN

Fiscal Balance

Mex$-19.318 B

Mex$-0.900 B

Mex$-414.437 B

21:45

NZD

Building Consents m/m

1.9%

-0.3%

-4.5%

23:30

JPY

Unemployment Rate

2.7%

2.6%

Jobs to Applicants Ratio

1.18

1.20

23:50

JPY

BoJ Monetary Base y/y

-10.6%

-9.8%

-9.5%

Capital Spending y/y

N/D

3 March, Tuesday

Actual

Forecast

00:30

AUD

Building Approvals m/m

-7.2%

-0.6%

-14.9%

Private House Approvals m/m

1.1%

1.2%

Current Account

$-21.093 B

$-18.928 B

$-18.340 B

Net Exports Contribution

-0.1%

0.1%

-0.1%

KRW

S&P Global Manufacturing PMI

51.1

03:35

JPY

10-Year JGB Auction

2.122%

2.249%

07:45

EUR

Government Budget Balance

€-9.7 B

€-122.5 B

08:00

BRL

FIPE CPI m/m

0.25%

0.35%

0.21%

EUR

Unemployment Change

3.584 K

47.871 K

30.392 K

10:00

EUR

CPI m/m

0.8%

0.4%

CPI y/y

1.6%

0.9%

1.0%

HICP m/m

0.6%

-0.8%

-1.0%

HICP y/y

1.6%

0.9%

1.0%

GBP

Spring Forecast Statement

EUR

Core CPI m/m

0.8%

-1.3%

-1.1%

CPI m/m

1.7%

0.1%

-0.6%

Core CPI y/y

2.4%

2.3%

2.2%

CPI y/y

2.0%

1.8%

1.7%

CPI excl. Energy and Unprocessed Food m/m

0.7%

-1.3%

-0.8%

CPI excl. Energy and Unprocessed Food y/y

2.3%

2.2%

CPI

100.72

100.06

Core CPI

100.56

99.80

10:11

EUR

6-Month Letras Auction

2.059%

1.973%

12-Month Letras Auction

2.121%

2.028%

10:45

EUR

5-Year Note Auction

2.43%

2.40%

12:00

BRL

GDP q/q

0.1%

0.7%

0.0%

GDP y/y

1.8%

1.9%

1.8%

15:26

NZD

GDT Price Index

5.7%

-4.4%

3.6%

21:45

NZD

Export Price Index q/q

5.3%

-0.5%

-1.6%

Import Price Index q/q

1.5%

0.0%

0.5%

Terms of Trade Index q/q

3.7%

0.1%

-2.1%

Export Volume Index q/q

-3.2%

7.6%

2.5%

Import Volume Index q/q

5.8%

-1.2%

-1.1%

22:00

AUD

Ai Group Industry Index

-1.5

-12.3

Ai Group Manufacturing Index

-15.6

-19.4

Ai Group Construction Index

-8.2

5.2

S&P Global Services PMI

52.8

S&P Global Composite PMI

52.4

23:00

KRW

Industrial Production m/m

-1.9%

-1.6%

1.5%

Industrial Production y/y

7.1%

4.5%

1.4%

Retail Sales m/m

2.3%

-0.5%

0.6%

Index of Services m/m

0.0%

0.2%

0.5%

4 March, Wednesday

Actual

Forecast

00:00

NZD

ANZ Commodity Price Index m/m

4.2%

0.1%

2.0%

00:30

AUD

GDP q/q

0.8%

0.5%

GDP y/y

2.6%

-75.9%

2.1%

Gross Fixed Capital Formation q/q

0.7%

0.8%

3.2%

GDP Chain Price Index q/q

3.9%

-0.1%

-0.6%

Final Consumption Expenditure q/q

0.5%

0.2%

0.7%

HKD

S&P Global PMI

53.3

JPY

au Jibun Bank Services PMI

53.8

au Jibun Bank Composite PMI

53.9

SGD

S&P Global PMI

59.2

01:00

CNY

Manufacturing PMI

49.0

49.3

Non-Manufacturing PMI

49.5

49.8

49.4

Composite PMI

49.5

49.8

01:45

CNY

Caixin Manufacturing PMI

52.1

Caixin Services PMI

56.7

Caixin Composite PMI

55.4

05:00

INR

S&P Global Services PMI

58.1

S&P Global Composite PMI

58.9

07:00

NOK

Current Account

Kr153.109 B

Kr199.045 B

Kr177.426 B

07:15

ZAR

S&P Global PMI

50.0

07:30

SEK

Silf/Swedbank Services PMI

48.3

56.8

54.3

Silf/Swedbank Composite PMI

50.5

54.8

CHF

CPI m/m

N/D

CPI y/y

N/D

08:15

EUR

S&P Global Services PMI

51.9

S&P Global Composite PMI

51.5

08:30

HKD

Retail Sales y/y

5.5%

8.7%

6.6%

08:45

EUR

S&P Global Services PMI

52.3

S&P Global Composite PMI

52.1

08:50

EUR

S&P Global Services PMI

N/D

49.6

S&P Global Composite PMI

49.9

08:55

EUR

S&P Global Services PMI

53.5

53.4

S&P Global Composite PMI

53.2

53.1

09:00

EUR

Unemployment Rate

5.1%

5.8%

5.5%

ZAR

RMB/BER Business Confidence Index

EUR

S&P Global Services PMI

51.9

51.8

S&P Global Composite PMI

51.9

09:30

CHF

SNB News Conference

GBP

S&P Global/CIPS Services PMI

53.9

S&P Global/CIPS Composite PMI

53.7

53.9

10:00

EUR

GDP q/q

0.3%

GDP y/y

0.8%

NOK

HPI y/y

3.0%

3.7%

4.2%

HPI n.s.a. m/m

0.5%

3.6%

HPI s.a. m/m

-0.3%

0.5%

EUR

PPI m/m

0.7%

0.1%

-0.3%

PPI y/y

-2.1%

-2.8%

-2.0%

Unemployment Rate

6.2%

6.1%

6.3%

10:30

INR

RBI M3 Money Supply y/y

N/D

11:00

EUR

New Car Registrations m/m

8.9%

-21.3%

New Car Registrations y/y

3.8%

-6.6%

12:00

BRL

PPI m/m

0.34%

0.49%

0.14%

PPI y/y

-4.33%

-4.72%

-4.51%

13:00

BRL

S&P Global Services PMI

53.1

S&P Global Composite PMI

51.3

13:15

USD

ADP Nonfarm Employment Change

63 K

11 K

22 K

13:30

CAD

Labor Productivity q/q

-0.1%

0.0%

1.1%

EUR

ECB Vice President de Guindos Speech

14:45

USD

S&P Global Services PMI

51.7

S&P Global Composite PMI

52.3

15:00

USD

ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI

56.1

52.3

53.8

ISM Non-Manufacturing Employment

51.8

50.7

50.3

ISM Non-Manufacturing New Orders

58.6

52.0

53.1

ISM Non-Manufacturing Prices Paid

63.0

65.5

66.6

ISM Non-Manufacturing Business Activity

59.9

53.2

57.4

15:30

USD

EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change

3.475 M

4.787 M

15.989 M

EIA Cushing Crude Oil Stocks Change

1.564 M

-0.422 M

0.881 M

EIA Crude Oil Imports Change

-0.019 M

1.230 M

0.412 M

EIA Distillate Fuel Production Change

0.061 M

-0.010 M

-0.136 M

EIA Distillates Stocks Change

0.429 M

-1.710 M

0.252 M

EIA Gasoline Production Change

0.119 M

0.187 M

-0.223 M

EIA Heating Oil Stocks Change

0.355 M

-0.453 M

-0.119 M

EIA Gasoline Stocks Change

-1.704 M

-2.110 M

-1.011 M

EIA Refinery Crude Oil Daily Inputs Change

0.180 M

-0.416 M

EIA Refinery Utilization Rate Change

0.6%

-2.4%

17:00

EUR

Bbk Executive Board Member Balz Speech

17:30

BRL

Foreign Exchange Flows

$2.071 B

$0.197 B

$1.870 B

19:00

USD

Fed Beige Book

21:00

KRW

Foreign Exchange Reserves

$427.62 B

$427.53 B

$425.91 B

23:50

JPY

Foreign Bond Investment

¥-673.1 B

¥-1900.8 B

Foreign Investment in Japan Stocks

¥973.9 B

¥399.7 B

5 March, Thursday

Actual

Forecast

00:30

AUD

Exports m/m

-0.9%

0.9%

Imports m/m

0.8%

-1.8%

Trade Balance

$2.631 B

$3.483 B

$3.373 B

03:35

JPY

30-Year JGB Auction

3.398%

3.615%

06:45

CHF

Unemployment Rate

3.0%

2.9%

Unemployment Rate n.s.a.

3.2%

07:45

EUR

Industrial Production m/m

-0.5%

-0.3%

0.5%

08:00

EUR

Industrial Production y/y

0.3%

1.8%

-0.3%

08:30

EUR

S&P Global Construction PMI

43.9

EUR

S&P Global Construction PMI

43.7

EUR

S&P Global Construction PMI

50.4

EUR

S&P Global Construction PMI

46.0

08:50

EUR

ECB Vice President de Guindos Speech

09:00

EUR

Retail Sales m/m

0.6%

0.2%

-0.7%

Retail Sales y/y

2.3%

-0.5%

1.1%

09:30

GBP

S&P Global/CIPS Construction PMI

44.5

10:00

EUR

Retail Sales m/m

-0.1%

-0.4%

0.2%

Retail Sales y/y

2.0%

1.2%

1.8%

10:01

EUR

10-Year OAT Auction

3.460%

3.450%

10:30

GBP

5-Year Treasury Gilt Auction

3.810%

4.001%

10:39

EUR

3-Year Bonos Auction

2.398%

2.273%

10:40

EUR

15-Year Obligacion Auction

3.605%

3.670%

12:00

BRL

Unemployment Rate 3-months

5.4%

5.2%

5.1%

MXN

Gross Fixed Investments m/m

0.5%

-0.9%

0.4%

Gross Fixed Investments n.s.a. y/y

-1.6%

-5.2%

-5.7%

Consumer Confidence Indicator

44.4

44.0

44.1

Consumer Confidence Indicator n.s.a.

44.5

44.3

12:30

EUR

ECB Monetary Policy Meeting Accounts

13:30

USD

Import Price Index m/m

0.2%

Import Price Index y/y

-0.1%

Export Price Index m/m

0.6%

Export Price Index y/y

2.6%

Nonfarm Productivity q/q

2.8%

1.7%

5.2%

Unit Labor Costs q/q

2.8%

-0.1%

-1.8%

Import Price Index excl. Petroleum m/m

0.4%

0.5%

Initial Jobless Claims

213 K

222 K

213 K

Continuing Jobless Claims

1.868 M

1.836 M

1.822 M

Initial Jobless Claims 4-Week Average

215.750 K

219.053 K

220.500 K

15:30

USD

EIA Natural Gas Storage Change

-132 B

-3 B

-52 B

16:30

EUR

Bbk Executive Board Member Balz Speech

USD

4-Week Bill Auction

3.640%

3.625%

8-Week Bill Auction

3.630%

17:00

EUR

ECB President Lagarde Speech

18:00

BRL

Trade Balance

$4.208 B

$5.608 B

$4.343 B

18:15

USD

Fed Governor Bowman Speech

23:00

KRW

Current Account

$18.70 B

$12.17 B

$12.90 B

CPI m/m

0.3%

0.4%

CPI y/y

2.0%

2.2%

2.0%

23:50

JPY

International Reserves

$1410.7 B

$1394.8 B

6 March, Friday

Actual

Forecast

06:00

ZAR

Gross International Reserves

$81.060 B

$80.831 B

$80.193 B

Net International Reserves

$75.835 B

$75.919 B

$74.877 B

07:00

EUR

Factory Orders m/m

-3.4%

7.8%

Factory Orders y/y

14.1%

13.0%

NOK

Manufacturing Production m/m

-0.3%

0.8%

-0.2%

Manufacturing Production y/y

2.2%

5.9%

1.2%

Industrial Production m/m

1.0%

-0.1%

0.9%

Industrial Production y/y

6.3%

13.7%

2.3%

SEK

Current Account

Kr102.8 B

Kr93.2 B

GBP

Halifax HPI m/m

0.3%

0.8%

Halifax HPI y/y

1.3%

1.1%

08:30

HKD

Foreign Exchange Reserves

$439.2 B

$428.7 B

$435.6 B

10:00

EUR

ECB President Lagarde Speech

11:00

BRL

FGV IGP-DI Inflation Index m/m

-0.84%

-0.09%

0.20%

11:30

INR

Bank Loan Growth y/y

13.6%

14.4%

14.6%

Deposit Growth y/y

11.2%

11.6%

12.5%

Foreign Exchange Reserves

$728.494 B

$719.069 B

$723.608 B

12:00

BRL

Industrial Production m/m

1.8%

-0.6%

-1.9%

Industrial Production y/y

0.2%

-0.7%

-0.1%

13:19

BRL

ANFAVEA Auto Production m/m

24.9%

3.0%

-13.5%

ANFAVEA Auto Sales m/m

8.6%

-16.9%

-39.0%

13:30

USD

Retail Sales m/m

-0.2%

-0.3%

0.0%

Core Retail Sales m/m

0.0%

0.1%

0.0%

Retail Control m/m

0.3%

0.7%

0.0%

Retail Sales excl. Autos and Gas m/m

0.3%

0.1%

Retail Sales y/y

3.2%

2.1%

2.4%

Unemployment Rate

4.4%

4.2%

4.3%

Nonfarm Payrolls

-92 K

79 K

126 K

Participation Rate

62.0%

62.6%

62.1%

Average Hourly Earnings m/m

0.4%

0.2%

0.4%

Average Hourly Earnings y/y

3.8%

3.7%

Average Weekly Hours

34.3

34.2

34.3

Government Payrolls

-6 K

-2 K

-20 K

Private Nonfarm Payrolls

-86 K

87 K

146 K

U6 Unemployment Rate

7.9%

8.1%

Manufacturing Payrolls

-12 K

-2 K

5 K

15:00

USD

Business Inventories m/m

0.1%

0.0%

Retail Inventories m/m

0.1%

0.0%

Retail Inventories excl. Autos m/m

0.4%

0.2%

17:00

EUR

ECB Executive Board Member Schnabel Speech

18:00

USD

Baker Hughes US Oil Rig Count

411

407

Baker Hughes US Total Rig Count

551

550

20:00

USD

Fed Consumer Credit m/m

$8.05 B

$11.25 B

$25.20 B

20:30

AUD

CFTC AUD Non-Commercial Net Positions

67.8 K

52.6 K

BRL

CFTC BRL Non-Commercial Net Positions

45.0 K

36.7 K

CAD

CFTC CAD Non-Commercial Net Positions

21.1 K

27.6 K

JPY

CFTC JPY Non-Commercial Net Positions

-16.6 K

11.5 K

MXN

CFTC MXN Non-Commercial Net Positions

77.0 K

82.9 K

NZD

CFTC NZD Non-Commercial Net Positions

-34.3 K

-29.6 K

ZAR

CFTC ZAR Non-Commercial Net Positions

6.8 K

8.7 K

CHF

CFTC CHF Non-Commercial Net Positions

-41.3 K

-41.2 K

GBP

CFTC GBP Non-Commercial Net Positions

-72.7 K

-57.1 K

USD

CFTC Copper Non-Commercial Net Positions

57.7 K

58.4 K

CFTC Silver Non-Commercial Net Positions

23.3 K

22.3 K

CFTC Gold Non-Commercial Net Positions

160.1 K

159.2 K

CFTC Crude Oil Non-Commercial Net Positions

172.2 K

172.7 K

CFTC S&P 500 Non-Commercial Net Positions

-168.2 K

-193.5 K

CFTC Aluminium Non-Commercial Net Positions

-2.3 K

-2.9 K

CFTC Corn Non-Commercial Net Positions

90.1 K

8.8 K

CFTC Natural Gas Non-Commercial Net Positions

-206.4 K

-198.5 K

CFTC Soybeans Non-Commercial Net Positions

221.9 K

210.3 K

CFTC Wheat Non-Commercial Net Positions

-26.0 K

-16.1 K

CFTC Nasdaq 100 Non-Commercial Net Positions

2.4 K

10.8 K

EUR

CFTC EUR Non-Commercial Net Positions

136.5 K

156.9 K

7 March, Saturday

Actual

Forecast

06:00

CNY

Foreign Exchange Reserves

$3.404 T

$3.399 T

8 March, Sunday

Actual

Forecast

16:00

SGD

Foreign Exchange Reserves

$410.878 B

$416.969 B

23:50

JPY

BoJ Bank Lending y/y

4.5%

Current Account n.s.a.

¥1254.1 B

¥728.8 B

Goods Trade Balance

¥1840.2 B

¥134.9 B

Adjusted Current Account

¥2718.7 B

¥2697.1 B