Sunday, January 8, 2012

Economic Release Dates 1/8-1/14

This week is loaded with economic data which could result in a wild ride for precious metals.  Here is a summary of economic data release dates for the week.  Notice what is in store for us on Thursday, January 12th.
 
Forexpros Weekly Economic Calendar

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Time Cur. Event Forecast Previous
Sunday, January 08
16:45 NZD Trade Balance -300M -282M
19:00 AUD HIA New Home Sales (MoM) 5.5%
19:30 AUD Retail Sales (MoM) 0.4% 0.2%
Monday, January 09
Holiday Japan - Coming of Age (Adults') Day
01:45 CHF Unemployment Rate 3.1% 3.0%
03:15 CHF Retail Sales (YoY) 0.5% -0.2%
08:30 CAD Building Permits (MoM) -3.5% 11.9%
16:45 NZD Building Consents (MoM) 3.3% 11.2%
19:01 GBP RICS House Price Balance -19% -17%
19:30 AUD Building Approvals (MoM) 6.0% -10.7%
Tuesday, January 10
08:15 CAD Housing Starts 188K 181K
Wednesday, January 11
04:00 EUR GDP (QoQ) 0.2% 0.2%
04:30 GBP Trade Balance -8.3B -7.6B
14:00 USD Beige Book
Thursday, January 12
01:30 EUR French CPI (MoM) 0.2% 0.3%
02:00 EUR German CPI (MoM) 0.7% 0.7%
04:30 GBP Industrial Production (MoM) -0.1% -0.7%
04:30 GBP Manufacturing Production (MoM) -0.1% -0.7%
05:00 EUR Industrial Production (MoM) -0.2% -0.1%
07:00 GBP Interest Rate Decision 0.50% 0.50%
07:45 EUR Interest Rate Decision 1.00% 1.00%
08:30 USD Core Retail Sales (MoM) 0.3% 0.2%
08:30 USD Retail Sales (MoM) 0.3% 0.2%
08:30 USD Initial Jobless Claims 375K 372K
08:30 EUR ECB Press Conference
08:30 USD Continuing Jobless Claims 3550K 3595K
10:00 GBP NIESR GDP Estimate 0.3%
14:00 USD Federal Budget Balance -79.0B -137.3B
Friday, January 13
04:30 GBP PPI Input (MoM) 0.1% 0.1%
08:30 USD Import Price Index (MoM) -0.1% 0.7%
08:30 CAD Trade Balance -0.4B -0.9B
08:30 USD Trade Balance -44.6B -43.5B
09:55 USD Michigan Consumer Sentiment IndexP 70.6 69.9