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March 2018

Time
Event
Previous
Forecast
Actual
Thu 1 Mar
5:30 AiG Performance of Mfg Index
58.7
 
57.5
7:50 Capital Spending[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.2%
+3.0%
+4.3%
7:50 Capital Spending excl Sftwre[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.3%
+2.7%
+4.7%
8:30 Private Capital Expenditure[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.9%
+1.0%
-0.2%
9:30 Bank of Japan Governor, Haruhiko Kuroda Speech
 
 
 
9:45 Caixin Media Manufacturing PMI
51.5
51.3
51.6
13:00 Consumer Confidence
44.7
44.8
44.3
13:00 Vehicle Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-5.7%
 
-4.9%
14:45 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.7%
+0.5%
+0.6%
14:45 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.2%
+1.7%
+1.9%
15:00 Nat''wide House prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
+0.1%
-0.3%
15:00 Nat''wide House prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.2%
+2.6%
+2.2%
16:15 Retail Sales (Real)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.7%
 
-1.4%
16:30 PMI Manufacturing
65.3
64.0
65.5
17:00 PMI Manufacturing
58.5
58.5
58.6
17:30 Net Consumer Credit
£ +1.6B
£ +1.4B
£ +1.4B
17:30 Net Lending Sec. on Dwellings
£ +3.5B
£ +3.6B
£ +3.4B
17:30 Mortgage Approvals
61.7K
62.0K
67.5K
17:30 M4 Money Supply[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.6%
 
+1.5%
17:30 M4 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.8%
 
+4.3%
17:30 PMI Manufacturing
55.3
55.0
55.2
18:00 Unemployment Rate
8.6%
8.6%
8.6%
21:30 Personal Income[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.3%
+0.4%
21:30 Personal Spending[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.2%
+0.2%
21:30 PCE Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.7%
+1.7%
+1.7%
21:30 PCE Core Deflator[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.3%
+0.3%
21:30 PCE Core Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.5%
+1.5%
+1.5%
21:30 Initial Jobless Claims
220K
225K
210K
21:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
1.874M
1.925M
1.931M
21:30 Current Account Balance
C$ -18.59B
C$ -17.65B
C$ -16.35B
22:45 PMI Manufacturing
55.9
55.9
55.3
23:00 ISM Manufacturing
59.1
58.7
60.8
23:00 ISM Prices Paid
72.7
70.0
74.2
23:00 Construction Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
+0.3%
0.0%
23:30 EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report[week-over-week]
-124bcf
-77bcf
-78bcf
Fri 2 Mar
5:00 ANZ Consumer Confidence Index
126.9
 
127.7
5:45 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
-9.5%
 
+0.2%
7:30 Unemployment Rate
2.8%
2.8%
2.4%
7:30 Job-To-Applicant Ratio
1.59
1.60
1.59
7:30 Tokyo CPI[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.3%
+1.4%
+1.4%
7:30 Tokyo CPI Ex-Fresh Food[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.7%
+0.8%
+0.9%
7:30 Tokyo CPI Ex Food, Energy[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.4%
+0.5%
+0.5%
7:50 Monetary Base[year-on-year(YoY)]
+9.7%
 
+9.4%
16:30 Retail Sales - Value[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.8%
+5.2%
+4.1%
17:30 PMI Construction
50.2
50.5
51.4
18:00 Producer Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.4%
+0.4%
18:00 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.2%
+1.6%
+1.5%
21:30 Gross Domestic Product[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.1%
+0.1%
21:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+1.5%
+2.0%
+1.7%
23:00 U. of Michigan Confidence
99.9
99.5
99.7
Sat 3 Mar
 
 
 
 
 
Sun 4 Mar
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 5 Mar
5:30 AiG Performance of Service Index
54.9
 
54.0
8:00 ANZ Commodity Price[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.7%
 
+2.8%
8:30 Building Approvals[month-on-month(MoM)]
-20.6%
+5.0%
+17.1%
8:30 Building Approvals[year-on-year(YoY)]
-5.0%
-0.6%
+12.0%
8:30 Company Operating Profit[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-0.1%
+1.5%
+2.2%
8:30 ANZ Job Advertisements[month-on-month(MoM)]
+6.2%
 
-0.3%
8:30 Purchasing Managers Index
51.1
 
51.7
9:45 Caixin Media non-Manufacturing PMI
54.7
54.3
54.2
17:00 PMI Services
56.7
56.7
56.2
17:00 PMI Composite
57.5
57.5
57.1
17:30 Sentix Investor Confidence
+31.9
+30.9
+24.0
17:30 PMI Services
53.0
53.3
54.5
18:00 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.0%
-0.1%
-0.1%
18:00 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.1%
+2.0%
+2.3%
22:45 PMI Services
55.9
55.9
55.9
22:45 PMI Composite
55.9
 
55.8
23:00 ISM Non-Manf. Composite
59.9
59.0
59.5
Tue 6 Mar
2:15 FRB Vice Chairman Randal Quarles, Speech
 
 
 
8:01 BRC Sales Like-For-Like[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.6%
+0.5%
+0.6%
8:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.5%
+0.4%
+0.1%
8:30 Current Account Balance
A$ -11.0B
A$ -12.2B
A$ -14.0B
11:30 RBA Interest Rate Decision
1.50%
1.50%
1.50%
16:15 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
+0.3%
+0.4%
16:15 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.7%
+0.6%
+0.6%
16:15 CPI - EU Harmonised[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.5%
 
+0.3%
16:15 CPI - EU Harmonised[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.8%
 
+0.5%
20:30 Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley, Speech
 
 
 
23:00 Factory Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.8%
-1.4%
-1.4%
23:00 Durable Goods Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
-3.7%
-3.6%
-3.6%
23:00 Durables Goods Orders Ex Transportation[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.3%
 
-0.3%
23:00 IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism
56.7
 
55.6
23:00 Ivey Purchasing Managers Index
55.2
 
59.6
Wed 7 Mar
0:00 QV House Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.4%
 
+6.5%
5:30 AiG Perf of Construction Index
54.3
 
56.0
5:35 Reserve Bank of Australia Deputy Governor Philip Lowe Speech
 
 
 
8:00 Federal Reserve Bank Board Member Lael Brainard, Speech
 
 
 
8:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.7%
+0.5%
+0.4%
8:30 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.9%
+2.5%
+2.4%
9:30 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Robert Steven Kaplan, Speech
 
 
 
13:00 Leading Index CI
106.6
106.5
104.8
13:00 Coincident Index CI
119.7
115.3
114.0
16:30 Halifax House Price[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.5%
+0.4%
+0.4%
16:30 Halifax House Price[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.2%
+1.6%
+1.8%
18:00 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.6%
+0.6%
+0.6%
18:00 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.7%
+2.7%
+2.7%
20:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
+2.7%
 
+0.3%
21:00 Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley, Speech
 
 
 
21:00 Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic Speech
 
 
 
21:15 ADP Employment Change
+244K
+200K
+235K
21:30 Trade Balance
$ -53.9B
$ -55.0B
$ -56.6B
21:30 Nonfarm Productivity[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
-0.1%
-0.1%
0.0%
21:30 Unit Labor Costs[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+2.0%
+2.1%
+2.5%
21:30 International Merchandise Trade
C$ -3.05B
C$ -2.50B
C$ -1.91B
21:30 Labor Productivity[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-0.5%
+0.1%
+0.2%
23:00 Bank of Canada Rate Decision
1.25%
1.25%
1.25%
23:30 EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report[week-over-week]
+3019kbbl
+2190kbbl
+2408kbbl
Thu 8 Mar
3:00 Fed''s Beige Book
 
 
 
4:00 Net Consumer Credit
$ +19.209B
$ +17.650B
$ +13.906B
5:45 Manufacturing Activity[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.5%
 
+2.8%
7:50 Balance of Payments - Current A/C
¥ +797.2B
¥ +437.4B
¥ +607.4B
7:50 Trade Balance - BOP Basis
¥ +538.9B
¥ -695.5B
¥ -666.6B
7:50 Real Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.1%
+0.2%
+0.4%
7:50 Real Gross Domestic Product[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+0.5%
+1.0%
+1.6%
7:50 Nominal GDP[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
0.0%
+0.1%
+0.3%
7:50 GDP Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
0.0%
0.0%
+0.1%
8:01 RICS House Prices
+7%
+7%
0%
8:30 Trade Balance
A$ -1.146B
A$ +0.160B
A$ +1.055B
11:08 Trade Balance
+1373.3¥ *B
-689.0¥ *B
+2248.8¥ *B
11:13 Trade Balance
$ +20.35B
$ -5.70B
$ +33.74B
12:30 Bankruptcies[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.95%
 
-10.31%
13:00 Economy Watchers Survey: Current
49.9
50.5
48.6
13:00 Economy Watchers Survey: Outlook
52.4
51.7
51.4
14:45 Unemployment Rate
3.3%
3.2%
3.2%
14:45 Unemployment Rate s.a.
3.0%
2.9%
2.9%
20:30 Challenger Job Cuts[year-on-year(YoY)]
-2.8%
 
-4.3%
20:45 ECB Interest Rate Decision
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
20:45 ECB Interest Rate Decision [Lower bound]
-0.40%
-0.40%
-0.40%
20:45 ECB Interest Rate Decision [Upper bound]
0.25%
0.25%
0.25%
21:15 Housing Starts
215K
215K
229K
21:30 Initial Jobless Claims
210K
220K
231K
21:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
1.934M
1.919M
1.870M
21:30 ECB President Mario Draghi Press Conference
 
 
 
21:30 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
+2.5%
-1.5%
+5.6%
21:30 New Housing Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
+0.1%
0.0%
21:30 New Housing Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.3%
+3.3%
+3.2%
23:30 EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report[week-over-week]
-78bcf
-57bcf
-57bcf
Fri 9 Mar
4:50 Bank of Canada Deputy Governor Timothy Lane, Speech
 
 
 
7:30 Household Spending[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.1%
-1.0%
+2.0%
7:50 Japan Money Stock M2[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.4%
+3.3%
+3.3%
7:50 Japan Money Stock M3[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.9%
+2.8%
+2.8%
8:00 Labor Cash Earnings[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.7%
+0.7%
+0.7%
9:01 New Bank Lending
29000¥ *B
9000¥ *B
8393¥ *B
9:01 Money Supply M2[year-on-year(YoY)]
+8.6%
+8.7%
+8.8%
9:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.5%
+2.5%
+2.9%
9:30 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.3%
+3.8%
+3.7%
10:46 BOJ Statement on Monetary Policy
 
 
 
10:46 Bank of Japan interest rate decision (Policy-Rate)
-0.10%
-0.10%
-0.10%
10:46 Bank of Japan announcing 10 years bond target rate
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
14:30 Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda Press Conference
 
 
 
17:30 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.3%
+1.5%
+1.3%
17:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
0.0%
+1.9%
+1.6%
17:30 Manufacturing Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.2%
+0.1%
17:30 Manufacturing Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.4%
+2.8%
+2.7%
17:30 Trade Balance
£ -11.771B
£ -11.900B
£ -12.325B
20:00 NIESR GDP Estimate
+0.4%
+0.4%
+0.3%
21:30 Nonfarm Payrolls
+239K
+205K
+313K
21:30 Unemployment Rate
4.1%
4.0%
4.1%
21:30 Manufacturing Payrolls
+25K
+15K
+31K
21:30 Average Hourly Earnings[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.2%
+0.1%
21:30 Average Hourly Earnings[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.8%
+2.8%
+2.6%
21:30 Net Change in Employment
-88.0K
+21.0K
+15.4K
21:30 Unemployment Rate
5.9%
5.9%
5.8%
21:30 Participation Rate
65.5%
 
65.5%
21:30 Capacity Utilization Ratio
85.1%
85.2%
86.0%
23:00 Wholesale Inventories[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.7%
+0.7%
+0.8%
23:00 Wholesale Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
 
-1.1%
Sat 10 Mar
1:40 Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President, Eric Rosengren Speech
 
 
 
1:45 Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans Speech
 
 
 
Sun 11 Mar
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 12 Mar
7:50 BSI Large All Industry[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+6.2
 
+3.3
7:50 BSI Large Manufacturing[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+9.7
 
+2.9
14:00 Machine Tool Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
+48.8%
 
+39.5%
Tue 13 Mar
2:00 Budget Statement
$ +49.2B
$ -216.0B
$ -215.2B
5:45 Food Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.2%
 
-0.5%
7:50 Domestic CGPI[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.2%
0.0%
7:50 Domestic CGPI[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.7%
+2.5%
+2.5%
8:30 Home Loans[month-on-month(MoM)]
-2.3%
-1.0%
-1.1%
8:30 Investment Lending[month-on-month(MoM)]
-2.6%
 
+1.1%
8:30 NAB Business Conditions
+18
 
+21
8:30 NAB Business Confidence
+11
 
+9
12:30 Indices of Tertiary Industry Activity[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
-0.3%
-0.6%
16:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.3%
 
+0.6%
16:30 Producer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.3%
 
+3.5%
18:00 NFIB Small Business Optimism
106.9
107.1
107.6
20:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.5%
+0.2%
+0.2%
20:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.1%
+2.2%
+2.2%
20:30 CPI Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.2%
+0.2%
20:30 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.8%
+1.8%
+1.8%
22:30 Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz Speech
 
 
 
Wed 14 Mar
4:00 REINZ House Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.7%
 
+1.2%
5:45 Current Account Balance
NZ$ -4.833B
NZ$ -2.450B
NZ$ -2.770B
5:45 Current Account [Percentage of GDP]
-2.5%
-2.6%
-2.7%
7:30 Westpac Consumer Confidence Index
102.7
 
103.0
7:50 Machinery Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
-9.3%
+5.2%
+8.2%
7:50 Machinery Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
-5.0%
-0.7%
+2.9%
7:50 Bank of Japan Releases Minutes from Jan 22-23 Monetary Policy Meeting
 
 
 
10:00 Retail Sales (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+10.2%
+9.8%
+9.7%
10:00 Industrial Production (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.6%
+6.2%
+7.2%
10:00 Investment in Fixed Assets (Excluding Rural Households) (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.2%
+7.0%
+7.9%
16:00 ECB President Mario Draght, Speech
 
 
 
16:45 Peter Praet, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, Speech
 
 
 
18:00 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
-0.5%
-1.0%
18:00 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.3%
+4.4%
+2.7%
18:00 Employed labor force[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.4%
 
+0.3%
18:00 Employed labor force[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.7%
 
+1.6%
18:45 ECB Vice-President Vitor Constancio, Speech
 
 
 
19:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
+0.3%
 
+0.9%
20:30 Producer Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.1%
+0.2%
20:30 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.7%
+2.8%
+2.8%
20:30 PPI Output Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.2%
+0.2%
20:30 PPI Output Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.2%
+2.6%
+2.5%
20:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
+0.3%
-0.1%
20:30 Retail Sales Ex-Auto[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.4%
+0.2%
20:30 House Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
 
-0.1%
20:30 House Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+8.7%
 
+7.5%
22:00 Business Inventories[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.6%
+0.6%
+0.6%
22:30 EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report[week-over-week]
+2408kbbl
+2398kbbl
+5022kbbl
Thu 15 Mar
5:45 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.6%
+0.8%
+0.6%
5:45 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.7%
+3.1%
+2.9%
8:00 Consumer Inflation Expectation
+3.6%
 
+3.7%
10:33 Tokyo Condominium Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+39.7%
 
+7.8%
15:00 EU 27 New Car Registrations[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.1%
 
+4.3%
16:15 Producer & Import Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
 
+0.3%
16:15 Producer & Import Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.8%
 
+2.3%
16:30 Swiss National Bank Rate Decision
-0.75%
-0.75%
-0.75%
20:30 Empire Manufacturing
+13.1
+15.0
+22.5
20:30 Philadelphia Fed.
+25.8
+23.0
+22.3
20:30 Import price index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
+0.2%
+0.4%
20:30 Import price index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.4%
+3.5%
+3.5%
20:30 Initial Jobless Claims
230K
228K
226K
20:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
1.875M
1.903M
1.879M
21:00 Existing Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-14.5%
 
-6.5%
22:00 NAHB Housing Market Index
71
72
70
22:30 EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report[week-over-week]
-57bcf
-97bcf
-93bcf
Fri 16 Mar
4:00 Net TIC Flows
$ -122.5B
 
$ +119.7B
4:00 Net Long-term TIC Flows
$ +23.3B
 
$ +62.1B
5:30 Business NZ PMI
54.4
 
53.4
6:45 Reserve Bank of Australia Deputy Governor Guy Debelle Speech
 
 
 
10:00 Non Resident Bond Holdings
60.0%
 
59.7%
12:30 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-6.6%
 
-6.8%
12:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.7%
 
+2.5%
12:30 Capacity Utilization Ratio[month-on-month(MoM)]
+2.8%
 
-7.3%
18:00 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.9%
+0.2%
+0.2%
18:00 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.3%
+1.2%
+1.1%
18:00 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.0%
+1.0%
+1.0%
18:00 Labour Costs[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.6%
 
+1.5%
20:30 Housing Starts
1.329M
1.290M
1.236M
20:30 Housing Starts[month-on-month(MoM)]
+10.1%
-2.7%
-7.0%
20:30 Building Permits
1.377M
1.320M
1.298M
20:30 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
+5.9%
-4.1%
-5.7%
20:30 Manufacturing Shipments[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
-0.9%
-1.0%
20:30 International Securities Transactions
C$ -1.54B
 
C$ +5.68B
21:15 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.3%
+0.4%
+1.1%
21:15 Capacity Utilization Ratio
77.4%
77.7%
78.1%
22:00 JOLTs Job Openings
5667K
5917K
6312K
22:00 U. of Michigan Confidence
99.7
99.3
102.0
Sat 17 Mar
 
 
 
 
 
Sun 18 Mar
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 19 Mar
7:50 Merchnds Trade Balance Total
¥ -944.1B
¥ +89.1B
¥ +3.4B
7:50 Bank of Japan Releases Minutes from March 08-09 Monetary Policy Meeting
 
 
 
8:01 Rightmove House Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
 
+1.5%
8:01 Rightmove House Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.5%
 
+2.1%
16:30 Unemployment Rate
2.9%
2.9%
2.9%
18:00 Trade Balance
€ +25.4B
 
€ +3.3B
18:00 Trade Balance sa
€ +23.2B
€ +22.3B
€ +19.9B
18:00 Construction Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.7%
 
-2.2%
18:00 Construction Output[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.4%
 
+3.7%
21:40 Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic Speech
 
 
 
Tue 20 Mar
5:00 Westpac Consumer Confidence Index
107.4
 
111.2
8:30 RBA Minutes
 
 
 
8:30 House Price Index[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-0.2%
0.0%
+1.0%
8:30 House Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+8.3%
+3.9%
+5.0%
13:00 Leading Index CI
104.8
 
105.6
13:00 Coincident Index CI
114.0
 
114.9
14:00 Machine Tool Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
+39.5%
 
+39.5%
15:00 Convenience Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.1%
 
+0.3%
15:00 Trade Balance
+20.7*B francs
 
+31.4*B francs
16:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.7%
+2.2%
+3.1%
17:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.5%
+0.5%
+0.4%
17:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.0%
+2.8%
+2.7%
17:30 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.7%
+2.5%
+2.4%
17:30 Retail Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.8%
+0.8%
+0.8%
17:30 Retail Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.0%
+3.7%
+3.6%
17:30 RPI (MoM)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.0%
+3.6%
+3.6%
17:30 PPI Input[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
-0.9%
-1.1%
17:30 PPI Input[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.5%
+3.8%
+3.4%
17:30 PPI Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.1%
0.0%
17:30 PPI Output[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.8%
+2.7%
+2.6%
17:30 PPI Output Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.2%
+0.2%
17:30 PPI Output Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.2%
+2.4%
+2.4%
17:30 ONS House Price[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.0%
+5.0%
+4.9%
18:00 ZEW Survey (Econ. Sentiment)
29.3
 
13.4
20:30 Wholesale Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
0.0%
+0.1%
23:00 Consumer Confidence
+0.1
0.0
+0.1
Wed 21 Mar
*** Vernal Equinox Day
 
 
 
7:30 Westpac-MI Leading Index
-0.27
 
+0.29
8:00 DEWR Internet Skilled Vacancies[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
 
+0.6%
10:00 Credit Card Spending[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.6%
 
+7.0%
16:00 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.0%
 
+3.7%
17:30 Jobless Claims Change
-1.6K
 
+9.2K
17:30 Unemployment Rate
2.3%
 
2.4%
17:30 ILO Unemployment Rate (3mths)
4.4%
4.4%
4.3%
17:30 Public Finances (PSNCR)
£ -26.2B
 
£ +18.6B
17:30 PSNB ex Interventions
£ -10.1B
£ +1.8B
£ +1.3B
19:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
+0.9%
 
-1.1%
19:00 CBI Trends Total Orders
+10
+8
+4
20:30 Current Account Balance
$ -101.5B
$ -125.0B
$ -128.2B
22:00 Existing Home Sales
5.38M
5.40M
5.54M
22:00 Existing Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-3.2%
+0.4%
+3.0%
22:30 EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report[week-over-week]
+5022kbbl
+2539kbbl
-2622kbbl
Thu 22 Mar
2:00 FOMC Rate Decision(Upper Bound)
1.50%
1.75%
1.75%
2:00 FOMC Rate Decision(Lower Bound)
1.25%
1.50%
1.50%
2:30 Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Jerome Powell Press Conference
 
 
 
4:00 RBNZ Announces Rates
1.75%
1.75%
1.75%
8:30 Employed labor force
+12.5K
+20.0K
+17.5K
8:30 Unemployment Rate
5.5%
5.5%
5.6%
8:30 Participation Rate
65.6%
65.6%
65.7%
12:30 All Industry Activity Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.6%
-1.8%
-1.8%
12:35 Nationwide Department Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.2%
 
-0.9%
12:35 Tokyo Dept. Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.2%
 
+0.6%
13:00 Supermarket Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.6%
 
+1.3%
16:30 Balance of Payments - Current A/C
HK$ +58.75B
 
HK$ +15.18B
17:00 PMI Manufacturing
58.6
58.1
56.6
17:00 PMI Services
56.2
56.0
55.0
17:00 PMI Composite
57.1
56.8
55.3
17:00 Euro-Zone Current Account nsa
€ +46.8B
 
€ +12.8B
17:00 Euro-Zone Trade Balance sa
€ +31.0B
 
€ +37.6B
17:00 ECB Bulletin
 
 
 
17:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
+0.4%
+0.8%
17:30 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.5%
+1.4%
+1.5%
17:30 Retail Sales Ex Auto Fuel[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
+0.4%
+0.6%
17:30 Retail Sales Ex Auto Fuel[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.3%
+1.2%
+1.1%
20:00 BOE Announces Rates
0.50%
0.50%
0.50%
20:00 BOE Minutes
 
 
 
20:30 Initial Jobless Claims
226K
225K
229K
20:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
1.885M
1.870M
1.828M
20:30 Bank of England Governor Mark Carney Press Conference
 
 
 
21:00 House Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.4%
+0.8%
21:45 PMI Manufacturing
55.3
55.5
55.7
21:45 PMI Services
55.9
56.0
54.1
21:45 PMI Composite
55.8
 
54.3
22:00 Leading Indicators[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
+0.5%
+0.6%
22:30 EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report[week-over-week]
-93bcf
-88bcf
-86bcf
23:00 Kansas City Fed Manf. Activity
+17
+17
+17
Fri 23 Mar
3:00 Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins,Speech
 
 
 
7:30 National Consumer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.4%
+1.5%
+1.5%
7:30 Natl CPI Ex-Fresh Food[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.9%
+1.0%
+1.0%
7:30 Natl CPI Ex Food, Energy[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.4%
+0.5%
+0.5%
20:10 Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic Speech
 
 
 
20:30 Durable Goods Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
-3.5%
+1.6%
+3.1%
20:30 Durables Goods Orders Ex Transportation[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
+0.5%
+1.2%
20:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.7%
+0.4%
+0.6%
20:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.7%
+1.9%
+2.2%
20:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.7%
+1.1%
+0.3%
20:30 Retail Sales Ex-Auto[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.7%
+0.8%
+0.9%
22:00 New Home Sales
622K
620K
618K
22:00 New Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-4.7%
+4.6%
-0.6%
22:30 Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel Kashkari, Speech
 
 
 
Sat 24 Mar
 
 
 
 
 
Sun 25 Mar
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 26 Mar
5:45 Trade Balance
NZ$ -0.655B
NZ$ -0.100B
NZ$ +0.217B
16:30 BBA Loans for House Purchase
40031
39000
38120
20:30 Chicago Fed Nat Activity Index
+0.02
+0.15
+0.88
22:30 Dallas Fed Manf. Activity
+37.2
+33.5
+21.4
Tue 27 Mar
0:30 Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley, Speech
 
 
 
4:30 Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta J. Mester Speech
 
 
 
7:10 FRB Vice Chairman Randal Quarles, Speech
 
 
 
7:50 Corp Service Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.7%
+0.7%
+0.6%
16:00 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.5%
+4.6%
+4.2%
16:30 Trade Balance
HK$ -31.9B
HK$ -40.0B
HK$ -42.7B
17:00 Austria National Bank Governor Ewald Nowotny Speech
 
 
 
17:00 Economic Confidence
114.2
113.3
112.6
17:00 Business Climate Indicator
+1.48
+1.36
+1.34
17:00 Industrial Confidence
+8.0
+6.9
+6.4
17:00 Services Confidence
+17.6
+16.5
+16.3
17:00 Consumer Confidence
+0.1
+0.1
+0.1
21:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind
204.48
 
205.10
21:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.67%
+0.60%
+0.75%
21:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.31%
+6.15%
+6.40%
22:00 Richmond Fed Manufact. Index
+28
+22
+15
22:00 Consumer Confidence
130.0
131.0
127.7
23:00 Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic Speech
 
 
 
Wed 28 Mar
8:00 ANZ Business Conditions
-19.0
 
-20.0
16:00 ZEW - Credit Suisse Switzerland Expectation of Economic Growth
+25.8
 
+16.7
18:00 CBI Reported Sales
+8
+7
-8
19:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
-1.1%
 
+4.8%
20:30 Wholesale Inventories[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.0%
+0.5%
+1.1%
20:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+2.5%
+2.7%
+2.9%
20:30 Personal Consumption[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+3.8%
+3.8%
+4.0%
20:30 GDP Price Index[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+2.3%
+2.3%
+2.3%
20:30 PCE Core[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.9%
+1.9%
+1.9%
22:00 Pending Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-5.0%
+2.0%
+3.1%
22:00 Pending Home Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.9%
 
-4.4%
22:30 EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report[week-over-week]
-2622kbbl
+146kbbl
+1643kbbl
Thu 29 Mar
0:00 Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic Speech
 
 
 
5:45 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
 
+5.7%
7:01 GfK Consumer Confidence Survey
-10
-10
-7
7:50 Retail Sales Value[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.5%
+1.7%
+1.6%
7:50 Department Store and Supermarket Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.4%
+0.9%
+0.6%
8:30 Private Sector Credit[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.3%
+0.4%
8:30 Private Sector Credit[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.9%
+4.9%
+4.9%
14:00 Nat''wide House prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.4%
+0.2%
-0.2%
14:00 Nat''wide House prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.2%
+2.6%
+2.1%
15:00 KOF Leading Indicator
108.4
107.2
106.0
16:30 Net Consumer Credit
£ +1.3B
£ +1.4B
£ +1.6B
16:30 Net Lending Sec. on Dwellings
£ +3.4B
£ +3.4B
£ +3.7B
16:30 Mortgage Approvals
67.1K
66.0K
63.9K
16:30 M4 Money Supply[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.5%
 
-0.3%
16:30 M4 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.3%
 
+4.1%
16:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.4%
+0.4%
+0.4%
16:30 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.4%
+1.4%
+1.4%
16:30 Index of Services (3mth/3mth)
+0.4%
+0.6%
+0.6%
16:30 Total Business Investment[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
0.0%
0.0%
+0.3%
16:30 Total Business Investment[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.1%
+2.1%
+2.6%
16:30 Current Account Balance
£ -19.2B
£ -24.0B
£ -18.4B
16:48 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+12.8%
 
+12.2%
20:30 Personal Income[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.4%
+0.4%
20:30 Personal Spending[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.2%
+0.2%
20:30 PCE Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.7%
+1.7%
+1.8%
20:30 PCE Core Deflator[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.2%
+0.2%
20:30 PCE Core Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.5%
+1.6%
+1.6%
20:30 Initial Jobless Claims
227K
230K
215K
20:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
1.836M
1.870M
1.871M
20:30 Gross Domestic Product[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.1%
-0.1%
20:30 Industrial Product Price[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
 
+0.1%
20:30 Raw Materials Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+3.4%
 
-0.3%
21:45 Chicago Purchasing Manager
61.9
62.0
57.4
22:00 U. of Michigan Confidence
102.0
102.0
101.4
22:30 EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report[week-over-week]
-86bcf
-73bcf
-63bcf
Fri 30 Mar
*** Good Friday
 
 
 
1:00 Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Patrick T. Harker Speech
 
 
 
7:30 Unemployment Rate
2.4%
2.6%
2.5%
7:30 Job-To-Applicant Ratio
1.59
1.60
1.58
7:30 Tokyo CPI[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.4%
+1.3%
+1.0%
7:30 Tokyo CPI Ex-Fresh Food[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.9%
+0.9%
+0.8%
7:30 Tokyo CPI Ex Food, Energy[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.5%
+0.5%
+0.5%
7:50 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-6.8%
+5.0%
+4.1%
7:50 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.5%
+2.3%
+1.4%
12:00 Vehicle Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
-3.0%
 
-0.1%
13:00 Annualized Housing Starts
856K
912K
926K
13:00 Housing Starts[year-on-year(YoY)]
-13.2%
-4.2%
-2.6%
13:00 Construction Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.9%
 
+19.2%
Sat 31 Mar
9:00 PMI Manufacturing
50.3
50.6
51.5
9:00 PMI Services
54.4
54.6
54.6