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Major Market Movers for the week ended 17th August, 2012 AUG 13, 2012
Major Market Movers for the week ended 17th August, 2012

Date

Time

Currency

Economic Events

Forecast

Previous

Mon

13-Aug

5:35am

JPY

Prelim GDP q/q

0.60%

1.20%

5:35am

JPY

Prelim GDP Price Index y/y

-0.80%

-1.30%

11:45am

EUR

German WPI m/m

0.00%

-1.10%

Tue

14-Aug

5:35am

JPY

Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes

5:35am

JPY

Tertiary Industry Activity m/m

-0.30%

0.70%

Tentative

CNY

Foreign Direct Investment ytd/y

-3.00%

11:15am

EUR

French Prelim GDP q/q

-0.10%

0.00%

11:15am

EUR

French CPI m/m

-0.20%

0.00%

11:45am

EUR

German Prelim GDP q/q

0.10%

0.50%

2:45pm

EUR

German ZEW Economic Sentiment

-19.2

-19.6

2:45pm

EUR

Flash GDP q/q

-0.20%

0.00%

2:45pm

EUR

Industrial Production m/m

-0.40%

0.60%

2:45pm

EUR

ZEW Economic Sentiment

-19.1

-22.3

6:15pm

USD

Core Retail Sales m/m

0.40%

-0.40%

6:15pm

USD

PPI m/m

0.30%

0.10%

6:15pm

USD

Retail Sales m/m

0.40%

-0.50%

6:15pm

USD

Core PPI m/m

0.20%

0.20%

7:45pm

USD

Business Inventories m/m

0.30%

0.30%

7:45pm

USD

IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism

47.4

47

Wed

15-Aug

6:15pm

USD

Core CPI m/m

0.20%

0.20%

6:15pm

USD

CPI m/m

0.20%

0.00%

6:15pm

USD

Empire State Manufacturing Index

6.7

7.4

6:45pm

USD

TIC Long-Term Purchases

63.5B

55.0B

7:00pm

USD

Capacity Utilization Rate

79.30%

78.90%

7:00pm

USD

Industrial Production m/m

0.50%

0.40%

7:45pm

USD

NAHB Housing Market Index

34

35

8:15pm

USD

Crude Oil Inventories

-3.7M

Thu

16-Aug

2:45pm

EUR

CPI y/y

2.40%

2.40%

2:45pm

EUR

Core CPI y/y

1.90%

1.60%

6:15pm

USD

Building Permits

0.77M

0.76M

6:15pm

USD

Unemployment Claims

365K

361K

6:15pm

USD

Housing Starts

0.76M

0.76M

7:45pm

USD

Philly Fed Manufacturing Index

-4.3

-12.9

8:15pm

USD

Natural Gas Storage

24B

Fri

17-Aug

11:45am

EUR

German PPI m/m

0.40%

-0.40%

1:45pm

EUR

Current Account

7.8B

10.9B

2:45pm

EUR

Trade Balance

5.4B

6.3B

7:40pm

USD

Prelim UoM Consumer Sentiment

72.5

72.3

7:40pm

USD

Prelim UoM Inflation Expectations

3.00%

7:45pm

USD

CB Leading Index m/m

0.20%

-0.30%


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