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March 2017 Economic
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and Other Economic Influences |
TUESDAYS:
Weekly Chain Store Sales*
Average Hourly Earnings*
API Weekly Gas/Oil Stockpiles Report* ** (4:30p.m.)
WEDNESDAYS:
Mortgage Applications Data
EIA Weekly Report on Gas & Oil Stockpiles* (10a.m.)
THURSDAYS:
Weekly Unemployment Report*
Weekly Mutual Fund Flows*
Natural Gas Storage Levels* (a.m.)
*Except Holidays ** As of 1/09
All Dates Subject to Change: |
Sunday,
Mar. 12 |
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OVERNIGHT
into US Mon. a.m. et;
Japan Feb Corporate Goods Prices, Mar.
PPI, Jan Machine Orders
Aussie Jan Credit Card Purchases/Balances
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Monday, Mar.
13 |
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Fed's Feb. LMCI (Labor
Market Conditions Index)
US Treasury Auctions $36B 3-, & $30B 6-month Bills
India Holiday
OVERNIGHT into US Tues. a.m. et:
Japan Q2 Manpower Survey
Aussie NAB Feb Business Conditions
China Feb + Jan/Feb
Combined Retail Sales (smooths Lunar New Year effects), Feb Fixed Asset
Investments, & Industrial Production
German + Spainish Feb CPI + HICP
Italian Jan Industrial Production
India Feb CPI for Food, Fuel, &
Manufacturing Inflation,
So. Korea Feb Import/Export Price Indices
So. Africa Jan. Gold + Mining, &
Industrial Production
Eurozone Mar. ZEW Survey of
Economic Sentiment, Jan Industrial Production
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Tuesday, Mar. 14 |
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FOMC 2-day Meeting Starts
NFIB March Small Business Optimism Index
US Feb PPI--Final Demand
Canada Feb Teranet/Nat'l Bank Home Price Index
US Treasury Auctions & $35B 35-day bills
Germany's Merkel visits White House
Redbook weekly Store Sales Snapshot
OVERNIGHT into US Wed. a.m. et;
New Zealand Q4 Current Account Balance,
Deficit/GDP Ratio
Aussie Feb New Motor Vehicle Sales
Japan Jan (F) Industrial Production/Capacity
Utilization
So. Korea Feb Unemployment Rate
Russia Jan. Trade Balance
Singapore 16Q4 Unemployment Rate
Election Results announced in
Uttar Pradesh, India
Swiss Feb PPI & Import Price Index
French Feb CPI & HICP
Italian Jan Retail Sales, Feb CPI & HICP
Netherlands Elections
UK Feb Jobless Claims/Change,
weekly Earnings, ILO Jan Unemployment Rate
Eurozone Q4 Unemployment Rate/Change
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Wed.
Mar. 15 |
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FOMC Meeting Statement +
FOMC Updated SEPs (Forecasts: 2pm et)
Fed Chair Yellen Press Conference (2:30pm et)
US Debt Ceiling Back in Play at Midnight
MBA Mortgage/Refinance Applications
US Feb CPI
US Feb Retail Sales
BoE Quarterly Bulletin
NAHB March Housing Market Index
Empire State NY Fed Manufacturing Survey
Canada Feb Existing Home Sales
US Feb Business Inventories
EIA weekly Petrolium/Gasoline/Distillates Stats
US Corporate & Partnership Tax Returns Due at IRS
US Jan. TICs
OVERNIGHT into US Thurs. a.m. et;
New Zealand Q4 GDP
Aussie Feb Unemployment
Rate/Change/Participation + Mar. CPI
Japan (F) Feb Machine Tool Orders
BoJ MPC Rate Decision,
10-yr yield Target, QE Target (03/16 local time)
BoJ Kuroda Press Conference
Norges Bank (Norway) MPC Rate Decision
EU 25 Feb New Car Registrations & CPI
SNB (Swiss) MPC Rate Decision
(03/16 local time) +SECO Eco Forecasts
BoE MPC Rate Decision/Asset
Purchase Target, Meeting Minutes (03/16 local time)
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Thursday, Mar. 16 |
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BoE's Carney Press
Conference (more hawkish, likely)
US Feb Housing Starts/Building Permits
US weekly Jobless Claims
Philadelphia Fed March Business Outlook Suevey
US JOLTS (Job Turnover/Quits 10am et)
Canada Jan Int'l Securities Transactions
Russian Central Bank Reserves
EIA weekly Natural Gas Report
US Treasury Refunding Announcement
Weekly Fed Balance Sheet & Money Supply
OVERNIGHT into US Fri. a.m. et
Japan Feb Dept Stores & Supermarket
Sales
Singapore Feb Non-Oil Exports
Italian Jan Trade Balance
Eurozone Jan Trade Balance, Construction
Output
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Friday,
Mar. 17 |
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Quadruple Options/Futures
Expiration
US Feb Industrial Production/Capacity Utilization
Atlanta Fed Business Inflation Expectations
G20 FinMins & Central Bank Governors Meet (thru 18th Baden-Baden
Germany)
Canada Jan Manufacturers Shipments/Sales
U.M. Prelimary March Consumer Confidence
Irish PM Kenny visits White House
India Bank Loan & Deposit Growth
Baker-Hughes weekly Rig Count (1pm et)
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Saturday, Mar. 18 |
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Eurozone Jan Current Account + March
Consumer Confidence
China Feb Property/House Prices
G20 FinMin & Central Banker Meeting Finishes with Press Conferences by attending
Members
German Feb WPI
South Africa 16Q4 Current Account, %:GDP
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Sunday,
Mar. 19 |
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OVERNIGHT
into US Mon. a.m. et:
South Korea Feb PPI
UK Rightmove Mar House Prices
German Feb PPI
Eurozone 16Q4 Labor Costs/Wages
BoE Dpty Gov Woods on regulating
insurers
Russia Feb Unemployment Rate (Officially,
5.6%)
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Monday, Mar. 20 |
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Chicago Fed National Activity Index
US Treasury Auctions $39B 3-, & $33B 6-month Bills
Fed's Evans speaks @NY Ass'n of Business Economics (1:10pm et)
BoE Economist Haldane lecture @London School of Economics
Canada Jan Wholesale Sales
Spring Equinox (Holiday in Japan)
OVERNIGHT into US Tues. a.m. et:
Aussie RBA March Meeting Minutes,
16Q4 House Price Index
New Zealand Feb Credit Card
Spending
Swiss SECO Mar. Economic Forecasts,
Feb Trade Balance (Imports/Exports)
Hong Kong Feb CPI
Japan Feb Convenience Store Sales
UK Feb CPI, Retail Price
Index, PPI, Jan. House Price Index, Feb Public Finances, Central Gov't Finances
(NCR), Public Sector Borrowing, CBI March Industrial Trends in Orders & Selling, + Jan
Retail Sales
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Tuesday, Mar. 21 |
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US Current Account
Redbook weekly Store Sales Snapshot
Fed's George on US Eco & Fed Reserve @Women in Housing & Finance
Fed's Mester speaks @U of Richmond Robins School of Biz
Canada Jan Retail Sales
BoC Dpty Gov Schembri speaks to Greater Vancouver Board of Trade
OVERNIGHT into US Wed. a.m. et:
BoJ Minutes of 01/30--31 Meeting
BoJ Board Member Funo attends meeting
with business leaders (Shizuoka)
Japan Jan All Industry Activity Index,
Feb Trade Balance
Asian Development Bank
Pres Nakao attends the inaugural Asian Development Bank-OMFIF
Seminar (Official Monetary & Financial Institutions Mtg: Developing
Capital Markets to Support Sustainable Growth--Tokyo 03/22 local)
South Africa Feb CPI & 16Q4 Current
Account
Austrian FinMin Schelling & Bavarian
FinMin Soeder on banks & regulation
Eurozone Jan Current Account
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Wed.,
Mar. 22 |
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MBA weekly Mortgage/Refinance
Applications
FHFA Jan House Price Index (9am et)
NAR Feb Existing Home Sales (10am et)
EIA weekly Petroleum/Gasoline/Distillates Report (w/e 3/17: 10:30am et)
BoC Dpty Gov Schembri speaks
OVERNIGHT into US Thurs. a.m,. et:
Reserve Bk of New
Zealand MPC sets Interest Rates (Thurs. local time)
Singapore Feb CPI
ECB Targeted LTRO
Total Amount (3/23 local time)
SNB Annual Report
German GfK April Consumer
Survey
ECB Economic Bulletin
UK Feb Retail Sales,
CBI Mar. Distributed Trades Survey & Reported Sales
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Thursday, Mar. 23 |
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FOMC Chief Yellen
(8am) & Fed's Kashkari (noon) speak @Federal Reserve System Community
Development Research Conf., "Strong Foundations: The Economic Futures of Kids &
Communities"
Russia Central Bank FX Reserves
Fed's Kaplan Q&A before Council Global Economy Series:
"Tailwinds & Headwinds: The Economic Outlook and Monetary Policy" (Chicago)
US weekly Jobless Claims
US Feb New Home Sales
EIA weekly Natural Gas Report
K.C. Fed Mar. Manufacturing Ativity
Canadian FinMin Norneau speaks (Toronto)
US Treasury Refunding Announcement
US Treasury Auctions $11B reopened 10-year TIPS
Brazil CAGED Net Payroll/Jobs
US weekly Fed Balance Sheet + Money Supply
SNB's Maechler speaks (Zurich)
OVERNIGHT into US Fri. a.m. et:
New Zealand Feb Trade Balance
German Feb Import Price Index
Japan Nikkei Mar. Manufacturing PMI +
Nikkei Tankan Index
Singapore Feb Industrial Production
French 16Q4 (F) GDP,
Mar. Markit Mnftg & Services + Composite PMI
Markit Eurozone & German Mar
Manufacturing, Services & Composite (Prelim) PMI
Italian Feb Trade Balance
UK BBA Feb Loans for House Purchases
Russian Interest Rate Decision (current
10.0%)
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Friday,
Mar. 24 |
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Fed's Evans speaks
(8am et) at Fed Reserve Community Development Research Conference
Fed's Bullard (8am et) on US Eco & Monetary Policy @Eco Club of
Memphis
US Feb Durable Goods Orders/Shipments
Fed's Williams (8:30am et) on "Safety, Liquidity & the
Natural Rate of Interest" @Brookings Institution Papers on Economic Activity
Conference
Markit US Mnftg & Services + Composite Prelim Flash PMI
Baker-Hughes weekly US/North American Rig Count (1pm et)
Canada Feb CPI
Brazil Feb Foreign Direct Investment & Current Account
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Saturday, Mar. 25 |
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WEEKS AHEAD: 04/05
FOMC 3/15 Meeting Minutes Published
Atlanta
Fed CEO Lockhart @OMFIF (London)
04/12 BoC MPC Rate Decision & Monetary Policy Report/Press
Conference
04/19 Fed's Beige Book
*FOMC 2017 Voting Members: Five
governors on the FOMC are permanent voters: Janet Yellen, Stanley Fischer, Lael Brainard,
Jay Powell and Dan Tarullo.vote at every meeting. (Board Governors endure 2 vacancies that
Senate refuses to confirm). NY Fed pres.also a permanent FOMC voting member. The
rest of the voters, in 2017, are 5 of the 11 regional Fed Pres.:New voting
members, for 2017, include Philly Fed Pres. Patrick Harker, Minneapolis Fed Pres Neel
"Too Big to Fail" Kashkari, Dallas Fed's Robert Kaplan, and Chiago Fed Pres
Charles Evans. Evans was last a voter in 2015. The other 3 are
voters for the first time. Loretta Mester (Cleveland), Eric
Rosengren (Boston), James Bullard (St. Louis) and Esther George (Kansas City) have lost
their votes in 2017. In an Oct. speech, Harker said he would have preferred if rates had
been raised at the prior FOMC meeting. Kaplan was a 23-yr veteran of Goldman Sachs before
winding up at Harvard Business School. Mester & George are hawks that dissented at
several 2016 meetings until the 2016 rate hike announced 12/14 but aren't voters in 2017.
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