Economic Calendar Summary 8/25 - 8/29

Monday, Aug 25, 2008 GMT Ccy Events Consensus Previous 6:00 EUR German Import Price Index (MoM) (JUL) 0.5% 1.5% 6:00 EUR German Import Price Index (YoY) (JUL) 9.2% 8.9% 6:00 JPY Bank of Japan's Governor Shirakawa to Speak in Osaka -- -- 14:00 USD Existing Home Sales (MoM) (JUL) 0.8% -2.6% 14:00 USD Existing Home Sales (JUL) 4.90M 4.86M 22:45 NZD Trade Balance (New Zealand dollars) (JUL) -- -223.0M 22:45 NZD Imports (New Zealand dollars) (JUL) -- 3.81B 22:45 NZD Exports (New Zealand dollars) (JUL) -- 3.59B 23:50 JPY Corporate Service Price (YoY) (JUL) 1.4% 1.2% Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008 GMT Ccy Events Consensus Previous 3:00 NZD Reserve Bank of New Zealand 2-Year Inflation Expectation (3Q) -- -- 6:00 EUR German Gross Domestic Product s.a. (QoQ) (2Q F) -0.5% 1.5% 6:00 EUR German Gross Domestic Product w.d.a. (YoY) (2Q F) 1.7% 2.6% 6:00 EUR German Gross Domestic Product n.s.a. (YoY) (2Q F) 3.1% 1.8% 6:00 EUR German Private Consumption (2Q F) -0.4% 0.3% 6:00 EUR German Government Spending (2Q F) 0.3% 1.3% 6:00 EUR German Capital Investment (2Q F) -1.5% 3.7% 6:00 EUR German Construction Investment (2Q F) -4.0% 4.5% 6:00 EUR German Domestic Demand (2Q F) -- 1.9% 6:00 EUR German Imports (2Q F) -- 3.5% 6:00 EUR German Exports (2Q F) -- 2.4% 6:10 EUR German GfK Consumer Confidence Survey (SEP) 2.0 2.1 6:45 EUR French Housing Starts (3MoY) (JUL) -- -28.2% 6:45 EUR French Housing Permits (3MoY) (JUL) -- -15.3% 8:00 EUR German IFO - Expectations (AUG) 90.3 90.0 8:00 EUR German IFO - Business Climate (AUG) 97.2 97.5 8:00 EUR German IFO - Current Assessment (AUG) 104.8 105.7 8:00 CHF UBS Consumption Indicator (JUL) -- 2.246 8:30 GBP BBA Loans for House Purchase (JUL) -- 21118 13:00 USD S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-20 (YoY) (JUN) -16.2% -15.8% 13:00 USD S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index (JUN) -- 168.5 13:00 USD S&P/Case-Shiller US Home Price Index (2Q) -- 159.2 13:00 USD S&P/Case-Shiller US Home Price Index (YoY) (2Q) -- -14.1% 14:00 USD Consumer Confidence (AUG) 53.0 51.9 14:00 USD New Home Sales (MoM) (JUL) -0.9% -0.6% 14:00 USD New Home Sales (JUL) 525K 530K 14:00 USD House Price Index (MoM) (JUN) -0.4% -0.3% 14:00 USD House Price Index (QoQ) (2Q) -- -- 14:00 USD Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index (AUG) -10 -16 18:00 USD Federal Open Market Committee Meeting Minutes -- -- 21:00 USD ABC Consumer Confidence (AUG 24) -- -49 Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008 GMT Ccy Events Consensus Previous 1:30 AUD Construction Work Done (2Q) 1.5% 2.3% 3:00 NZD NBNZ Business Confidence (AUG) -- -43.2 7:30 EUR Italian Consumer Confidence Index s.a. (AUG) 96.0 95.8 11:00 USD MBA Mortgage Applications (AUG 22) -- -1.5% 12:30 USD Durable Goods Orders (JUL) 0.1% 0.8% 12:30 USD Durables Ex Transportation (JUL) -0.5% 2.0% 12:35 USD Atlanta Fed's Lockhart to Speak on Inflation at Georgia State -- -- 23:50 JPY Foreign Buying Japan Stocks (Yen) (AUG 22) -- 43.8B 23:50 JPY Foreign Buying Japan Bonds (Yen) (AUG 22) -- 504.6B 23:50 JPY Japan Buying Foreign Stocks (Yen) (AUG 22) -- -53.4B 23:50 JPY Japan Buying Foreign Bonds (Yen) (AUG 22) -- 620.1B Thursday, Aug 28, 2008 GMT Ccy Events Consensus Previous -- AUD HIA New Home Sales (MoM) (JUL) -- 4.00% 00:00 AUD Conference Board Leading Index (JUN) -- -0.10% 01:30 AUD Private Capital Expenditure (2Q) 2.00% -2.50% 01:30 JPY Bank of Japan's Suda to Speak in Kanazawa; Japan -- -- 03:00 NZD Money Supply M3 (YoY) (JUL) -- 7.40% 06:00 EUR German ILO Unemployment Rate (JUL) -- 7.30% 06:45 EUR French Industrial Investment Survey (JUL) -- -- 07:15 CHF Employment Level (2Q) -- 3.899M 07:15 CHF Employment Level (YoY) (2Q) -- 2.80% 07:55 EUR German Unemployment Change (AUG) -10K -20K 07:55 EUR German Unemployment Rate (s.a) (AUG) 7.80% 7.80% 08:00 EUR Bloomberg France Retail Purchasing Manager Index (AUG) -- 51.3 08:00 EUR Bloomberg Germany Retail Purchasing Manager Index (AUG) -- 46.4 08:00 EUR Bloomberg Euro Zone Retail Purchasing Manager Index (AUG) -- 46 08:00 EUR Euro-Zone M3 s.a. (3M) (JUL) 9.50% 9.90% 08:00 EUR Euro-Zone M3 s.a. (YoY) (JUL) 9.00% 9.50% 08:00 EUR Italian Producer Price Index (MoM) (JUL) -- 0.80% 08:00 EUR Italian Producer Price Index (YoY) (JUL) -- 8.20% 09:00 EUR Euro-Zone Business Climate Indicator (AUG) -- -0.21 09:00 EUR Euro-Zone Consumer Confidence (AUG) -20 -20 09:00 EUR Euro-Zone Economic Confidence (AUG) 89.1 89.5 09:00 EUR Euro-Zone Industrial Confidence (AUG) -9 -8 09:00 EUR Euro-Zone Services Confidence (AUG) 0 1 10:00 GBP U.K. CBI Distributive Trades Report (AUG) -- -- 12:30 CAD Current Account (BoP) (Canadian dollar) (2Q) 8.0B 5.6B 12:30 USD Gross Domestic Product (Annualized) (2Q P) 2.80% 1.90% 12:30 USD Personal Consumption (2Q P) 1.60% 1.50% 12:30 USD Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (QoQ) (2Q P) 2.10% 2.10% 12:30 USD Gross Domestic Product Price Index (2Q P) 1.10% 1.10% 12:30 USD Initial Jobless Claims (AUG 23) -- 432K 12:30 USD Continuing Claims (AUG 16) -- 3362K 22:45 NZD Building Permits (MoM) (JUL) -- -20.10% 23:01 GBP GfK Consumer Confidence Survey (AUG) -40 -39 23:15 JPY Nomura/JMMA Manufacturing Purchasing Manager Index (AUG) -- 47 23:30 JPY Tokyo Consumer Price Index (YoY) (AUG) 1.60% 1.60% 23:30 JPY Tokyo Consumer Price Index Ex-Fresh Food (YoY) (AUG) 1.70% 1.60% 23:30 JPY Tokyo Consumer Price Index Ex Food; Energy (YoY) (AUG) 0.30% 0.30% 23:30 JPY National Consumer Price Index (YoY) (JUL) 2.20% 2.00% 23:30 JPY National Consumer Price Index Ex-Fresh Food (YoY) (JUL) 2.30% 1.90% 23:30 JPY National Consumer Price Index Ex Food; Energy (YoY) (JUL) 0.10% 0.10% 23:30 JPY Jobless Rate (JUL) 4.10% 4.10% 23:30 JPY Job-To-Applicant Ratio (JUL) 0.9 0.91 23:30 JPY Household Spending (YoY) (JUL) -1.80% -1.80% 23:50 JPY Large Retailers' Sales (JUL) -1.70% -3.90% 23:50 JPY Retail Trade s.a. (MoM) (JUL) 0.10% 0.00% 23:50 JPY Retail Trade (YoY) (JUL) 1.30% 0.30% 23:50 JPY Industrial Production (MoM) (JUL P) -0.50% -2.20% 23:50 JPY Industrial Production (YoY) (JUL P) 0.60% 0.00% 23:50 JPY Loans Discounts Corp (YoY) (JUL) -- 0.90% Friday, Aug 29, 2008 GMT Ccy Events Consensus Previous 1:30 AUD Private Sector Credit (MoM) (JUL) 0.5% 0.4% 1:30 AUD Private Sector Credit (YoY) (JUL) 11.1% 11.7% 4:00 JPY Vehicle Production (YoY) (JUL) -- 4.5% 5:00 JPY Housing Starts (YoY) (JUL) 14.9% -16.7% 5:00 JPY Annualized Housing Starts (JUL) 1.099M 1.130M 5:00 JPY Construction Orders (YoY) (JUL) -- -11.7% 5:00 JPY Small Business Confidence (AUG) -- 39.9 8:00 EUR Italian Retail Sales s.a. (MoM) (JUN) -0.1% 0.2% 8:00 EUR Italian Retail Sales (YoY) (JUN) -- 0.5% 9:00 EUR Italian Consumer Price Index (NIC incl. tobacco) (MoM) (AUG P) 0.1% 0.5% 9:00 EUR Italian Consumer Price Index (NIC incl. tobacco) (YoY) (AUG P) 4.0% 4.1% 9:00 EUR Italian Consumer Price Index - EU Harmonized (MoM) (AUG P) -0.2% -0.6% 9:00 EUR Italian Consumer Price Index - EU Harmonized (YoY) (AUG P) 4.0% 4.0% 9:00 EUR Euro-Zone Unemployment Rate (JUL) 7.3% 7.3% 9:00 EUR Euro-Zone Consumer Price Index Estimate (YoY) (AUG) 3.9% 4.1% 9:30 CHF KOF Swiss Leading Indicator (AUG) -- 0.9 12:30 CAD Gross Domestic Product (MoM) (JUN) 0.2% -0.1% 12:30 CAD Quarterly Gross Domestic Product Annualized (2Q) 0.6% -0.3% 12:30 CAD Raw Materials Price Index (MoM) (JUL) 0.2% 4.4% 12:30 CAD Industrial Product Price (MoM) (JUL) 1.0% 1.3% 12:30 USD Personal Income (JUL) 0.0% 0.1% 12:30 USD Personal Spending (JUL) 0.3% 0.6% 12:30 USD Personal Consumption Expenditure Core (MoM) (JUL) 0.3% 0.3% 12:30 USD Personal Consumption Expenditure Core (YoY) (JUL) 2.4% 2.3% 12:30 USD Personal Consumption Expenditure Deflator (YoY) (JUL) 4.4% 4.1% 13:45 USD Chicago Purchasing Manager (AUG) 49.9 50.8 14:00 USD U. of Michigan Confidence (AUG F) 62.0 61.7 14:00 USD NAPM-Milwaukee (AUG) -- 44