Economic Calendar Summary 8/3 - 8/8

Sunday, Aug 3, 2008 GMT Ccy Events Consensus Previous 22:45 NZD Average Hourly Earnings (QoQ) (2Q) 1.4% 1.1% 22:45 NZD Private Wages ex Overtime (QoQ) (2Q) 0.8% 0.7% 22:45 NZD Labor Cost Private Sector (QoQ) (2Q) 0.8% 0.7% 23:30 AUD AiG Performance of Service Index (JUL) -- 45.4 23:50 JPY Monetary Base (YoY) (JUL) -- 0.4% Monday, Aug 4, 2008 GMT Ccy Events Consensus Previous 1:30 AUD ANZ Job Advertisements (MoM) (JUL) -- -3.0% 1:30 AUD House Price Index (QoQ) (2Q) -1.3% 1.1% 1:30 AUD House Price Index (YoY) (2Q) 8.0% 13.8% 3:00 NZD ANZ Commodity Price (JUL) -- 0.0% 7:30 CHF SVME-Purchasing Managers Index (JUL) 53.6 54.9 8:30 GBP Purchasing Manager Index Construction (JUL) 37.5 38.8 8:30 EUR Euro-Zone Sentix Investor Confidence (AUG) -10 -9.3 9:00 EUR Euro-Zone Producer Price Index (MoM) (JUN) 0.8% 1.2% 9:00 EUR Euro-Zone Producer Price Index (YoY) (JUN) 7.9% 7.1% 11:30 USD Challenger Job Cuts (YoY) (JUL) -- 46.7% 12:30 USD Personal Income (JUN) -0.2% 1.9% 12:30 USD Personal Spending (JUN) 0.5% 0.8% 12:30 USD Personal Consumption Expenditure Core (MoM) (JUN) 0.2% 0.1% 12:30 USD Personal Consumption Expenditure Core (YoY) (JUN) 2.2% 2.1% 12:30 USD Personal Consumption Expenditure Deflator (YoY) (JUN) -- 3.1% 14:00 USD Factory Orders (JUN) 0.7% 0.6% Tuesday, Aug 5, 2008 GMT Ccy Events Consensus Previous 4:30 AUD Reserve Bank of Australia Rate Decision 7.25% 7.25% 7:45 EUR Italian Purchasing Manager Index Services (JUL) 47.3 48.5 7:50 EUR French Purchasing Manager Index Services (JUL F) 47 47 7:55 EUR German Purchasing Manager Index Services (JUL F) 53.3 53.3 8:00 EUR Euro-Zone Purchasing Manager Index Services (JUL F) 48.3 48.3 8:00 EUR Euro-Zone Purchasing Manager Index Composite (JUL F) 47.8 47.8 8:30 GBP Purchasing Manager Index Services (JUL) 46.6 47.1 8:30 GBP Industrial Production (MoM) (JUN) 0.1% -0.8% 8:30 GBP Industrial Production (YoY) (JUN) -1.2% -1.6% 8:30 GBP Manufacturing Production (MoM) (JUN) 0.1% -0.5% 8:30 GBP Manufacturing Production (YoY) (JUN) -0.6% -0.8% 8:30 GBP Official Reserves (Changes) (JUL) -- $462M 9:00 EUR Euro-Zone Retail Sales (MoM) (JUL) -0.6% 1.2% 9:00 EUR Euro-Zone Retail Sales (YoY) (JUN) -1.3% 0.2% 14:00 USD ISM Non-Manufacturing Composite (JUL) 48.0 48.2 18:15 USD Federal Open Market Committee Rate Decision 2.00% 2.00% 23:01 GBP NIESR Gross Domestic Product Estimate (JUL) -- 0.2% 23:01 GBP Nationwide Consumer Confidence (JUL) 57 61 23:30 AUD AiG Performance of Construction Index (JUL) -- 40.3 Wednesday, Aug 6, 2008 GMT Ccy Events Consensus Previous 1:30 AUD Home Loans (JUN) -2.0% -7.9% 1:30 AUD Investment Lending (JUN) -- -- 1:30 AUD Value of Loans (MoM) (JUN) -- -- 5:00 JPY Leading Index (JUN P) 91.1% 92.9% 5:00 JPY Coincident Index (JUN P) 101.7% 103.3% 9:30 GBP BRC Shop Price Index (JUL) -- -- 10:00 EUR German Factory Orders s.a. (MoM) (JUN) 0.4% -0.9% 10:00 EUR German Factory Orders n.s.a. (YoY) (JUN) -4.7% -2.0% 11:00 USD MBA Mortgage Applications (AUG 1) -- -- 14:00 CAD Ivey Purchasing Managers Index (JUL) 62.5 69.6 22:45 NZD Unemployment Rate (2Q) 3.8% 3.6% 22:45 NZD Employment Change (QoQ) (2Q) 0.2% -1.3% 22:45 NZD Employment Change (YoY) (2Q) -0.6% -0.2% 23:50 JPY Machine Orders (MoM) (JUN) -9.5% 10.4% 23:50 JPY Machine Orders (YoY) (JUN) -- -- 23:50 JPY Foreign Buying Japan Stocks (Yen) (AUG 1) -- -- 23:50 JPY Foreign Buying Japan Bonds (Yen) (AUG 1) -- -- 23:50 JPY Japan Buying Foreign Stocks (Yen) (AUG 1) -- -- 23:50 JPY Japan Buying Foreign Bonds (Yen) (AUG 1) -- -- Thursday, Aug 7, 2008 GMT Ccy Events Consensus Previous 1:30 AUD Employment Change (JUL) 5.0K 29.8K 1:30 AUD Unemployment Rate (JUL) 4.3% 4.2% 1:30 AUD Participation Rate (JUL) 65.3% 65.3% 6:00 EUR German Trade Balance (euros) (JUN) 15.5B 14.4B 6:00 EUR German Current Account (euros) (JUN) 12.0B 7.5B 6:00 EUR German Imports s.a. (MoM) (JUN) 1.8% 0.5% 6:00 EUR German Exports s.a. (MoM) (JUN) 1.8% -3.4% 6:45 EUR French Trade Balance (euros) (JUN) -4.6B -4.7B 8:00 EUR Italian Industrial Production s.a. (MoM) (JUN) 0.3% -1.4% 8:00 EUR Italian Industrial Production w.d.a. (YoY) (JUN) -2.0% -4.1% 8:00 EUR Italian Industrial Production n.s.a. (YoY) (JUN) -4.5% -6.6% 10:00 EUR German Industrial Production s.a. (MoM) (JUN) 0.8% -2.4% 10:00 EUR German Industrial Production n.s.a. and w.d.a. (YoY) (JUN) 1.5% 0.8% 11:00 GBP Bank of England Rate Decision 5.00% 5.00% 11:45 EUR European Central Bank Rate Decision 4.25% 4.25% 12:30 EUR ECB President Trichet Holds Public Press Conference -- -- 12:30 CAD Building Permits (MoM) (JUN) -1.0% 1.1% 12:30 USD Initial Jobless Claims (AUG 2) 413K 448K 12:30 USD Continuing Claims (JUL 26) -- -- 14:00 USD Pending Home Sales (MoM) (JUN) -1.0% -4.7% 17:30 USD ICSC Chain Store Sales (YoY) (JUL) -- -- 19:00 USD Consumer Credit (JUN) $6.4B $7.8B 23:50 JPY Loans Individual Hedgefund (YoY) (2Q) -- 3.7% 23:50 JPY Japan Money Stock M2+CD (YoY) (JUL) 2.4% 2.3% 23:50 JPY Japan Money Stock M3 (YoY) (JUL) 1.0% 0.9% 23:50 JPY Bank Lending incl Trusts(YoY) (JUL) -- 1.8% 23:50 JPY Bank Lending Banks ex-Trust (YoY) (JUL) -- 2.0% 23:50 JPY Bank Lending Banks Adjust (YoY) (JUL) -- 2.4% Friday, Aug 8, 2008 GMT Ccy Events Consensus Previous -- JPY Eco Watchers Survey: Outlook (JUL) -- 32.1 -- JPY Eco Watchers Survey: Current (JUL) -- 29.5 5:45 CHF Unemployment Rate (JUL) 2.3% 2.3% 5:45 CHF Unemployment Rate s.a. (JUL) 2.5% 2.5% 6:30 AUD Foreign Reserves (Australian dollar) (JUL) -- 35.9B 6:45 EUR French Central Government Balance (euros) (JUN) -- -50.1B 8:00 EUR Italian Gross Domestic Product s.a. and w.d.a. (QoQ) (2Q P) 0.0% 0.5% 8:00 EUR Italian Gross Domestic Product s.a. and w.d.a. (YoY) (2Q P) 0.3% 0.3% 9:00 EUR Euro-Zone Industrial Confidence (AUG) -- -- 11:00 CAD Net Change in Employment (JUL) 5.0K -5.0K 11:00 CAD Unemployment Rate (JUL) 6.2% 6.2% 12:30 USD Nonfarm Productivity (2Q P) 2.6% 2.6% 12:30 USD Unit Labor Costs (2Q P) 1.2% 2.2% 14:00 USD Wholesale Inventories (JUN) 0.6% 0.8%