Economic Calendar Summary 9/7 - 9/12

Sunday, Sep 7, 2008 GMT Ccy Events Consensus Previous -- NZD QV House Prices (YoY) (AUG) -- -2.2% 23:00 AUD Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Stevens Half-Yearly Testimony -- -- 23:50 JPY Bank Lending Banks Adjust (YoY) (AUG) -- 2.5% 23:50 JPY Bank Lending incl Trusts (YoY) (AUG) -- 1.8% 23:50 JPY Bank Lending Banks ex-Trust (YoY) (AUG) -- 2.0% 23:50 JPY Japan Money Stock M2+CD (YoY) (AUG) 2.1% 2.1% 23:50 JPY Japan Money Stock M3 (YoY) (AUG) 0.9% 0.8% Monday, Sep 8, 2008 GMT Ccy Events Consensus Previous -- JPY Eco Watchers Survey: Outlook (AUG) -- 30.8 -- JPY Eco Watchers Survey: Current (AUG) -- 29.3 1:30 AUD ANZ Job Advertisements (MoM) (AUG) -- -0.3% 4:30 JPY Bankruptcies (YoY) (AUG) -- 12.9% 5:45 CHF Unemployment Rate (AUG) 2.4% 2.3% 5:45 CHF Unemployment Rate s.a. (AUG) 2.5% 2.5% 8:30 GBP Producer Price Index Input s.a. (MoM) (AUG) -1.2% -0.6% 8:30 GBP Producer Price Index Input n.s.a. (YoY) (AUG) 29.2% 30.1% 8:30 GBP Producer Price Index Output n.s.a. (MoM) (AUG) 0.0% 0.4% 8:30 GBP Producer Price Index Output n.s.a. (YoY) (AUG) 10.0% 10.2% 8:30 GBP Producer Price Index Output Core s.a. (MoM) (AUG) 0.3% 0.3% 8:30 GBP Producer Price Index Output Core n.s.a. (YoY) (AUG) 6.6% 6.7% 8:30 EUR Euro-Zone Sentix Investor Confidence (SEP) -- -15.3 12:01 NZD Manpower Survey (4Q) -- 12% 12:30 CAD Building Permits (MoM) (JUL) -0.5% -5.3% 14:01 AUD Manpower Survey (4Q) -- 20% 15:01 JPY Manpower Survey (4Q) -- 20% 17:00 USD Fed's Fisher Speaks in Austin at Community Forum -- -- 19:00 USD Consumer Credit (JUL) $9.0B $14.3B 23:00 EUR Manpower Employment Outlook (4Q) -- -- 23:01 GBP BRC Retail Sales Monitor (AUG) -- -- 23:01 GBP RICS House Price Balance (AUG) -84.2% -83.9% Tuesday, Sep 9, 2008 GMT Ccy Events Consensus Previous 1:30 AUD NAB Business Confidence (AUG) -- -9 1:30 AUD NAB Business Conditions (AUG) -- -5 1:30 AUD Retail Sales (JUL) -- -1.0% 1:30 AUD Home Loans (JUL) 0.0% -3.7% 1:30 AUD Investment Lending (JUL) -- -0.3% 1:30 AUD Value of Loans (MoM) (JUL) -- -1.1% 6:00 JPY Machine Tool Orders (YoY) (AUG P) -- -8.9% 6:00 EUR German Trade Balance (euros) (JUL) 17.8B 19.7B 6:00 EUR German Current Account (euros) (JUL) 15.3B 18.5B 6:00 EUR German Imports s.a. (MoM) (JUL) 0.3% -0.1% 6:00 EUR German Exports s.a. (MoM) (JUL) -1.0% 4.2% 8:30 GBP Industrial Production (MoM) (JUL) -0.1% -0.2% 8:30 GBP Industrial Production (YoY) (JUL) -1.4% -1.6% 8:30 GBP Manufacturing Production (MoM) (JUL) -0.1% -0.5% 8:30 GBP Manufacturing Production (YoY) (JUL) -1.1% -1.3% 12:15 CAD Housing Starts (AUG) 190.0K 186.5K 13:00 USD Fed's Bernanke Speaks on Education in Washington -- -- 14:00 USD IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism (SEP) -- 42.8 14:00 USD Pending Home Sales (MoM) (JUL) -1.3% 5.3% 14:00 USD Wholesale Inventories (JUL) 0.6% 1.1% 21:00 USD ABC Consumer Confidence (SEP 7) -- -47 22:45 NZD Terms of Trade Index (QoQ) (2Q) -- 4.1% 23:01 GBP NIESR Gross Domestic Product Estimate (AUG) -- 0.1% 23:50 JPY Domestic Corporate Goods Price Index (MoM) (AUG) 0.0% 2.0% 23:50 JPY Domestic Corporate Goods Price Index (YoY) (AUG) 7.2% 7.1% 23:50 JPY Trade Balance - BOP Basis (Yen) (JUL) 238.0B 252.1B 23:50 JPY Current Account Total (Yen) (JUL) 1355.6B 493.9B 23:50 JPY Adjusted Current Account Total (Yen) (JUL) 1430.0B 1290.7B Wednesday, Sep 10, 2008 GMT Ccy Events Consensus Previous 0:30 AUD Westpac Consumer Confidence (SEP) -- 9.1% 5:00 JPY Leading Index (JUL P) 91.9 91.3 5:00 JPY Coincident Index (JUL P) 102.5 101.6 6:45 EUR French Industrial Production (MoM) (JUL) 0.3% -0.4% 6:45 EUR French Industrial Production (YoY) (JUL) -2.5% -1.6% 6:45 EUR French Manufacturing Production (MoM) (JUL) 0.4% -0.8% 6:45 EUR French Manufacturing Production (YoY) (JUL) -3.1% -2.1% 6:45 EUR French Trade Balance (euros) (JUL) -5.0B -5.6B 8:00 EUR Italian Trade Balance Non-Eu (euros) (JUL) -- -2328 8:30 GBP Visible Trade Balance (Pounds) (JUL) -7.500B -7.684B 8:30 GBP Trade Balance Non EU (Pounds) (JUL) -4.500B -4.744B 8:30 GBP Total Trade Balance (Pounds) (JUL) -4.200B -4.414B 9:00 EUR Italian Gross Domestic Product s.a. and w.d.a. (QoQ) (2Q F) -0.3% 0.4% 9:00 EUR Italian Gross Domestic Product s.a. and w.d.a. (YoY) (2Q F) 0.0% 0.0% 9:00 EUR Italian Private Consumption (2Q) -0.2% 0.1% 9:00 EUR Italian Government Spending (2Q) 0.5% 0.4% 9:00 EUR Italian Total investments (2Q) -0.6% -0.2% 9:00 EUR Italian Exports (2Q) -0.7% 1.4% 9:00 EUR Italian Imports (2Q) -0.7% -0.5% 11:00 USD MBA Mortgage Applications (SEP 5) -- 7.5% 12:30 CAD Labor Productivity (QoQ) (2Q) 0.3% -0.3% 21:00 NZD Reserve Bank of New Zealand Rate Decision 7.75% 8.00% 22:45 NZD Food Prices (MoM) (AUG) -- 0.6% 23:50 JPY Foreign Buying Japan Stocks (Yen) (SEP 5) -- 131.0B 23:50 JPY Foreign Buying Japan Bonds (Yen) (SEP 5) -- 439.4B 23:50 JPY Japan Buying Foreign Stocks (Yen) (SEP 5) -- 0.5B 23:50 JPY Japan Buying Foreign Bonds (Yen) (SEP 5) -- -746.5B 23:50 JPY Machine Orders (MoM) (JUL) -4.0% -2.6% 23:50 JPY Machine Orders (YoY) (JUL) -4.9% 9.7% Thursday, Sep 11, 2008 GMT Ccy Events Consensus Previous 0:00 NZD Business NZ Purchasing Manager Index (AUG) -- 48.8 1:00 AUD Consumer Inflation Expectation (SEP) -- 4.9% 1:30 AUD Employment Change (AUG) 5.9K 10.9K 1:30 AUD Unemployment Rate (AUG) 4.4% 4.3% 1:30 AUD Participation Rate (AUG) 65.3% 65.3% 6:45 EUR French Non-Farm Payrolls (QoQ) (2Q F) -0.1% -0.1% 8:00 EUR European Central Bank Publishes Monthly Report (SEP) -- -- 9:45 EUR European Commission Releases Economic Growth Forecasts -- -- 12:30 CAD International Merchandise Trade (Canadian dollar) (JUL) 5.7B 5.8B 12:30 CAD New Housing Price Index (MoM) (JUL) -- 0.1% 12:30 USD Trade Balance (JUL) -$58.0B -$56.8B 12:30 USD Import Price Index (MoM) (AUG) -1.5% 1.7% 12:30 USD Import Price Index (YoY) (AUG) 20.2% 21.6% 12:30 USD Initial Jobless Claims (SEP 6) -- 444K 12:30 USD Continuing Claims (AUG 30) -- 3435K 18:00 USD Monthly Budget Statement (AUG) -$105.0B -$117.0B 18:45 USD Fed's Kohn Comments on Financial Regulation at Brookings -- -- 22:45 NZD Retail Sales (MoM) (JUL) -- 0.9% 22:45 NZD Retail Sales Ex-Auto (MoM) (JUL) -- 0.0% 23:50 JPY Gross Domestic Product (QoQ) (2Q F) -0.7% -0.6% 23:50 JPY Gross Domestic Product Annualized (2Q F) -3.0% -2.4% 23:50 JPY Nominal Gross Domestic Product (QoQ) (2Q F) -- -0.7% 23:50 JPY Gross Domestic Product Deflator (YoY) (2Q F) -- -1.6% Friday, Sep 12, 2008 GMT Ccy Events Consensus Previous 4:30 JPY Industrial Production (MoM) (JUL F) -- 0.9% 4:30 JPY Industrial Production (YoY) (JUL F) -- 2.0% 4:30 JPY Capacity Utilization (MoM) (JUL F) -- -1.7% 6:30 EUR Bank of France Business Sentiment (AUG) 92 92 6:45 EUR French Consumer Price Index (MoM) (AUG) 0.1% -0.2% 6:45 EUR French Consumer Price Index (YoY) (AUG) 3.3% 3.6% 6:45 EUR French Consumer Price Index - EU Harmonised (MoM) (AUG) 0.0% -0.3% 6:45 EUR French Consumer Price Index - EU Harmonised (YoY) (AUG) 3.6% 4.0% 6:45 EUR French Consumer Price Index Ex Tobacco Index (AUG) 118.78 118.69 8:00 EUR Italian Industrial Production s.a. (MoM) (JUL) -0.3% 0.1% 8:00 EUR Italian Industrial Production w.d.a. (YoY) (JUL) -2.5% -1.8% 8:00 EUR Italian Industrial Production n.s.a. (YoY) (JUL) -- -4.4% 9:00 EUR Euro-Zone Employment (QoQ) (2Q) -- 0.3% 9:00 EUR Euro-Zone Employment (YoY) (2Q) -- 1.6% 9:00 EUR Euro-Zone Industrial Production s.a. (MoM) (JUL) -0.2% -0.2% 9:00 EUR Euro-Zone Industrial Production w.d.a. (YoY) (JUL) -0.4% -0.8% 12:30 CAD Capacity Utilization Rate (2Q) 79.5% 79.8% 12:30 USD Advance Retail Sales (AUG) 0.1% -0.1% 12:30 USD Retail Sales Less Autos (AUG) -0.2% 0.4% 12:30 USD Producer Price Index (MoM) (AUG) -0.5% 1.2% 12:30 USD Producer Price Index (YoY) (AUG) 10.2% 9.8% 12:30 USD Producer Price Index Ex Food & Energy (MoM) (AUG) 0.2% 0.7% 12:30 USD Producer Price Index Ex Food & Energy (YoY) (AUG) 3.7% 3.5% 14:00 USD U. of Michigan Confidence (SEP P) 63.9 63.0 14:00 USD Business Inventories (JUL) 0.5% 0.7%