DJIA

0.21%

S&P500

0.24%

NASDAQ

0.23%

CAC40

1.63%

DAX

1.12%

NIKKEI

2.72%

NZD/USD

+0.92%

AUD/USD

+0.77%

AUD/JPY

+0.58%

EUR/USD

+0.54%

EUR/JPY

+0.34%

CHF/JPY

+0.31%

EUR/GBP

+0.31%

GBP/USD

+0.22%

CAD/JPY

+0.18%

EUR/CAD

+0.17%

AUD/NZD

-0.16%

USD/JPY

-0.18%

EUR/NOK

-0.18%

EUR/AUD

-0.22%

GBP/CHF

-0.27%

USD/CAD

-0.36%

USD/CHF

-0.50%

USD/NOK

-0.71%

USD/SEK

-0.89%

Support

Resistance

EUR/USD

1.3641

1.3832

1.3520

1.3901

1.3451

1.4022

GBP/USD

1.5677

1.5844

1.5569

1.5904

1.5509

1.6012

USD/CHF

1.0614

1.0751

1.0566

1.0839

1.0478

1.0887

USD/JPY

89.813

90.613

89.366

90.966

89.013

91.413

Feb 17

Count.

Event

For

Unit

Imp.

Act.

Cons.

Prev.

00:00

 JP

BoJ MPC Meeting (17th-18th Feb)

00:00

 ES

GDP (F)

Q4

% y/y

-3.1

-3.1

-3.1

00:00

 ES

GDP (F)

Q4

% q/q

-0.1

-0.1

-0.1

00:00

 AU

DWER Skilled Vacancies

Feb

% m/m

1.6

1.9

00:00

 US

Tresury Deputy Secretary Wolin meets with Kuwait’s FinMin Al-Shamali and Central Bank Governor Abdulaziz Al-Saad to discuss global response to economic crisis

05:00

 EU

ECB governing council member Quaden presents Belgian annual report

07:00

 SE

Prospera Money Market Expectations

Feb

09:30

 GB

Average Earnings (incl. bonus)

Dec

% 3m y/y

0.8

0.9

0.8

09:30

 GB

Claimant Count

Jan

K

23.5

-10

-15.2

09:30

 GB

ILO Unemployment Rate

Dec

%

7.8

7.8

7.8

09:30

 GB

BoE release minutes of prior (3rd-4th Feb) MPC meeting

09:30

 GB

BoE release Agents’ Summary of Business Conditions - Feb 2010

10:00

 EU

Trade balance (nsa)

Dec

EUR bn

4.4

5

4

10:00

 EU

Trade balance (sa)

Dec

EUR bn

7

3.9

5.3

10:05

 IT

Current Account

Dec

EUR mn

-3769

-4570

13:30

 US

Building Permits

Jan

k

621

620

653

13:30

 US

Housing Starts

Jan

k

580

557

13:30

 US

Import prices

Jan

% m/m

1.4

1

0.2

13:30

 CA

Wholesale Sales

Dec

% m/m

0.7

0.8

2.7

14:00

 BE

GDP (F)

Q4

%y/y

-3.4

14:00

 BE

GDP (F)

Q4

%q/q

0.5

14:15

 US

Capacity utilisation

Jan

%

72.6

72

14:15

 US

Industrial production

Jan

% m/m

0.9

0.7

0.7

17:20

 CA

BoC Deputy Governor Longworth gives speech before the C.C. Howe Institute

17:45

 US

Philadelphia Fed President Plosser gives speech on lessons from the worldwide financial crisis before the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia

19:00

 US

Fed release minutes from prior (Jan 26th-27th) FOMC meeting

19:00

 US

Budget

Jan

$ bn

-46

-91.9

22:20

 AU

RBA Assistant Economic Governor Lowe, gives speech on Current Economic Landscape before the CEDA Economic and Political Overview