DJIA

0.16%

S&P500

-0.13%

NASDAQ

-0.01%

CAC40

-0.15%

DAX

-0.18%

NIKKEI

-0.95%

USD/NOK

+0.40%

USD/SEK

+0.26%

CAD/CHF

+0.25%

USD/CHF

+0.22%

NZD/CHF

+0.20%

AUD/CHF

+0.13%

GBP/CHF

+0.09%

EUR/CHF

-0.31%

AUD/JPY

-0.36%

GBP/JPY

-0.40%

EUR/GBP

-0.41%

EUR/AUD

-0.45%

CHF/JPY

-0.49%

EUR/USD

-0.52%

EUR/NZD

-0.52%

EUR/CAD

-0.57%

EUR/JPY

-0.81%

Support

Resistance

EUR/USD

1.3703

1.3795

1.3669

1.3852

1.3612

1.3886

GBP/USD

1.5222

1.5395

1.5129

1.5475

1.5049

1.5568

USD/CHF

1.0512

1.0571

1.0481

1.0598

1.0454

1.0629

USD/JPY

90.070

90.750

89.715

91.075

89.390

91.430

Mar 18

Count.

Event

For

Unit

Imp.

Act.

Cons.

Prev.

00:00

 WLD

Institute for International Monetary Affairs hosts symposium on “Considering the International Monetary System in the Post-Crisis Era”

00:30

 AU

Merchandise Imports

Jan

A$ mn

15293

15381

00:30

 AU

RBA release Monthly Bulletin

05:00

 JP

BoJ publishes Monthly Report (English translation for full text released at 07:30GMT)

05:00

 JP

Leading indicator (F)

Jan

index

96.7

97.1

07:00

 SE

Riksbank Deputy Governor Svensson gives speech on “Evaluating Monetary Policy in Sweden 2009″

07:15

 CH

Trade Balance

Feb

CHF bn

2.2

2.419

08:15

 CH

Industrial Production

Q4

%y/y

1.4

-3.5

-9.2

08:30

 SE

SCB Unemployment (nsa)

Feb

% rate

9.3

9.4

9.4

08:30

 NL

Consumer Confidence

Mar

index

-12

-13

08:30

 NL

Unemployment (sa)

Dec-Feb

% rate

5.7

5.6

09:00

 IT

EU Trade balance

Jan

EUR mn

-165

-1396

09:00

 IT

Total Trade balance

Jan

EUR mn

-3360

-1650

-114

09:00

 EU

Current account (nsa)

Jan

EUR bn

-16.7

9.8

09:00

 EU

Current account (sa)

Jan

EUR bn

-8.1

2.3

09:30

 GB

M4 Money Supply (P)

Feb

% m/m

0.2

0.7

0.2

09:30

 GB

M4 Money Supply (P)

Feb

% y/y

3.6

4.3

4.7

09:30

 GB

Public Finances (PSNCR)

Feb

GBP bn

7.7

11

-12

10:00

 EU

Trade balance (nsa)

Jan

EUR bn

-8.9

-4

4.1

10:00

 EU

Trade balance (sa)

Jan

EUR bn

5.5

7

11:00

 GB

CBI Industrial Trends

Mar

Index

-37

-36

11:30

 US

Fed Governor Duke participates in panel on Bank Supervision before the American Bankers Association Government Relations Summit

11:30

 FR

FinMin Lagarde holds news conference in Brussels

12:30

 US

Current account

Q4

$ bn

-115.6

-119

-102.3

12:30

 US

Initial Claims

13-Mar

k

457

455

462

12:30

 US

CPI

Feb

%m/m

0.1

0.2

12:30

 US

CPI ex food and energy

Feb

% m/m

0.1

-0.1

12:30

 US

Kansas City Fed President Hoenig and Richmond Fed President Lacker participate in discussion on “The Role of Banking in Local Economic Growth”

12:30

 US

Fed Governor Duke, FDIC Chair Bair give speech before American Bankers Association government relations summit

14:00

 US

Leading Indicator

Feb

% m/m

0.1

0.1

0.3

14:00

 US

Philadelphia Fed Survey

Mar

index

18.9

18

17.6

14:00

 US

Treasury Chief Economist Krueger gives keynote address before luncheon at the Bond Buyer’s National Municipal Bond Summit

16:45

 GB

BoE MPC member Sentance gives speech before the British Chambers of Commerce Annual Conference

17:00

 CH

SNB board member Danthine gives speech in Zurich

21:45

 NZ

External Migration

Feb

(sa, net people)

DJIA

0.10%

S&P500

-0.04%

NASDAQ

-0.01%

CAC40

-0.12%

DAX

0.26%

NIKKEI

0.81%

CAD/JPY

+1.47%

GBP/JPY

+1.15%

CHF/JPY

+1.12%

GBP/USD

+0.90%

EUR/JPY

+0.85%

EUR/USD

+0.60%

AUD/JPY

+0.43%

EUR/AUD

+0.42%

NZD/USD

+0.31%

USD/JPY

+0.24%

AUD/NZD

-0.11%

EUR/CHF

-0.27%

EUR/GBP

-0.30%

USD/NOK

-0.45%

USD/SEK

-0.56%

EUR/CAD

-0.61%

USD/CHF

-0.86%

USD/CAD

-1.21%

Support

Resistance

EUR/USD

1.3641

1.3708

1.3598

1.3732

1.3574

1.3775

GBP/USD

1.4979

1.5121

1.4892

1.5175

1.4838

1.5262

USD/CHF

1.0665

1.0717

1.0646

1.0750

1.0613

1.0769

USD/JPY

90.340

90.880

90.005

91.085

89.800

91.420

Mar 12

Count.

Event

For

Unit

Imp.

Act.

Cons.

Prev.

00:00

 WLD

IEA publishes monthly oil market report

00:00

 PT

Parliament holds final vote on 2010 budget

04:30

 JP

Capacity Utilisation

Jan

index

3.9

1.4

04:30

 JP

Industrial Production (F)

Jan

% m/m

2.7

2.5

04:30

 JP

Industrial Production (F)

Jan

% y/y

18.5

19.8

07:00

 DE

Wholesale price index

Feb

% m/m

0.3

1.3

07:00

 DE

Wholesale price index

Feb

% y/y

2.1

2.3

1.9

08:00

 ES

CPI (F)

Feb

% m/m

-0.1

-1

08:00

 ES

CPI (F)

Feb

% y/y

0.9

1

08:00

 ES

HICP (F)

Feb

% m/m

-0.2

-0.1

-1.1

08:00

 ES

HICP (F)

Feb

% y/y

0.9

0.9

10:00

 EU

Industrial production

Jan

% m/m

1.7

0.7

0.6

10:00

 EU

Industrial production

Jan

% y/y

1.4

-1.6

-4.1

11:00

 GB

BoE MPC board member Dale gives speech before Trinity College

12:00

 CA

Net Change in Employment

Feb

k

20.9

15.5

43

12:00

 CA

Unemployment

Feb

%

8.2

8.3

8.3

13:30

 US

Retail Sales

Feb

% m/m

0.3

-0.2

0.1

13:30

 US

Retail Sales Ex Autos

Feb

% m/m

0.8

0.1

0.5

14:55

 US

Univ of Mich Sent. (P)

Mar

index

72.5

74

73.6

15:00

 US

Business inventories

Jan

% m/m

0.0

0.1

-0.3

17:00

 US

US Treasury Secretary Geithner gives speech before the Export-Import Bank of U.S. Annual Conference

20:45

 EU

ECB President Trichet gives keynote address before the Economic Summit of Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research

DJIA

-0.10%

S&P500

-0.07%

NASDAQ

0.14%

CAC40

-0.18%

DAX

-0.02%

NIKKEI

2.09%

EUR/GBP

+0.68%

NZD/USD

+0.63%

AUD/JPY

+0.57%

CHF/JPY

+0.44%

AUD/USD

+0.43%

EUR/JPY

+0.34%

CAD/JPY

+0.26%

EUR/USD

+0.21%

USD/JPY

+0.14%

EUR/CAD

+0.09%

EUR/CHF

-0.03%

USD/CAD

-0.12%

USD/NOK

-0.15%

USD/SEK

-0.16%

AUD/NZD

-0.20%

EUR/AUD

-0.22%

USD/CHF

-0.30%

GBP/JPY

-0.34%

GBP/USD

-0.48%

GBP/CHF

-0.78%

Support

Resistance

EUR/USD

1.3561

1.3660

1.3496

1.3695

1.3461

1.3760

GBP/USD

1.5037

1.5211

1.4928

1.5276

1.4863

1.5385

USD/CHF

1.0719

1.0795

1.0689

1.0841

1.0643

1.0871

USD/JPY

89.545

90.810

88.805

91.335

88.280

92.075

Mar 08

Count.

Event

For

Unit

Imp.

Act.

Cons.

Prev.

00:00

 EU

EU Parliament Plenary session (8th-11th)

00:00

 WLD

BIS Global Econonmy Meeting (7th-8th)

05:00

 JP

Economy Watchers Survey

Feb

index

42.1

40.1

38.8

08:15

 CH

Retail Sales

Jan

%y/y

4.4

4.5

4.7

09:30

 EU

Sentix Index

Mar

index

-7.5

-9.3

-8.2

10:30

 NO

Norges Bank Deputy Governor Qvigstad gives speech before OECD

11:00

 DE

Industrial Production

Jan

% m/m

0.6

1

-1

11:00

 DE

Industrial Production

Jan

% y/y

2.2

0.9

-5.7

13:00

 NO

Perduco Inflation Expectations

Q1

% y/y

13:00

 GB

BoE MPC board member Barker gives speech before National Institute of Economic and Social Research

14:15

 CA

Housing starts

Feb

k

196.7

190

185.4

17:00

 EU

ECB Executive Board member Stark gives speech on ” A View from the ECB” before the NABE 2010 Economic Policy conference

18:30

 EU

ECB Governing council member Gonzalez-Paramo gives speech before Caja Inmaculada

21:45

 NZ

Electronic Card Transactions

Feb

% m/m (sa)

0.5

22:00

 US

New York Fed Executive Vice President Sack gives speech on ” A View from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York” before the NABE 2010 Economic Policy Conference