Asia Regional Integration Center

Tracking Asian Integration

Economic calendar

May 2012

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
	1 IND Exports (Mar2012) -5.7% y-o-y IND Imports (Mar2012) 24.3% y-o-y INO CPI (Apr2012) 4.5% y-o-y INO Exports (Mar2012) 5.5% y-o-y INO Imports (Mar2012) 13.4% y-o-y INO Trade Balance (Mar2012) 840.0Mn USD KOR CPI (Apr2012) 2.5% y-o-y KOR Exports (Apr2012) -4.8% y-o-y KOR Imports (Apr2012) -0.2% y-o-y KOR PMI (Apr2012) 51.9 KOR Trade Balance (Apr2012) US Chicago PMI (Apr2012) 54.8 US Construction Spending (Mar2012) 0.1% m-o-m saar US IPI (Apr2012)	2 EA PMI Manufacturing (Apr2012_F) 45.9 EA Unemployment (Mar2012) 10.9% y-o-y GER PMI Manufacturing (Apr2012_F) 46.2 PRC PMI Manufacturing (Apr2012) 49.3 TAP PMI (Apr2012) 51.2 THA CPI (Apr2012) 2.5% y-o-y US Factory Orders (Mar2012) -1.5% m-o-m sa	3 EA Monetary Policy (May2012) 1.00% (main refinancing operations) EA PPI (Mar2012) 3.3% y-o-y SIN PMI (Apr2012) 50.2 US ISM Non-Mfg Index (Apr2012) 53.5 US Jobless Claims (Apr W42012) 330.5Th	4 EA PMI Composite (Apr2012_F) 46.7 EA PMI Services (Apr2012_F) 46.9 EA Retail Sales (Mar2012) -0.2% y-o-y GER PMI Services (Apr2012_F) 52.2 HKG PMI (Apr2012) 50.3 PHI CPI (Apr2012) 3.0% y-o-y US Unemployment (Apr2012) 8.1%
7 TAP CPI (Apr2012) 1.4% y-o-y TAP Exports (Apr2012) -6.4% y-o-y TAP Imports (Apr2012) 2.1% y-o-y TAP Trade Balance (Apr2012) 689.3Mn USD TAP WPI (Apr2012) -0.6% y-o-y VIE IPI (Apr2012) 7.2 % y-o-y	8 GER IPI (Mar2012) KOR PPI (Apr2012) 2.4% y-o-y	9 GER Exports (Mar2012) 0.7% y-o-y GER Imports (Mar2012) 2.6% y-o-y GER Trade Balance (Mar2012) 17400Mn EUR JPN Leading Index (Mar2012_P) 96.6 MAL Exports (Mar2012) -0.1% y-o-y MAL Imports (Mar2012) 1.6% y-o-y MAL Trade Balance (Mar2012) 10500Mn MYR	10 INO GDP (Q12012) 6.3% y-o-y INO Monetary Policy (May2012) 5.75% (BI rate) KOR Monetary Policy (Mar2012) 3.25% (Base Rate) MAL IPI (Mar2012) 0.6% y-o-y PHI Exports (Mar2012) -1.2% y-o-y PRC Exports (Apr2012) 4.9% y-o-y PRC Imports (Apr2012) 0.4% y-o-y PRC Trade Balance (Apr2012) 18425.9Mn USD UKG Monetary Policy (May2012) 0.5% (bank rate) US Jobless Claims (Apr W52012) 338.4Th US Trade Balance (Mar2012) -67615Mn USD	11 GER CPI (Apr2012_F) 2.1% y-o-y HKG GDP (Q12012_P) 0.4% y-o-y IND IPI (Mar2012) -3.5% y-o-y INO Consumer Confidence (Apr2012) 102.5 MAL Monetary Policy (May2012) 3.00% (overnight policy rate) PRC CPI (Apr2012) 3.4% y-o-y PRC PPI (Apr2012) -0.7% y-o-y US PPI (Apr2012) 1.9% y-o-y US U. of Michigan Confidence (May2012_P)
14 EA IPI (Mar2012) -2.2% y-o-y GER WPI (Apr2012) 2.4% y-o-y IND WPI (Apr2012) 7.2% y-o-y JPN PPI (Apr2012_P) -0.2% y-o-y PRC Fixed Asset Investment (Apr2012) 20.2% y-o-y (year-to-date) PRC IPI (Apr2012) 9.3% y-o-y PRC Retail Sales (Apr2012) 14.1% y-o-y	15 EA Economic Sentiment (May2012) EA GDP (Q12012) 0.0% y-o-y sa GER GDP (Q12012_P) 1.7% y-o-y GER ZEW Survey (Current Situation) (May2012) 44.1Pts JPN Consumer Confidence (Apr2012) 40.1 PHI Remittances (Mar2012) 5.0% y-o-y SIN Retail Sales (Mar2012) 7.2% y-o-y (constant prices) US CPI (Apr2012) 2.3% y-o-y US Housing Market Index (May2012) 29 US Retail Sales (Apr2012) 0.1% m-o-m saar	16 EA CPI (Apr2012) 2.6% y-o-y EA Trade Balance (Mar2012) 8600Mn EUR JPN Machine Orders (Mar2012) 4.1% m-o-m sa KOR Unemployment (Apr2012) 3.5% MAL GDP (Q12012) US Housing Starts (Apr2012) 2.6% m-o-m saar US IPI (Apr2012) 5.2% y-o-y sa US Total Capacity Utilization (Apr2012) 79.2% sa	17 HKG Unemployment (Apr2012) 3.3% sa JPN GDP (Q12012_P) 2.7% y-o-y JPN IPI (Mar2012_F) 14.2% y-o-y JPN Total Capacity Utilization (Mar2012_F) 107.3 SIN Electronic Exports (Apr2012) 1.0% y-o-y SIN GDP (Q12012_F) 1.6% y-o-y SIN Non-oil Domestic Exports (Apr2012) 8.3% y-o-y US Jobless Claims (May W12012) 322.8Th US Leading Indicator (Apr2012) 95.5	18 GER PPI (Apr2012) 2.4% y-o-y
21 JPN Leading Index (Mar2012_F) 96.4 THA GDP (Q12012) 0.3% y-o-y	22 HKG CPI (Apr2012) 4.7% y-o-y TAP Unemployment (Apr2012) 4.1% US Existing Home Sales (Apr2012) 3.4% m-o-m saar	23 JPN Monetary Policy (May2012) 0.1% MAL CPI (Apr2012) 1.9% y-o-y SIN CPI (Apr2012) 5.4% y-o-y TAP IPI (Apr2012) -2.3% y-o-y US Housing Prices (Mar2012) 1.8% m-o-m sa US New Home Sales (Apr2012)	24 EA PMI Composite (May2012_A) 45.9 EA PMI Manufacturing (May2012_A) 45.0 EA PMI Services (May2012_A) 46.5 GER IFO Business Climate (May2012) 106.9 HKG Exports (Apr2012) 5.6% y-o-y HKG Imports (Apr2012) 5.0% y-o-y HKG Trade Balance (Apr2012) -42,873Mn HKD PRC PMI Manufacturing (May2012_P) 48.7 US Durable Goods Orders (Apr2012) 0.2% m-o-m sa US Jobless Claims (May W22012) 327595 VIE CPI (May2012) 8.3% y-o-y	25 JPN CPI (Apr2012) 0.4% y-o-y KOR Consumer Confidence (May2012) 105 PHI Imports (Mar2012) -3.3% y-o-y PHI Trade Balance (Mar2012) -1049Mn USD THA Exports (Apr2012) -3.7% y-o-y THA Imports (Apr2012) 7.9% y-o-y THA Trade Balance (Apr2012) -2867.7Mn USD US U. of Michigan Confidence (May2012_F) 79.3 VIE IPI (May2012)¹
28 PRC Leading Index (Apr2012) 99.9 TAP Leading Index (Apr2012) 132.1 THA IPI (Apr2012) 0.5% y-o-y VIE Exports (May2012) 25.8% y-o-y VIE Imports (May2012) 13.2% y-o-y VIE Retail Sales (May2012) 25.8% y-o-y VIE Trade Balance (May2012) -700Mn USD	29 JPN Retail Sales (Apr2012_P) 5.8% y-o-y US Consumer Confidence (May2012) 64.9 US S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind (Mar2012) 0.1% m-o-m sa (Composite-20)	30 EA Business Climate Indicator (May2012) -0.8 EA Consumer Confidence (May2012) -19.3 EA Economic Sentiment (May2012) 90.6 GER Retail Sales (Apr2012) JPN Exports (Apr2012) 7.9% y-o-y JPN Imports (Apr2012) 8.1% y-o-y JPN Trade Balance (Apr2012) -522022Mn JPY US Pending Home Sales (Apr2012) -5.5% m-o-m saar	31 IND GDP (Q12012) INO Consumer Confidence (May2012) 109.0 JPN Housing Starts (Apr2012) JPN IPI (Apr2012_P) 13.4% y-o-y KOR IPI (Apr2012) 0.0% y-o-y KOR Leading Index (Apr2012_P) 141.2 MAL Unemployment (Q12012) PHI GDP (Q12012) THA Business Sentiment Index (Apr2012) US Chicago PMI (May2012) US GDP (Q12012_R) 1.9% q-o-q saar (second estimate)

Sources: Bloomberg, CEIC, European Central Bank, European Commission, Eurostat, IMF, Institute for Supply Management, Markit Economics, National Association of Realtors, National sources, Reuters, Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management, Standard & Poor's, The Conference Board.

Legend:

A = Advance P = Preliminary F = Final R = Revised Up from previous period Down from previous period Unchanged from previous period	w-o-w = week-on-week m-o-m = month-on-month y-o-y = year-on-year sa = seasonally adjusted saar = seasonally adjusted annualized rate	¹ For release between 25-31 May 2012
PRC - China, People's Republic of EA - Euro area GER - Germany HKG - Hong Kong, China IND - India INO - Indonesia JPN - Japan KOR - Korea, Republic of	MAL - Malaysia PHI - Philippines SIN - Singapore TAP - Taipei,China THA - Thailand US - United States UKG - United Kingdom VIE - Viet Nam	¹ For release between 25-31 May 2012