Economic calendar

January 2012

◄ December February ►

Monday
2
  • EA PMI Manufacturing (Dec2011_F) 46.9
  • GER PMI Manufacturing (Dec2011_F) 48.4
  • IND Exports (Nov2011) 3.9% y-o-y
  • IND Imports (Nov2011) 24.6% y-o-y
  • IND PMI (Dec2011) 54.2
  • IND Trade Balance (Nov2011) -13600.8Mn USD
  • INO CPI (Dec2011) 3.8% y-o-y
  • INO Exports (Nov2011) 8.3% y-o-y
  • INO Imports (Nov2011) 18.4% y-o-y
  • INO Trade Balance (Jan2012) 1526.3Mn USD
  • KOR Exports (Dec2011) 12.5% y-o-y
  • KOR Imports (Dec2011) 14.0% y-o-y
  • KOR PMI (Dec2011) 46.4
  • KOR Trade Balance (Dec2011) 3992Mn USD
  • PRC PMI (Dec2011) 48.7
  • TAP PMI (Dec2011) 47.1
Tuesday
3
  • HKG Retail Sales (Nov2011) 16.9% y-o-y (volume)
  • SIN GDP (Q42011_A) 3.6% y-o-y
  • US Construction Spending (Nov2011) 1.2% m-o-m saar
  • US ISM Mfg Index (Dec2011) 53.9
Wednesday
4
  • EA PMI Composite (Dec2011_F) 48.3
  • EA PMI Services (Dec2011_F) 48.8
  • GER PMI Services (Dec2011_F) 52.4
  • THA CPI (Dec2011) 3.5% y-o-y
  • THA PPI (Dec2011) 4.5% y-o-y
  • US Factory Orders (Nov2011) 1.8% m-o-m saar
Thursday
5
  • EA Industrial New Orders (Oct2011) 1.6% y-o-y
  • EA PPI (Nov2011) 5.3% y-o-y
  • HKG PMI (Dec2011) 49.7
  • PHI CPI (Dec2011) 4.2% y-o-y
  • PHI PPI (Nov2012) 1.2% y-o-y
  • TAP WPI (Dec2011) 4.3% y-o-y
  • US ISM Non-Mfg Index (Dec2011) 52.6
  • US Jobless Claims (Dec W42011) 535.1Th
Friday
6
  • EA Retail Sales (Nov2011) -2.5% y-o-y
  • GER Factory Orders (Nov2011) -4.4% y-o-y
  • US Unemployment (Dec2011) 8.5%
Monday
9
  • GER IPI (Nov2011) 3.6% y-o-y
  • GER Trade Balance (Nov2011) 16200Mn EUR
  • INO Consumer Confidence (Dec2011) 116.6
  • SIN PMI (Dec2011) 49.5
  • TAP Exports (Dec2011) 0.6% y-o-y
Tuesday
10
  • MAL IPI (Nov2011) 1.8% y-o-y
  • PHI Exports (Nov2011) -19.4% y-o-y
  • PRC Exports (Dec2011) 13.3% y-o-y
  • PRC Imports (Dec2011) 12.2% y-o-y
  • PRC Trade Balance (Dec2011) 16519.9Mn USD
Wednesday
11
  • KOR Unemployment (Dec2011) 3.0%
  • MAL Exports (Nov2011) 8.0% y-o-y
  • MAL Imports (Nov2011) 8.4% y-o-y
  • MAL Trade Balance (Nov2011) 9485.6Mn MYR
Thursday
12
  • EA IPI (Nov2011) -0.3% y-o-y
  • EA Monetary Policy (Jan2012) 1.00% (main refinancing operations)
  • GER CPI (Dec2011_F) 2.1% y-o-y
  • GER WPI (Dec2011) 7.5% y-o-y
  • IND IPI (Nov2011) 5.9% y-o-y
  • INO Monetary Policy (Jan2012) 6.0%
  • PRC CPI (Dec2011) 4.1% y-o-y
  • PRC PPI (Dec2011) 1.7% y-o-y
  • THA Consumer Confidence (Dec2011) 63.1
  • UKG Monetary Policy (Jan2012) 0.5% (bank rate)
  • US Jobless Claims (Jan W12012) 642.4Th
  • US Retail Sales (Dec2011_A) 0.1% m-o-m saar
Friday
13
  • EA Trade Balance (Nov2011_A) 6900Mn EUR
  • KOR Monetary Policy (Jan2012) 3.25% (base rate)
  • US Trade Balance (Nov2011) -47800Mn USD
Monday
16
  • JPN Consumer Confidence (Dec2011) 38.1
  • JPN Machine Orders (Nov2011) 14.7% m-o-m saar
  • JPN PPI (Dec2011)
  • PHI Remittances (Nov2011) 10.6% y-o-y
  • SIN Retail Sales (Nov2011) 4.1% y-o-y (constant prices)
Tuesday
17
  • EA CPI (Dec2011) 2.7% y-o-y
  • EA ZEW Survey (Economic Expectations) (Jan2012) -32.5Pts
  • GER ZEW Survey (Current Situation) (Jan2012) 28.4Pts
  • GER ZEW Survey (Economic Sentiment) (Jan2012) -21.6Pts
  • SIN Electronic Exports (Dec2011) -4.6% y-o-y
  • SIN Non-oil Domestic Exports (Dec2011) 9.0% y-o-y
Wednesday
18
  • IND CPI (Dec2011) 13.9% y-o-y
  • JPN IPI (Nov2011_F) -4.2% y-o-y
  • JPN Total Capacity Utilization (Nov2011_F) 108.9
  • MAL CPI (Dec2011) 3.0% y-o-y
  • PRC Fixed Asset Investment (Dec2011) 23.8% y-o-y (year-to-date)
  • PRC IPI (Dec2011) 12.8% y-o-y
  • US IPI (Dec2011) 2.9% y-o-y
  • US PPI (Dec2011) 4.8% y-o-y
  • US Total Capacity Utilization (Dec2011) 78.1%
Thursday
19
  • HKG Unemployment (Dec2011) 3.3% sa
  • PHI Monetary Policy (Jan2012) 4.25% (reverse repurchase rate)
  • PRC Retail Sales (Dec2011) 18.1% y-o-y
  • US CPI (Dec2011) 3.0% y-o-y
  • US Housing Starts (Dec2011) -4.1% m-o-m saar
  • US Jobless Claims (Jan W22012) 521.6Th
Friday
20
  • GER PPI (Dec2011) 4.0% y-o-y
  • HKG CPI (Dec2011) 5.7% y-o-y
  • JPN Leading Index (Nov2011_F) 93.2
  • TAP IPI (Dec2011) -8.1% y-o-y
  • THA Exports (Dec2011) -2.0% y-o-y
  • THA Imports (Dec2011) 19.1% y-o-y
  • THA Trade Balance (Dec2011) -2130.3Mn USD
  • US Existing Home Sales (Dec2011) 5.0% m-o-m saar
Monday
23
Tuesday
24
  • EA PMI Composite (Jan2012_A) 50.4
  • EA PMI Manufacturing (Jan2012_A) 48.7
  • EA PMI Services (Jan2012_A) 50.5
  • GER PMI Manufacturing (Jan2012_A) 50.9
  • GER PMI Services (Jan2012_A) 54.5
  • IND Monetary Policy (Jan2012) 8.5% (repo rate)
  • JPN Monetary Policy (Jan2012) 0.1% (uncollateralized overnight call rate)
Wednesday
25
  • GER IFO Business Climate (Jan2012) 108.3
  • JPN Exports (Dec2011) -8.0% y-o-y
  • JPN Imports (Dec2011) 8.1% y-o-y
  • JPN Trade Balance (Dec2011) -205062Mn JPY
  • MAL Unemployment (Nov2011) 3.1%
  • PHI Imports (Nov2011) 0.6% y-o-y
  • PHI IPI (Nov2011) -5.2% y-o-y (volume)
  • PHI Trade Balance (Nov2011) -1643Mn USD
  • PHI Unemployment (Nov2011)
  • SIN CPI (Dec2011) 5.5% y-o-y
  • US Housing Prices (Nov2011) 1.0% m-o-m sa
  • US Monetary Policy (Jan2012) 0.25%
  • US Pending Home Sales (Dec2011) -3.5% m-o-m saar
  • VIE CPI (Dec2011) 18.1% y-o-y
Thursday
26
  • HKG Exports (Dec2011) 7.4% y-o-y (value)
  • HKG Imports (Dec2011) 8.1% y-o-y (value)
  • HKG Trade Balance (Dec2011) -48910Mn HKD
  • KOR GDP (Q42011_P) 3.4% y-o-y (chained volume)
  • SIN IPI (Dec2011) 12.6% y-o-y
  • US Jobless Claims (Jan W32012) 414.1Th
  • US Leading Indicator (Dec2011) 94.3
  • US New Home Sales (Dec2011) -2.2% m-o-m saar
Friday
27
  • JPN CPI (Dec2011) -0.2% y-o-y
  • KOR Consumer Confidence (Jan2012) 98
  • SIN PPI (Dec2011) 7.9% y-o-y (domestic supply price)
  • THA IPI (Dec2011) -25.8% y-o-y (value-added weight)
  • THA Total Capacity Utilization (Dec2011) 52.3
  • US GDP (Q42011_A) 2.8% q-o-q saar
  • US U. of Michigan Confidence (Jan2012_F) 75.0
Monday
30
  • EA Business Climate Indicator (Jan2012_F) -0.21
  • EA Economic Sentiment (Jan2012_F) 93.4
  • PHI GDP (Q42011) 3.7% y-o-y
Tuesday
31
  • GER Unemployment (Dec2011) 6.6%
  • JPN Housing Starts (Dec2011) -7.3% y-o-y
  • JPN IPI (Dec2011_P) -4.1% y-o-y
  • JPN Unemployment (Dec2011) 4.6% sa
  • KOR IPI (Dec2011) 2.8% y-o-y
  • KOR Leading Index (Dec2011) 131.1
  • MAL Monetary Policy (Jan2012) 3.00% (overnight policy rate)
  • MAL PPI (Dec2011) 6.2% y-o-y (domestic economy)
  • SIN Unemployment (Q42011) 2.0% sa
  • TAP Leading Index (Dec2011) 128.3
  • THA Business Sentiment Index (Dec2011) 48.5
  • US Chicago PMI (Jan2012) 54.9
  • US Consumer Confidence (Jan2012) 61.1
  • US S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind (Nov2011) -0.7% m-o-m sa
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Sources: Bloomberg, CEIC, CESifo, Centre for European Economic Research, European Central Bank, European Commission, Eurostat, IMF, Institute for Supply Management, Institute for Supply Management (ISM Chicago), Markit Economics, National Association of Realtors, National sources, Reuters, Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management, Standard & Poor's, The Conference Board, Thomson Reuters.

Legend:
AUS
Australia

PRC
China, People's Republic of

EA
Euro area

FRA
France

GER
Germany

HKG
Hong Kong, China

IND
India

INO
Indonesia

JPN
Japan

KAZ
Kazakhstan

KOR
Korea, Republic of

MAL
Malaysia

NZL
New Zealand

PAK
Pakistan

PHI
Philippines


SIN
Singapore

SRI
Sri Lanka

TAP
Taipei,China

THA
Thailand

US
United States

UKG
United Kingdom

VIE
Viet Nam