Economic calendar

August 2012

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Monday 
Tuesday 
Wednesday
1
  • EA PMI Manufacturing (Jul2012_F) 44.0
  • GER PMI Manufacturing (Jul2012_F) 43.0
  • IND Exports (Jun2012) -5.5% y-o-y
  • IND Imports (Jun2012) -13.5% y-o-y
  • IND PMI Manufacturing (Jul2012) 52.9
  • IND Trade Balance (Jun2012) -10303.4Mn USD
  • INO CPI (Jul2012) 4.6% y-o-y
  • INO Exports (Jun2012) -16.4% y-o-y
  • INO Imports (Jun2012) 10.7% y-o-y
  • INO PMI Manufacturing (Jul2012) 51.4
  • INO Trade Balance (Jun2012) -1321.9Mn USD
  • KOR CPI (Jul2012) 1.5% y-o-y
  • KOR Exports (Jul2012) -8.8% y-o-y
  • KOR Imports (Jul2012) -5.5% y-o-y
  • KOR PMI Manufacturing (Jul2012) 47.2
  • KOR Trade Balance (Jul2012) 2746Mn USD
  • PRC PMI Manufacturing (Jul2012) 49.3
  • SIN PMI (Jul2012) 49.8
  • TAP PMI Manufacturing (Jul2012) 47.5
  • THA CPI (Jul2012) 2.7% y-o-y
  • THA PPI (Jul2012) 0.7% y-o-y
  • US Construction Spending (Jun2012) 0.4% m-o-m saar
  • US ISM Mfg Index (Jul2012) 49.8
  • VIE PMI Manufacturing (Jul2012) 43.6
Thursday
2
  • EA Monetary Policy (Aug2012) 0.75% (main refinancing operations)
  • EA PPI (Jun2012) 1.8% y-o-y
  • HKG Retail Sales (Jun2012_P) 8.5% y-o-y
  • UKG Monetary Policy (Aug2012) 0.5% (bank rate)
  • US Factory Orders (Jun2012) -0.5% m-o-m sa
  • US Jobless Claims (Jul W42012) 310.5Th
Friday
3
  • EA PMI Composite (Jul2012_F) 46.5
  • EA Retail Sales (Jun2012) -1.2% y-o-y
  • HKG PMI (Jul2012) 50.3
  • THA Consumer Confidence (Jul2012) 78.1
  • US ISM Non-Mfg Index (Jul2012) 52.6
  • US Unemployment (Jul2012) 8.3%
Monday
6
  • EA Business Climate Indicator (Aug2012)
  • INO GDP (Q22012) 6.4% y-o-y
  • JPN Leading Index (Jun2012_P) 92.6
  • TAP WPI (Jul2012) -1.7% y-o-y
Tuesday
7
  • GER WPI (Jul2012) 1
  • TAP Exports (Jul2012_P) -11.6% y-o-y
Wednesday
8
  • GER IPI (Jun2012) 3.0% y-o-y
  • GER Trade Balance (Jun2012) 17900Mn EUR
  • MAL Exports (Jun2012) 5.4% y-o-y
  • MAL Imports (Jun2012) 3.6% y-o-y
  • MAL Trade Balance (Jun2012) 9198.3Mn MYR
  • PHI CPI (Jul2012) 3.2% y-o-y
  • PHI PPI (Jun2012) -2.0% y-o-y
Thursday
9
  • IND IPI (Jun2012) -1.8% y-o-y
  • INO Monetary Policy (Aug2012) 5.75% (BI rate)
  • JPN Consumer Confidence (Jul2012) 40.5
  • JPN Machine Orders (Jun2012) 7.4% m-o-m sa
  • JPN Monetary Policy (Aug2012) 0.1% (uncollateralized overnight call rate)
  • KOR Monetary Policy (Jun2012) 3.00% (base rate)
  • MAL IPI (Jun2012) 3.7% y-o-y
  • PRC CPI (Jul2012) 1.8% y-o-y
  • PRC Fixed Asset Investment (Jul2012) 2
  • PRC IPI (Jul2012) 9.2% y-o-y
  • PRC PPI (Jul2012) -2.9% y-o-y
  • PRC Retail Sales (Jul2012)
  • US Jobless Claims (Jul W52012) 317.6Th
  • US Trade Balance (Jun2012) -59541Mn USD
Friday
10
  • GER CPI (Jul2012) 1.7% y-o-y
  • HKG GDP (Q22012) 1.1% y-o-y
  • JPN IPI (Jun2012_R) -1.5% y-o-y
  • JPN PPI (Jul2012_P) -2.1% y-o-y (corporate goods price)
  • JPN Total Capacity Utilization (Jun2012_R) 106.9
  • KOR PPI (Jul2012) -0.1% y-o-y
  • PHI Exports (Jun2012_P) 4.2% y-o-y
  • PRC Exports (Jul2012) 1.0% y-o-y
  • PRC Imports (Jul2012) 5.7% y-o-y
  • PRC Trade Balance (Jul2012) 25146.7Mn USD
  • SIN GDP (Q22012) 2.0% y-o-y
Monday
13
  • JPN GDP (Q22012_P) 3.5% y-o-y
Tuesday
14
  • EA GDP (Q22012_A) -0.4% y-o-y sa
  • EA IPI (Jun2012) -2.1% y-o-y
  • EA ZEW Survey (Economic Expectations) (Aug2012) -21.2Pts
  • GER GDP (Q22012_P) 0.5% y-o-y
  • GER ZEW Survey (Economic Sentiment) (Aug2012) -25.5Pts
  • IND WPI (Jul2012) 6.9% y-o-y
  • US PPI (Jul2012) 0.5% y-o-y
  • US Retail Sales (Jul2012_A) 0.8% m-o-m sa
Wednesday
15
  • INO IPI (Jun2012) 1.6% y-o-y
  • MAL CPI (Jul2012) 1.4% y-o-y
  • MAL GDP (Q22012) 5.4% y-o-y
  • PHI IPI (Jun2012) 4.4% y-o-y (volume)
  • PHI Remittances (Jun2012) 4.2% y-o-y (cash remittances)
  • PHI Retail Sales (Jun2012) 5.0% y-o-y (volume)
  • SIN Retail Sales (Jun2012) -1.6% y-o-y (constant prices)
  • US CPI (Jul2012) 1.4% y-o-y
  • US Housing Market Index (Aug2012) 37
  • US IPI (Jul2012) 4.4% y-o-y
  • US Total Capacity Utilization (Jul2012) 79.3
Thursday
16
  • EA CPI (Jul2012_P) 2.4% y-o-y
  • HKG Unemployment (Jul2012) 3.2% sa
  • KOR Unemployment (Jul2012) 3.1%
  • US Housing Starts (Jul2012) -1.1% m-o-m saar
  • US Jobless Claims (Aug W12012) 315.8Th
Friday
17
  • EA Trade Balance (Jun2012) 14900Mn EUR
  • GER PPI (Jul2012) 0.9% y-o-y
  • SIN Electronic Exports (Jul2012) 2.0% y-o-y
  • SIN Non-oil Domestic Exports (Jul2012) 5.8% y-o-y
  • TAP GDP (Q22012_P) -0.2% y-o-y
  • US Leading Indicator (Jul2012) 95.8
Monday
20
  • JPN Leading Index (Jun2012_R) 93.2
  • THA GDP (Q22012) 4.2% y-o-y
  • THA Trade Balance (Jul2012) 3
Tuesday
21
  • EA PMI Manufacturing (Aug2012_A) 4
  • HKG CPI (Jul2012) 1.6% y-o-y
  • IND CPI (Jul2012) 9.9% y-o-y
Wednesday
22
  • JPN Exports (Jul2012_P) -8.1% y-o-y
  • JPN Imports (Jul2012) 2.1% y-o-y
  • JPN Trade Balance (Jul2012) -517382Mn JPY
  • MAL Unemployment (Jun2012) 3.0%
  • TAP Unemployment (Jul2012) 4.3%
  • US Existing Home Sales (Jul2012) 2.3% m-o-m saar
Thursday
23
  • EA PMI Composite (Aug2012_A) 5
  • EA PMI Services (Aug2012_A) 5
  • PRC PMI Manufacturing (Aug2012_A) 6
  • SIN CPI (Jul2012) 4.0% y-o-y
  • US Housing Prices (Jun2012) 0.7% m-o-m sa
  • US Jobless Claims (Aug W22012) 310.1Th
  • US New Home Sales (Jul2012) 3.6% m-o-m saar
Friday
24
  • SIN IPI (Jul2012) 1.9% y-o-y
  • US Durable Goods Orders (Jul2012) 4.2% m-o-m sa
  • VIE CPI (Aug2012) 5.0% y-o-y
Monday
27
  • GER IFO Business Climate (Aug2012) 102.3
  • KOR Consumer Sentiment (Aug2012) 99
  • PRC Leading Index (Jul2012) 7
Tuesday
28
  • HKG Exports (Jul2012) -3.5% y-o-y
  • HKG Imports (Jul2012) -1.4% y-o-y
  • HKG Trade Balance (Jul2012) -40130Mn HKD
  • PHI Imports (Jun2012_P) 13.3% y-o-y
  • PHI Trade Balance (Jun2012) -787.0Mn USD
  • THA IPI (Jul2012) -5.8% y-o-y (value added production index)
  • US Consumer Confidence (Aug2012) 8
  • US S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind (Jun2012) 2.3% m-o-m
  • VIE Exports (Aug2012) 6.0% y-o-y
  • VIE Imports (Aug2012) 3.2% y-o-y
  • VIE Trade Balance (Aug2012) -150.0Mn USD
Wednesday
29
  • GER CPI (Aug2012_P) 9
  • SIN PPI (Jul2012) 9
  • THA Exports (Jul2012) -4.5% y-o-y
  • THA Imports (Jul2012) 13.7% y-o-y
  • THA Trade Balance (Jul2012) -1746.3
  • US GDP (Q22012) 9
  • US Pending Home Sales (Jul2012) 2.4% m-o-m saar
  • VIE IPI (Aug2012) 4.4% y-o-y
Thursday
30
  • EA Business Climate Indicator (Aug2012)
  • EA Consumer Confidence (Aug2012_F)
  • EA Economic Confidence (Aug2012)
  • GER Retail Sales (Jul2012)
  • GER Unemployment (Jul2012)
  • JPN Retail Sales (Jul2012) 10
  • MAL PPI (Jul2012) 10
  • PHI GDP (Q22012) 5.9% y-o-y
  • US Jobless Claims (Aug W32012) 309.9Th
Friday
31
  • EA Unemployment (Jul2012) 11.3% sa
  • IND GDP (Q22012) 5.5% y-o-y
  • JPN CPI (Jul2012) -0.4% y-o-y
  • JPN Housing Starts (Jul2012) % y-o-y
  • JPN IPI (Jul2012_P) -1.0% y-o-y
  • JPN Unemployment (Jul2012) 4.3% sa
  • KOR IPI (Jul2012_P) 0.3% y-o-y
  • KOR Leading Index (Jul2012) 143.6
  • THA Business Sentiment Index (Jul2012) 11
  • THA Unemployment (Q22012) 11
  • US Chicago PMI (Aug2012) 53.4


Sources: Bloomberg, CEIC, Centre for European Economic Research, European Central Bank, Eurostat, IMF, Institute for Supply Management, Institute for Supply Management (ISM Chicago), Markit Economics, National Association of Home Builders, National Association of Realtors, National sources, Singapore Institute of Purchasing and Materials Management, Standard & Poor's, The Conference Board.

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