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March 2020 Economic
Statistics
and Other Economic Influences |
TUESDAYS:
Weekly Chain Store Sales*
Average Hourly Earnings*
API Weekly Gas/Oil Stockpiles Report* ** (4:30p.m.)
WEDNESDAYS:
Mortgage Applications Data
EIA Weekly Report on Gas & Oil Stockpiles* (10a.m.)
THURSDAYS:
Weekly Unemployment Report*
Weekly Mutual Fund Flows*
Natural Gas Storage Levels* (a.m.)
*Except Holidays ** As of 1/09
All Dates Subject to Change: |
| Sunday,
Mar 08 |
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OVERNIGHT into
US Mon. a.m. et:
New Zealand REINZ Feb House Sales
Japan 4Q19 GDP/Biz Spending/Private
Consumption, Jan Trade Balance, Current Account, Feb Bankrutcies
China Feb New Yuan Loans/Aggregate
Financing, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Swiss Feb Unemployment Rate
German Jan Industrial Production, Trade
Balance, Current Account
Eurozone March Sentix Investor Confidence
Mexico Feb CPI
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| Monday, Mar 09 |
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Canada Jan Building Permits, Feb
Housing Starts
US Treasury Auctions $42B 3-, & $36B 6-month Bills (11:30am et)
Brookings Conversation on national security with Gen. David Patreus (2pm et)
OVERNIGHT into US Tues. a.m. et:
New Zealand 4Q19 Manufacturing Activity,
Feb ANZ Truckometer, Manpower 2Q20 Survey
Aussie 2Q20 Manpower Survey, NAB Feb
Business Confidence/Conditions
China Feb CPI + PPI, 2Q20
Manpower Survey
UK BRC Feb Like-for-Like Sales
Japan 4Q19 Machine Tool Orders, 2Q20
Manpower Survey
Eurozone 4Q19 GDP, Unemploymment,
Gross Fixed Capital, Labor Costs, Gov't & Household Expenditures
UK 4Q19 Mortgage Lenders &
Administrators Statistics
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| Tuesday, Mar 10 |
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US NFIB Feb Business Optimism
Index
US Treasury Auctions $38B 3- year Notes (11am et)
Brookings Institution
"How to lower health care costs: Competition, regulation & administrative
expenses" w/stellar cast of speakers
Primaries in Michigan, Missouri, & Washington (365 Democratic
delegates determined)
OVERNIGHT into US Wed. a.m. et
New Zealand Feb Card & Electronic Card
Spending
RBA's Debelle speaks (Sydney),
Aussie Jan Home & Investment Building Loans, Mar Westpac Consumer Confidence
UK Jan GDP, Trade Balance,
Construction Output, Industrial + Manufacturing Production, Index of Services
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| Wed.
Mar 11 |
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MBA Mortgage/Refinance
Applications (7am et)
Canada 4Q19 Capacity Utilization (7:30am et)
US Feb CPI/Core CPI (8:30am et)
US Feb Hourly Earnings
EIA weekly Petroleum/Gasoline/Distillates/Refineries Report (w/e 03/06;
10:30am et)
US Treasury Auctions $24B reopened 10-year Notes (11:30am)
US Treasury Feb Monthly Budget Statement (2pm et)
OVERNIGHT into US Thurs. a.m. et:
Japan 1Q20 All Industry BSI, Feb Domestic
Corporate Goods Price Index
Aussie Mar Consumer Inflation Expectations
UK RICS Feb House Price Balance
Japan Feb Tokyo Avg Office Vacancies
German Feb Wholesale Price Index
Eurozone Jan Industrial Production
ECB MPC post-Meeting Interest Rate/QE Statement
(13:45cet; Frankfurt, DE)
ECB Gov Lagarde post-Meeting Press
Conference (03/12 local time--14:30cet)
Publication of ECB staff macroeconomic
projections for Euro area
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| Thurs,
Mar 12 |
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US weekly Unemployment
Claims/Continuing Claims (w/e 03/6)
US Feb PPI-Final Demand (8:30am et)
EIA weekly Natural Gas Report (10:30am et; w/e 03/06)
US Treasury Auctions 4-, & 8-week Bills (11am; value not announced at post)
US 4Q19 Change in Household Wealth (noon et)
US Treasury Auctions $16B reopened 30-year Notes (1pm et)
FRB Boston "Earnings dynamics, Changing Job Skills and STEM Careers" (3:30pm et)
OVERNIGHT into US Fri. a.m. et:
New Zealand Feb Manufacturing PMI, Food Prices
Japan Jan Tertiary Industry Index
German Feb CPI
BoE--FCA Jt Operational Resilience
Consultation Paper Webinar
Mexico Jan Industrial Production
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| Friday, Mar 13 |
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US Feb Import/Export Prices
(8:30am et)
Canada Feb Existing Hone Sales (9am et)
U.M. (P) March Consumer Sentiment/Expectations (10am et)
Baker-Hughes weekly Oil/Natural Gas Rig Count (1pm 03/06)
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| Saturday, Mar 14 |
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| Sunday,
Mar 15 |
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Democratic Presidential
Candidates Debate in D.C. without audience (CNN Broadcast)
OVERNIGHT into US Mon. a.m. et:
New Zealand Feb Performance of Services, Net
Jan Migration
Japan 4Q19 GDP/Private Consumption/CPI,
Jan. Machine Orders, Feb Bank Lending
BoJ Feb Sector Current Account Balance
UK Rightmove Mar House Prices
China Feb Home Prices
RBA's Heath speaks (Melbourne)
China Feb Jobless Rate, Industrial
Production, Property Investment, Retail Sales
China NBS (Nat'l Bureau of Statistics) Press
Conference
India Feb Food, Fuel, Manufacturing Inflation
Swiss Feb Producer & Import Prices
Italian Feb CPI, HICP
Eurozone Feb Reserve Assets
Brazil Net Payroll
ECB's Lagarde & Panetta attend Eurogroup
Meetings (Brussels Belgium)
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| Monday, Mar 16 |
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NY FRB Empire State Mar
Manufacturing Survey
US Treasury Auctions $42B 3-, & $36B 6-month Bills (11am et)
US Jan TICs
Russian Holiday
OVERNIGHT into US Tues. a.m. et:
RBA Mar Policy Meeting Minutes, 4Q19
House Price Index
New Zealand Feb non-Resident Bond Holdings
Singapore Feb non-Oil Exports
Japan Mar Reuters/Tankan Index
Japan Jan (F) Industrial Production/Capacity
Utilization, Tokyo Feb Condo Sales, Nationwide Dept Store Sales
Swiss March SECO Economic Forecasts, Feb
Unemployment Rate
UK Jan ILO Unemployment Rate/Change/Avg
Wkly Earnings, Feb Claimant Count
Eurozone ZEW Mar Economic
Sentiment Survey/Expectations/Current Expectations
Euro Mar Sentix Investor Survey
China Feb CPI + PPI
German ZEW Mar Current
Assessment/Expectations, Jan Trade Balance
Eurozone Jan Construction Output, Labor Costs
ECB's de Guindos @Ecofin Meeting
(Brussels)
ECB's McCaul fireside chat via
videoconference @Morgan Stanley European Financials (video) Conference
(London 13:00 cet)
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| Tuesday Mar 17 |
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Primaries in Arizona,
Florida, Illinois, & Ohio
Redbook weekly store sales snapshot
US Feb (adv) Retail Sales
Canada Jan Int'l Securities Transactions, Manufacturing Sales
Russia Feb Industrial Production
US Feb Industrial + Manufacturing Production/Capacity Utilization (8:15am
et)
US Jan Business Inventories (9am et)
NAHB Mar Housing Market Index (10am et)
US Jan JOLTS (Job Turnover & Openings)
Fed Reserve Bd of Governors cancelled closed
meeting scheduled for 1pm
FOMC 2-day meeting CANCELLED
OVERNIGHT into US Wed. a.m. et:
New Zealand 4Q10 Current Account
RBA's Ellis speaks (Sydney)
BoJ Meets for 2-days (thru 19th
Local time)
Japan Feb Trade Balance
EU 25 Feb New Car Registrations, CPI,
HICP, Trade Balance
Eurozone CPI/HICP
UK Feb New Car Registrations
South Africa Feb CPI/Core CPI
Italian Jan Industrial
Orders/Sales, Trade Balance
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| Wed.
Mar 18 |
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MBA weekly
Mortgage/Refinance Applications
US Feb Housing Starts/Building Permits
Canada Feb CPI/Core CPI, Teranet/National Bank Feb Home Price Index
Russia Feb PPI
EIA weekly Petroleum/Gasoline/Distillate/Refinery Report (10:30am et)
FOMC Statement, expected today, was issued Sunday,
03/15, instead
FOMC Chief Powell Press Conference scheduled for today held
Sunday, 03/15
Brazil Interest Rate Decision
OVERNIGHT into US Thurs. a.m. et:
New Zealand 4Q19 GDP
Japan Feb National CPI/Tokyo CPI
Aussie Feb Unemployment
Report/Change/Full--Part-Time/Participation
RBA Feb Fx Transactions
BoJ Interest Rate & QE
Statement, Kuroda Press Conference (03/19 local time)
China Feb Swift Global Payments, net Fx
Settlement
Japan Jan All Industry Activity Index,
Feb Convenience Store + Supermarket Sales
SNB (Swiss Central Bk) Publishes 2019
Annual Report, Sustainability Report
SNB Mar Policy Rate/Sight Deposit
Rate
Swiss Feb Trade Balance
(Import/Export/Watch Trade)
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| Thurs.
Mar 19 |
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US weekly Jobless
Claims/Continuing Claims
Philadelphia Fed Mar Business Outlook
US 4Q19 Current Account
ADP Canada Non-Farm Employment/Change, Feb New Housing Price Index
EIA weekly Natural Gas Report
US Treasury Auctions 4-, & 8-week Bills (10:30am et; value will be announced 3/17)
South Africa Mar Interest Rate Decision
US Treasury Auctions $12B reopened 10-year TIPS (1pm et)
OVERNIGHT into US Fri. a.m. et
So. Korea Feb PPI
China Mar 1-yr & 5-year Prime Rate
New Zealand Feb Credit Card/Electronic Card
Spending
German Feb PPI
Eurozone Jan Current Account
BoE Feb Public Sector Net Borrwing, Central
Gov't NCR, TNS Inflation Outlook
Russia Mar Intrerest Rate Decision, Feb Retail
Sales, Jan Wage Growth
BoE Quarterly Bulletin/TNS Feb
Inflation Survey
Canada Jan Retail Sales
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| Friday,
Mar 20 |
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US Feb Existing Home Sales
Baker-Hughes Oil/Nat Gas US/No. Am. Rig Count (1pm et)
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| Saturday, Mar 21 |
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South Africa Human Rights Day |
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WEEKS AHEAD:
03/24 Primary in Georgia postponed
03/25--26 Midwest Anti-Money Laundering
Conference (K.C.
FRB)
03/26 BoE MPC
Meets
04/02 Boston FRB N.E. Study Grp Workshop, "Does Eviction Cause
Poverty..?"
04/15 Chicago FRB CANCELLED 13th Risk
Conference "A World in Motion..."
04/16--17 Philly FRB Macro Conference
*FOMC 2020 Voting Members: Chairperson
Jerome Powell, as of 02/05/18, and ALL members of the FOMC Board of
Governors are permanent voters: That includes Randall Quarles, & Lael
Brainard, Richard Clarida, Gov Bowman, (Senate confirmed
09/12/19), plus New York Fed Pres, currently John Williams
(Formerly of the San Francisco Fed) who replaced William Dudley, who retired from the bank
on June 15, 2018.:New, revolving Regional Fed Bank leaders who are voters for
2020: MN Fed's Kashkari, Dallas Fed's Kaplan, Philly Fed's Harker, Cleveland Fed's Mester.
Other Fed Presidents include: Atlanta Fed's Raphael Bostic, new in August 2017
(replaced Dennis Lockhart), former McKinsey exec Thomas Barkin, who
assumed the title of Pres of Richmond Fed on 01/01/18. San
Francisco Fed named Mary Daly Pres/CEO as of 10/1/2018, who was
a voter until Feb. 2020, completing her predecessor's term (NY Fed CEO Wiliams). 2019
Hawks dissenting against 2019 rate cuts were K.C. Fed's George, Boston's
Rosengren, and St. Louis' Bullard but he wanted a bigger cut,
earlier, who was backed by Chicago's Evans.
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* HICP used in Europe, means Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices |
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