Calendar of main economic events of Thursday, 23.04.09

Time (GMT +3)
Currency
Name of indicator
Forecast / Previous value
na - not available

05:30
AUD
New Motor Vehicle Sales m / m
Sales of new cars
na / -3.5%
08:00
JPY
BOJ Gov Shirakawa Speaks
Heads of the Bank of Japan Statement Shirakava
10:15
CHF
Trade Balance
Trade balance
0.62B / 0.72B
11:00
EUR
French Flash Manufacturing PMI
The index of business activity in the manufacturing sector
37.0 / 36.5
11:00
EUR
French Flash Services PMI
The index of business activity in the services sector
43.8 / 43.6
11:30
EUR
German Flash Manufacturing PMI
The index of business activity in the manufacturing sector
33.2 / 32.4
11:30
EUR
German Flash Services PMI
The index of business activity in the services sector
42.6 / 42.3
12:00
EUR
Current Account
Balance of payments
-10.6B /-12.7B
12:00
EUR
Flash Manufacturing PMI
The index of business activity in the manufacturing sector
34.7 / 33.9
12:00
EUR
Flash Services PMI
The index of business activity in the services sector
41.2 / 40.9
13:00
CHF
Gov Board Member Hildebrand Speaks
Members of the Bank of Switzerland Hildebrand
13:00
CHF
ZEW Economic Expectations
The index of economic expectations ZEW
na / -57.1
13:00
EUR
Industrial New Orders m / m
Industrial orders
-2.4% / -3.4%
14:00
GBP
CBI Industrial Order Expectations
The index of expected industrial orders
-54 / -58
16:30
CAD
Core Retail Sales m / m
The core index of retail sales
0.2% / 1.3%
16:30
CAD
Retail Sales m / m
Retail sales
-0.2% / 1.9%
16:30
USD
Unemployment Claims
Number of applications for unemployment benefits
635K / 610K
18:00
USD
Existing Home Sales
Sales in the secondary housing market
4.68M / 4.72M
18:30
CAD
BOC Monetary Policy Report
Quarterly Report on Bank of Canada monetary policy
18:30
USD
Natural Gas Storage
Natural gas reserves
40B / 21B
19:15
CAD
BOC Gov Carney Speaks
Speech by the Bank of Canada Heads of Karni