Calendar of main economic events of Friday, 29.05.09

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

03:01
GBP
GfK Consumer Confidence
The index of consumer confidence
-25 / -27
03:15
JPY
Manufacturing PMI
The index of business activity in the industrial sector
na / 41.4
03:30
JPY
Household Spending y / y
Household Expenditure
-0.7% / -0.4%
03:30
JPY
Tokyo Core CPI y / y
The core consumer price index in Tokyo
-0.6% / 0.0%
03:30
JPY
National Core CPI y / y
Consumer price index
-0.1% / -0.1%
03:30
JPY
Unemployment Rate
Unemployment rate
5.0% / 4.8%
03:50
JPY
Prelim Industrial Production m / m
Industrial production
3.3% / 1.6%
05:30
AUD
Private Sector Credit m / m
The volume of private lending
0.2% / 0.1%
09:00
JPY
Housing Starts y / y
Start of construction
-21.8% / -20.7%
10:00
EUR
German Retail Sales m / m
Retail sales
0.5% / -0.4%
12:00
EUR
M3 Money Supply y / y
Monetary aggregate M3
4.6% / 5.1%
12:00
EUR
Private Loans y / y
Private lending
2.9% / 3.2%
13:00
EUR
CPI Flash Estimate y / y
Consumer price index
0.2% / 0.6%
13:00
EUR
Italian Prelim CPI m / m
Consumer price index
0.3% / 0.2%
13:15
EUR
ECB President Trichet Speaks
Speech by Chairman of the ECB JC Trichet
13:30
CHF
KOF Economic Barometer
From the KOF Economic Barometer
-1.82 / -1.86
16:30
CAD
Current Account
Balance of payments
-10.5B /-7.5B
16:30
USD
Prelim GDP q / q
GDP growth
-5.5% / -6.1%
16:30
USD
Prelim GDP Price Index q / q
GDP deflator
2.9% / 2.9%
17:45
USD
Chicago PMI
The index of business activity in the manufacturing sector
42.3 / 40.1
17:55
USD
Revised UoM Consumer Sentiment
The index of consumer sentiment
68.0 / 67.9
17:55
USD
Revised UoM Inflation Expectations
The index of inflation expectations
na / 2.6%