Calendar of main economic events of Thursday, 21.05.09

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

03:50
JPY
Tertiary Industry Activity m / m
The index of business activity in the services sector
-1.5% / -0.8%
05:00
AUD
MI Inflation Expectations
Inflationary expectations
na / 2.4%
05:30
AUD
New Motor Vehicle Sales m / m
Sales of new cars
na / -3.2%
05:30
AUD
RBA Monthly Bulletin
Monthly Bulletin of the Reserve Bank of Australia
11:00
EUR
French Flash Manufacturing PMI
The index of business activity in the manufacturing sector
40.9 / 40.1
11:00
EUR
French Flash Services PMI
The index of business activity in the services sector
46.7 / 46.5
11:30
EUR
German Flash Manufacturing PMI
The index of business activity in the manufacturing sector
37.0 / 35.4
11:30
EUR
German Flash Services PMI
The index of business activity in the services sector
44.3 / 43.8
12:00
EUR
Flash Manufacturing PMI
The index of business activity in the manufacturing sector
38.4 / 36.8
12:00
EUR
Flash Services PMI
The index of business activity in the services sector
44.6 / 43.8
12:30
GBP
Retail Sales m / m
Retail sales
0.5% / 0.3%
12:30
GBP
Prelim Business Investment q / q
Preliminary data on capital investments
-4.0% / -1.5%
12:30
GBP
Public Sector Net Borrowing
Net borrowings of the state. sector
7.4B / 19.1B
12:30
GBP
Prelim M4 Money Supply m / m
Preliminary data on the monetary aggregate M4
0.5% / 0.2%
16:30
CAD
Foreign Securities Purchases
Purchase of securities by foreign investors
4.12B / 6.11B
16:30
CAD
Wholesale Sales m / m
Wholesale sales
-0.8% / -0.6%
16:30
USD
Unemployment Claims
Number of applications for unemployment benefits
630K / 637K
18:00
USD
Philly Fed Manufacturing Index
The index of business activity FRB Philadelphia
-19.2 / -24.4
18:00
USD
Treasury Sec Geithner Speaks
18:00
USD
CB Leading Index m / m
The index of leading indicators
0.7% / -0.3%
18:30
CAD
BOC Review
Report of the Bank of Canada
18:30
USD
Natural Gas Storage
Natural gas reserves
95B / 95B