Calendar Highlights: 11 – 15 August 2008

Calendar Highlights: 11 – 15 August 2008

MON 11 AUG:
0330 AUD Reserve Bank Quarterly Monetary Policy Report
0800 JPY Machine Tool Orders
0845 EUR French Industrial Production
1000 EUR Italian Consumer Price Index
1030 GBP Producer Price Index
1030 GBP Visible Trade Balance
1415 CAD Housing Starts

TUE 12 AUG:
0100 GBP RICS House Price Balance
0100 GBP BRC Retail Sales Monitor
0330 AUD NAB Business Confidence
0630 JPY Industrial Production
0700 JPY Consumer Confidence Households
0845 EUR French Consumer Price Index
1030 GBP Consumer Price Index
1430 USD Trade Balance
2000 USD Monthly Budget Statement

WED 13 AUG:
0045 NZD Producer Prices
0150 JPY Gross Domestic Product
0230 AUD Westpac Consumer Confidence
0330 AUD Wage Costs Index
1030 GBP Jobless Claims Change
1030 GBP ILO Unemployment Rate
1100 EUR Euro-zone Industrial Production
1130 GBP Bank of England Quarterly Inflation Report
1430 USD Advanced Retail Sales
1430 USD Retail Sales less Autos

THU 14 AUG:
0150 JPY Tertiary Industry Index
0200 NZD Business Purchasing Manager Index
0300 AUD Consumer Inflation Expectation
0330 AUD Average Weekly Wages
0800 EUR German Consumer Prices
0800 EUR German Gross Domestic Product
0845 EUR French Gross Domestic Product
1100 EUR Euro-zone Gross Domestic Product
1100 EUR Euro-zone Consumer Price Index
1430 USD Consumer Price Index
2030 USD Fed's Stern Speaks on Financial Shock

FRI 15 AUG:
0045 NZD Retail Sales
1430 CAD Manufacturing Shipments
1430 USD Empire Manufacturing
1515 USD Industrial Production
1530 USD Net long-term TIC Flows
1600 USD University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment

(All times in CET, source: dailyfx.com/calendar)