SCHEDULE



Sunday, 8 February 2009

all times GMT

(last release in parentheses)



2350 Japan December trade balance (-¥93.4 billion)

2350 Japan December current account total (¥581.2 billion)

2350 Japan December bank lending

2350 Japan January M2+CD money supply (1.8% y/y)

2350 Japan December machine orders (-16.2% m/m)

2350 Japan December machine orders (-27.7% y/y)



Monday, 9 February 2009

all times GMT

(last release in parentheses)



0001 UK January NIESR GDP estimate (-1.5%)

0030 Australia Reserve Bank of Australia Monetary Policy estimate

0030 Australia January ANZ job advertisements (-9.7% m/m)

0430 Japan January bankruptcies (24.1% y/y)

0500 Japan January economy watchers’ survey, outlook (17.6)

0500 Japan January economy watchers’ survey, current (15.9)

0600 Japan January machine tool orders (-71.8% y/y)

0700 Germany December trade balance (€9.7 billion)

0700 Germany December current account (€8.6 billion)

0930 Eurozone February Sentix investor confidence (-34.4)

1315 Canada January housing starts (177,300)

2350 Japan Q4 housing loans (4.2% y/y)



Tuesday, 10 February 2009

all times GMT

(last release in parentheses)



0001 UK January BRC retail sales monitor

0001 UK January RICS house price balance (-73.0%)

0030 Australia January NAB business confidence

0500 Japan January consumer confidence (26.7)

0745 France December industrial production (-2.4% m/m)

0745 France December manufacturing production (-3.1% m/m)

0745 France December manufacturing production (-11.0% y/y)

0815 CH January consumer price index (-0.5% m/m)

0815 CH January consumer price index (0.7% y/y)

0900 Italy December industrial production

0930 UK December visible trade balance

1500 US December wholesale inventories (-0.6%)

2330 Australia February Westpac consumer confidence



Wednesday, 11 February 2009

all times GMT

(last release in parentheses)



0030 Australia December home loans (1.3%)

0030 Australia December investment lending

0700 Germany January consumer price index (0.3% m/m)

0745 France December current account (-€ 4.4 billion)

0930 UK January claimant count rate

0930 UK January jobless claims change

0930 UK December ILO unemployment rate

0930 UK December average earnings

1030 UK Bank of England quarterly inflation report

1200 US MBA mortgage applications

1330 US December trade balance (-US$ 40.4 billion)

1330 Canada December international merchandise trade (C$ 1.3 billion)

1330 Canada December new housing price index (-0.3% m/m)

2145 NZ January food prices (-0.2% m/m)

2350 Japan January domestic corporate goods price index (-1.2% m/m)

2350 Japan January domestic corporate goods price index (1.1% y/y)



Thursday, 12 February 2009

all times GMT

(last release in parentheses)



0000 Australia February consumer inflation expectations

0030 Australia January employment change (-1,200)

0030 Australia January unemployment rate (4.5%)

0030 Australia Q4 NAB business confidence (-7)

0645 CH January SECO consumer climate (-27)

0900 Eurozone February European Central Bank monthly report

1000 Eurozone December industrial production (-1.6% m/m)

1000 Eurozone December industrial production (-7.7% y/y)

1330 US January retail sales (-2.7%)

1330 US January retail sales, ex-autos (-3.1%)

1330 US Weekly initial jobless claims

1330 US Continuing jobless claims

1500 US December business inventories (-0.7%)

2145 NZ December retail sales

2350 Japan Foreign purchases of Japanese equities and bonds

2350 Japan Japanese purchases of foreign equities and bonds



Friday, 13 February 2009

all times GMT

(last release in parentheses)



0700 Germany Q4 GDP

0745 France Q4 non-farm payrolls

0745 France Q4 wages

0750 France Q4 GDP (0.1% q/q)

0750 France Q4 GDP (0.6% y/y)

0815 CH January producer and import prices (-0.7% m/m)

0815 CH January producer and import prices (0.4% y/y)

0900 Italy Q4 GDP

1000 Eurozone Q4 GDP (0.6% y/y)

1500 US February University of Michigan consumer sentiment