Key Economic Data

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KEY ECONOMIC REPORTS LIST FOR USA
with TYPE 1 being strongest

TYPE 1
- Non-Farm (This one is erratic but predictable)
- Trade figures
- TIC Treasury International Capital
- Conference Board Consumer Confidence
- Current account
-Advance GDP

TYPE 2
- Personal Income and Outlays
- FOMC announcement
- Michigan final consumer sentiment
- NAPM Chicago
- Retail sales
- CPI
- Durable goods
- Philly fed survey
- Michigan Preliminary Consumer Sentiment
- FOMC Minutes

TYPE 3
- Industrial production
- ISM manufacturing
- ISM non-manufacturing
- Leading Indicators
- PPI Producer price index
- Weekly Initial claims

KEY ECONOMIC REPORTS FOR THE UK


TYPE 1
- CIPS Manufacturing PMI
- Industrial Production
- Housing figures
- Trade balance
- CPI
- BOE Quarterly Inflation report
- Retail sales
- Current account
- GDP

TYPE 2
- Nationwide house price index
- CIPS Services PMI
- Halifax House price Index
- MPC interest rate decision
- PPI
- RICS housing price index
- MPC minutes
- GFK Consumer confidence


TYPE 3 - not advised
- Industrial production
- ISM manufacturing
- ISM non-manufacturing
- Leading Indicators
- PPI Producer price index
- Weekly Initial claims

KEY ECONOMIC REPORTS FOR CANADA

TYPE 1
- Monthly GDP
- Labour force survey
- Trade figures
- Retail sales
- BOC interest rate decisions

TYPE 2
- CPI
- Monthly survey of manufacturing
- Industrial capacity utilization rate
- Monetary policy report and update

TYPE 3- - not advised
- Balance of Payments
- Business conditions survey manufacturing

(from tom YeoMans)