| Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| Jan 1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
Australia: New Year Holiday
US + World:
|
Australia: RBA Commodity
US + World: US Dec ISM
|
Australia:
US + World: Dec 12th FOMC minutes |
Australia:
US + World: NZ Nov Trade
|
Australia:
US + World: US Dec Payrolls
|
8th |
9th |
10th |
11th |
12th |
Australia: Nov Build Approval ANZ Dec Job Add
US + World: Jap Holiday |
Australia: Nov Retail Trade
US + World:
|
Australia: Nov Trade Nov Job Vacancy
US + World: US Nov Trade BOE meet |
Australia: Dec Labour Force
US + World: US Dec Budget ECB meet & Press Conference BOE Decision
|
Australia:
US + World: US Dec Retail NZ Nov Building |
| 15th |
16th |
17th |
18th |
19th |
Australia: Nov House Finance
US + World: US Martin Luther King Jnr Holiday |
Australia:
US + World: Jap Dec PPI |
Australia: Nov Lend Finance
US + World: US Dec PPI US Fed Beige Bk US Dec Ind. Prodn. NZ Dec qtr CPI BOJ meet |
Australia: RBA Dec Bulletin
US + World: US Dec CPI US Dec House Start BOJ decision |
Australia: Dec qtr Trade Prices
US + World: NZ Nov Retail
|
| 22nd |
23rd |
24th |
25th |
26th |
Australia: Dec qtr PPI Dec Motor Regos
US + World:
|
Australia:
US + World:
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Australia: Dec qtr CPI
US + World:
|
Australia:
US + World: RBNZ meet |
Australia: Australia Day
US + World: Jap Dec CPI US Dec Durables |
| 29th |
30th |
31st |
Feb 1st |
2nd |
Australia:
US + World:
|
Australia:
US + World: US FOMC meet Jap Dec Ind. Prodn. Jap Dec Unem% NZ Dec Trade
|
Australia: RBA Dec Credit
US + World: US FOMC Decision US Dec qtr GDP US Dec qtr ECI |
Australia: RBA Commodity
US + World: US Jan ISM
|
Australia: Dec Trade
US + World: US Jan Payrolls
|
| Key to Calendar abbreviations - see also the Investor Glossary |
| AWOTE |
Average Weekly Ordinary Times Earnings - no overtime or bonuses
|
| Beige Book |
US Equivalent of RBA Bulletin
|
| BOE |
Bank of England - English Monetary policy |
| BOJ |
Bank of Japan - Japanese equivalent of RBA |
| BOP |
Balance of Payments - trade and capital flows |
| CPI |
Consumer Price Index - measures Inflation in the Economy |
| ECB |
European Central Bank - Monetary policy for Europe |
| ECI |
Employment Cost Index -US quarterly wages growth |
| FOMC |
US Monetary policy meeting - equivalent to RBA Board |
| G-7 |
Group of Seven leading Industrialised nations discuss Global policy |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product or national output of a country |
| IP |
Industrial Production - records manufacturing output |
| ISM |
US Institute of Supply Management - formerly NAPM |
| OPEC |
Peak organisation for key eleven Oil producing nations |
| PPI |
Producer Price Index - cost of business inputs |
| RBA Commodity |
Australian Export Commodity index constructed by RBA |
| RBNZ |
Reserve Bank of New Zealand - NZ equivalent of the RBA |
| US Fed |
US Federal Reserve - US equivalent of the RBA |
| Tankan |
Qtrly Japanese business survey conducted by Bank of Japan |
| WCI |
Wage Cost Index - new ABS quarterly survey of AUD wages |

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