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US CONSUMER CONFIDENCE
| Date (GMT) | Event | Cons. | Previous | |
| Mar 25 | 14:00 | Consumer Confidence | - | 75 |
Weekly Forex Market Commentary - The Conference Board Consumer Confidence report for March is due on Tuesday by Global Forex Trading
The Conference Board's Leading Economic Indicators index fell 0.3 percent in February, fifth consecutive decline, following a 0.4 percent drop in January (originally reported as −0.1 percent). The last time the leading index fell for five consecutive months was in 2001.
[ Full Story ]Top Market Movers Review
US EXISTING HOME SALES
| Date (GMT) | Event | Actual | Cons. | Previous | |
| Mar 24 | 14:00 | Existing Home Sales | 5.03M | - | 4.89M |
| Mar 24 | 14:00 | Existing Home Sales (MoM) | 2.9% | - | -0.4% |
US Feb Existing Home Sales Up 2.9% To 5.03 Mln Rate (Dow Jones)
Existing−home sales climbed for the first time in seven months during February as buyers took advantage of sharply falling prices. Home resales rose to a 5.03 million annual rate, a 2.9% increase from January's unrevised 4.89 million annual pace, the National Association of Realtors said Monday. The last time sales increased was July.
[ Full Story ]- Read the Existing Home Sales report at NAR website
Friday Notes - The Sisyphean challenge of the Fed by HVB Group
UK RIGHTMOVE HOUSE PRICE INDEX
| Date (GMT) | Event | Actual | Cons. | Previous | |
| Mar 24 | 00:01 | Rightmove House Price Index (MoM) | 0.8% | - | 3.2% |
DATA SNAP: UK House Asking Prices Rise In Mar − Rightmove (Dow Jones)
The average asking price for a home in the U.K. rose for the second consecutive month in March, but sellers are ignoring the reality of increased competition in the market and the growing difficulties buyers face when trying to secure a mortgage, Rightmove said Monday.
[ Full Story ]- Read the House Price Index report at Rightmove website
- UK March house prices rise 0.8 pct from February − Rightmove (Thomson Financial News)
Japan BSI LARGE MANUFACTURING
| Date (GMT) | Event | Actual | Cons. | Previous | |
| Mar 23 | 23:50 | BSI Large Manufacturing (QoQ) | -12.9 | - | 5.2 |
Japan MOF: Big Co Jan−Mar Index −9.3 Vs Oct−Dec +0.5 (Dow Jones)
Large Japanese firms were more pessimistic about the outlook for the economy in the January−March quarter than they were during the previous period, according to a survey released Monday by the Ministry of Finance. The ministry's large company business sentiment index, which measures the percentage of companies saying that the economy will improve minus those saying it will get worse, was at minus 9.3 in the first quarter, lower than plus 0.5 in the October−December period of last year.
[ Full Story ]- Read the Business Survey Index report at Japan Ministry of Finance
- Japan MOF Jan−Mar Survey of Business Sentiment Table Of Data (Dow Jones)
- Sentiment among large Japanese companies deteriorates in Q1 (Thomson Financial News)
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Economic Events
| Date (GMT) | Country | Event | Actual | Cons. | Previous | |
| Mar 24 | 14:00 | US | Existing Home Sales (Feb) | 5.03M | 4.89M | |
| 14:00 | US | Existing Home Sales (MoM) (Feb) | 2.9% | -0.4% | ||
| Mar 25 | 12:30 | CA | Retail Sales (MoM) (Jan) | 0.6% | ||
| 12:30 | CA | Retail Sales ex Autos (MoM) (Feb) | -0.4% | |||
| 14:00 | US | Consumer Confidence (Mar) | 75 | |||
| 14:00 | US | Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index (Mar) | -5 | |||
| 21:00 | US | ABC Consumer Confidence (Mar 23) | -31 | |||