Events for 12th Jan 2012

Economic Events

UK		Forecast	Previous
09:30	Industrial Production m/m		-0.70%
09:30	Manufacturing Production m/m		-0.70%
12:00	Asset Purchase Facility		275B
12:03	Official Bank Rate	0.50%	0.50%
15:00	NIESR GDP Estimate		0.30%
EU		Forecast	Previous
06:30	French CPI m/m		0.30%
07:00	German Final CPI m/m		0.70%
07:45	French Gov Budget Balance		-99.4B
09:00	Italian Industrial Production m/m		-0.90%
10:00	Industrial Production m/m		-0.10%
12:45	Minimum Bid Rate	1.00%	1.00%
13:30	ECB Press Conference
US		Forecast	Previous
13:30	Core Retail Sales m/m		0.20%
13:30	Retail Sales m/m		0.20%
13:30	Unemployment Claims
15:00	Business Inventories m/m		0.80%
15:30	Natural Gas Storage
19:00	Federal Budget Balance		-137.3B
JP		Forecast	Previous
05:00	Economy Watchers Sentiment		45
06:00	Prelim Machine Tool Orders y/y		15.80%
23:50	M2 Money Stock y/y		3.00%