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EUR German Gross Domestic Product s.a. (QoQ)

Wed, 16 May 2012 21:16:00 +0800

In 2012 Q1, French GDP held steady (0.0 %)

Quarterly national accounts - First results Q1 2012

In 2012 Q1, French gross domestic product (GDP) in volume* levelled off (0.0 %) after a small increase in Q4 (+0.1 %).

Households� consumption expenditure stuttered (+0.2 % after +0.1 %), while gross fixed capital formation (GFCF) decreased (�0.8 % after +1.3 %). Overall, total domestic demand (excluding inventory changes) drove GDP on for only 0.1 point of growth after 0.3 point in Q4.

Imports renewed with growth (+0.7 % after -1.4 % in Q4), while exports slowed down (+0.3 % after +1.1 %). Consequently,

EUR French Consumer Price Index MoM (APR)

Wed, 16 May 2012 21:06:00 +0800

In April 2012, the consumer price index increased by 0.1%; year-on-year,
it rose by 2.1%

Price index � April 2012

Monthly change: +0.1%; year�on�year: +2.1%

In April 2012, the consumer price index (CPI) increased by 0.1%, after a rise by 0.8% in March. The year-on-year change was +2.1% in April. The price index without tobacco increased by 0.1% in April 2012 (+2.0% year-on-year). Adjusted from seasonal variations, the monthly change is stable (+2.1% year-on-year).
The slight rise of CPI of April resulted from the growth of service prices, mainly seasonal, and from the small increase

AUD Reserve Bank Board May Minutes

Tue, 15 May 2012 21:02:00 +0800

Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting of the Reserve Bank Board

Members Present

Glenn Stevens (Chairman and Governor), Philip Lowe (Deputy Governor), Martin Parkinson PSM (Secretary to the Treasury), John Akehurst, Jillian Broadbent AO, Roger Corbett AO, John Edwards, Heather Ridout, Catherine Tanna

Others Present

Guy Debelle (Assistant Governor, Financial Markets), Christopher Kent (Assistant Governor, Economic), Jonathan Kearns (Head, Economic Analysis Department),

CAD Net Change in Employment

Sat, 12 May 2012 17:06:00 +0800

Employment increased by 58,000 in April, mostly in full-time work. This was the second consecutive month of notable gains after four months of little change. With more people searching for work, the unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percentage points to 7.3%.

Compared with 12 months earlier, employment was up 1.2% or 214,000. All of the growth over the 12 months was in full-time work, up 217,000 (+1.6%), while part-time employment was unchanged. The total number of hours worked rose 1.5% over the same period.

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Consumer prices in April 2012: +2.1% on April 2011 Inflation rate has remained above two-percent mark for 15 months

In April 2012, consumer prices in Germany were up 2.1% on April 2011. The inflation rate thus has been above the two-percent mark since February 2011. In March 2012, the inflation rate as measured by the consumer price index had also been 2.1%. Compared with March

JPY Japan Money Stock M2+CD (YoY)

Sat, 12 May 2012 16:30:00 +0800

Money Stock (Preliminary figures for April 2012)

GBP Bank of England Rate Decision

Sat, 12 May 2012 16:26:00 +0800

Bank of England maintains Bank Rate at 0.5% and the size of the Asset Purchase Programme at �325 billion

The Bank of England�s Monetary Policy Committee today voted to maintain the official Bank Rate paid on commercial bank reserves at 0.5%. The Committee also voted to maintain the stock of asset purchases financed by the issuance of central bank reserves at �325 billion.

The Committee�s latest inflation and output projections will appear in the Inflation Report to be published at 10.30am on Wednesday 16 May.

The minutes of the meeting will be published at 9.30am on Wednesday 23 May.

Notes to Editors:

AUD Employment Change

Sat, 12 May 2012 16:22:00 +0800

Australia's unemployment rate decreased 0.2 percentage points to 4.9 per cent in April 2012

Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased 0.2 percentage points to 4.9 per cent in April, as announced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today. There was also a decrease in the labour force participation rate of 0.1 percentage points in April to 65.2 per cent.

The ABS reported the number of people employed increased by 15,500 to 11,501,000 in April. The increase in employment was driven by increased part-time employment, up 26,000 people to 3,438,200, and was offset by

EUR German Trade Balance (euros)

Thu, 10 May 2012 21:29:00 +0800

German exports and imports hitting record levels in March 2012
Germany exported commodities to the value of Euro 98.9 billion and imported commodities to the value of Euro 81.5 billion in March 2012. As further reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the basis of provisional data, these were the highest monthly figures ever recorded for exports and imports (both previous all-time highs recorded in March 2011). Compared with March 2011, German exports increased by 0.7% and imports by 2.6% in March 2012. Upon calendar and seasonal adjustment, exports increased by 0.9% and imports by 1.2% compared with February 2012.

The foreign trade balance showed a surplus of about

USD Wholesale Inventories

Thu, 10 May 2012 21:22:00 +0800

MONTHLY WHOLESALE TRADE: SALES AND INVENTORIES
March 2012

Sales. The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that March 2012 sales of merchant wholesalers, except manufacturers� sales branches and offices, after adjustment for seasonal variations and trading-day differences but not for price changes, were $411.1 billion, up 0.5 percent (+/-0.7)* from the revised February level and were up 6.5 percent (+/-1.2%) from the March 2011 level. The February preliminary estimate was revised downward $0.4 billion or 0.1 percent. March sales of durable goods were down 0.6 percent (+/-1.1%)* from last month, but were up 7.8 percent (+/-1.2%) from a year ago.