ECONOMIC CALENDAR FOR THE LAST TWO TRADING DAYS OF FEBRUARY

For the last two trading days for February, 2009  the flurry of economic data will be crucial in telling us whether the candlestick charts will show us -

1. if new positioning will occur in anticipation of a further dollar rise in the near term;
2. or, if a possible month end book squaring will take place should jitter bugs hit traders once more if the data proves to be worse than expected as will be published.

Thursday Feb 26                                  Friday Feb 27

US:Durable Goods Orders                   EMU:HICP

1:30 PM                                              10:00 AM

US:Jobless Claims                                EMU:Unemployment Rate

1:30 PM                                              10:00 AM

US:New Home Sales                           US:GDP                       

3:00 PM                                              1:30 PM

US:EIA Natural Gas Report                US:NAPM-Chicago

3:30 PM                                             2:45 PM

US:Money Supply                               US:Consumer Sentiment

9:30 PM                                             2:55 PM

JP:CPI                                                 US:Farm Prices

11:30 PM                                            8:00 PM

JP:CPI Core

11:30 PM

JP:Household Spending

11:30 PM

JP:Unemployment Rate

11:30 PM

JP:Industrial Production

11:50 PM

JP:Retail Sales

11:50 PM