Singapore Market: Economic Releases

US
Date Time Event Survey Prior Revised
Monday
1/28/2008 23:00 New Home Sales DEC 645K 647K - -
1/28/2008 23:00 New Home Sales MoM DEC -0.30% -9.00% - -
Tuesday
1/29/2008 21:30 Durable Goods Orders DEC 1.90% 0.10% -0.10%
1/29/2008 21:30 Durables Ex Transportation DEC 0.00% -0.70% -0.80%
1/29/2008 22:00 S&P/CS Composite-20 YoY NOV -7.10% -6.10% - -
1/29/2008 22:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind NOV - - 192.9 - -
1/29/2008 23:00 Consumer Confidence JAN 87 88.6 - -
Wednesday
1/30/2008 3:15 U.S. Federal Reserve Open Market Committee Meeting
1/30/2008 6:00 ABC Consumer Confidence 28-Jan - - -23 - -
1/30/2008 20:00 MBA Mortgage Applications 26-Jan - - 8.30% - -
1/30/2008 21:15 ADP Employment Change JAN 40K 40K - -
1/30/2008 21:30 GDP Annualized 4Q A 1.20% 4.90% - -
1/30/2008 21:30 Personal Consumption 4Q A 2.70% 2.80% - -
1/30/2008 21:30 GDP Price Index 4Q A 2.60% 1.00% - -
1/30/2008 21:30 Core PCE QoQ 4Q A 2.50% 2.00% - -
Thursday
1/31/2008 3:15 FOMC Rate Decision 31-Jan 3.00% 3.50% - -
1/31/2008 21:30 Personal Income DEC 0.40% 0.40% - -
1/31/2008 21:30 Personal Spending DEC 0.10% 1.10% - -
1/31/2008 21:30 PCE Deflator (YoY) DEC 3.50% 3.60% - -
1/31/2008 21:30 PCE Core (MoM) DEC 0.20% 0.20% - -
1/31/2008 21:30 PCE Core (YoY) DEC 2.20% 2.20% - -
1/31/2008 21:30 Initial Jobless Claims 27-Jan 320K 301K - -
1/31/2008 21:30 Continuing Claims 20-Jan 2688K 2672K - -
1/31/2008 21:30 Employment Cost Index 4Q 0.80% 0.80% - -
1/31/2008 22:45 Chicago Purchasing Manager JAN 52.1 56.6 56.4
1/31/2008 23:00 Help Wanted Index DEC 20 21 - -
1/31/2008 23:00 NAPM-Milwaukee JAN - - 62 - -
Friday
2/1/2008 21:30 Change in Nonfarm Payrolls JAN 65k 18k - -
2/1/2008 21:30 Unemployment Rate JAN 5.00% 5.00% - -
2/1/2008 21:30 Change in Manufact. Payrolls JAN -20K -31K - -
2/1/2008 21:30 Average Hourly Earnings MoM JAN 0.30% 0.40% - -
2/1/2008 21:30 Average Hourly Earnings YoY JAN 3.90% 3.70% - -
2/1/2008 21:30 Average Weekly Hours JAN 33.8 33.8 - -
2/1/2008 22:00 RPX Composite 28dy YoY NOV - - -3.4285 - -
2/1/2008 22:00 RPX Composite 28dy Index NOV - - 255.5 - -
2/1/2008 23:00 U. of Michigan Confidence JAN F 79 80.5 - -
2/1/2008 23:00 ISM Manufacturing JAN 47.2 47.7 - -
2/1/2008 23:00 ISM Prices Paid JAN 68 68 - -
2/1/2008 23:00 Construction Spending MoM DEC -0.50% 0.10% - -
2-Feb Total Vehicle Sales JAN 16.0M 16.3M - -
2-Feb Domestic Vehicle Sales JAN 12.3M 12.5M - -

UK
Date Time Event Survey Prior
Tuesday
1/29/2008 19:00 U.K. CBI January Distributive Trades Reported Sales
Wednesday
1/30/2008 17:30 M4 Money Supply (MoM) DEC F - - 1.50%
1/30/2008 17:30 M4 Money Supply (YoY) DEC F - - 12.30%
1/30/2008 17:30 M4 Sterling Lending (BP) DEC F - - 17.3B
1/30/2008 17:30 Net Consumer Credit DEC 1.1B 1.1B
1/30/2008 17:30 Net Lending Sec. on Dwellings DEC 7.5B 7.8B
1/30/2008 17:30 Mortgage Approvals DEC 79K 83K
Thursday
1/31/2008 15:00 Nat'wide House prices sa (MoM) JAN -0.40% -0.50%
1/31/2008 15:00 Nat'wide House prices nsa(YoY) JAN 4.20% 4.80%
1/31/2008 18:30 GfK Consumer Confidence Survey JAN -15 -14
Friday
2/1/2008 17:30 PMI Manufacturing JAN 52.5 52.9

Germany
Date Time Event Survey Prior
Tuesday
1/29/2008 21:00 IFO Dec. Business Climate Survey by Industry (Table)
Wednesday
1/30/2008 17:00 Bloomberg Germany Retail PMI JAN - - 44
Thursday
1/31/2008 15:00 Retail Sales (MoM) DEC 1.70% -1.30%
1/31/2008 15:00 Retail Sales (YoY) DEC -4.20% -3.20%
1/31/2008 15:00 ILO Unemployment Rate DEC 7.80% 7.90%
1/31/2008 16:55 Unemployment Rate (s.a) JAN 8.30% 8.40%
1/31/2008 16:55 Unemployment Change (000's) JAN -43K -78K
31-Jan No German Jan. State CPI Released Due to Base Year Change
31-Jan Consumer Price Index (MoM) JAN P -0.30% 0.50%
31-Jan Consumer Price Index (YoY) JAN P 2.70% 2.80%
31-Jan CPI - EU Harmonised (MoM) JAN P -0.30% 0.70%
31-Jan CPI - EU Harmonised (YoY) JAN P 2.90% 3.10%
Friday
2/1/2008 16:55 PMI Manufacturing JAN 53.6 53.6

Japan
Date Time Event Survey Prior Revised
Monday
1/28/2008 7:50 Corp Service Price (YoY) DEC 1.40% 1.40% - -
Tuesday
1/29/2008 7:30 Jobless Rate DEC 3.90% 3.80% - -
1/29/2008 7:30 Job-To-Applicant Ratio DEC 0.99 0.99 - -
1/29/2008 7:30 Overall Hhold Spending (YoY) DEC -0.40% -0.60% - -
1/29/2008 7:50 Large Retailers' Sales DEC -2.00% 0.40% - -
1/29/2008 7:50 Retail Trade YoY DEC 0.10% 1.60% - -
1/29/2008 7:50 Retail Trade MoM SA DEC -0.70% 0.30% 0.40%
Wednesday
1/30/2008 7:50 Industrial Production (MoM) DEC P 2.00% -1.60% - -
1/30/2008 7:50 Industrial Production (YoY) DEC P 1.60% 2.90% - -
1/30/2008 12:00 Vehicle Production (YoY) DEC - - 3.80% - -
Thursday
1/31/2008 7:15 Nomura/JMMA Manufacturing PMI JAN 51.9 52.3 - -
1/31/2008 7:50 Foreign Buying Japan Stocks 25-Jan - - -¥367.6B - -
1/31/2008 7:50 Foreign Buying Japan Bonds 25-Jan - - ¥297.4B - -
1/31/2008 7:50 Japan Buying Foreign Stocks 25-Jan - - ¥188.1B - -
1/31/2008 7:50 Japan Buying Foreign Bonds 25-Jan - - ¥927.2B - -
1/31/2008 9:30 Labor Cash Earnings YoY DEC -0.10% -0.20% 0.10%
1/31/2008 13:00 Housing Starts (YoY) DEC -19.20% -27.00% - -
1/31/2008 13:00 Annualized Housing Starts DEC 1.051M 0.971M - -
1/31/2008 13:00 Construction Orders (YoY) DEC -9.40% -3.80% - -
1/31/2008 13:00 Small Business Confidence JAN - - 44.5 - -
1- 7 FEB Official Reserve Assets JAN - - $973.4B - -
Friday
2/1/2008 13:00 Vehicle Sales (YoY) JAN - - -7.10% - -

Singapore
Date Time Event Survey Prior
Thursday
31-Jan Unemployment Rate (sa) 4Q - - 1.70%
1/31/2008 10:00 M1 Money Supply (YoY) DEC - - 23.80%
1/31/2008 10:00 M2 Money Supply (YoY) DEC - - 16.50%
1/31/2008 10:00 Bank Loans & Advances (YoY) DEC - - 16.30%
1/31/2008 10:00 Credit Card Billings DEC - - 2096.3M
1/31/2008 10:00 Credit Card Bad Debts DEC - - 9.2M

HongKong
Date Time Event Survey Prior
Thursday
1/31/2008 16:15 Retail Sales - Value (YoY) DEC - - 19.50%
1/31/2008 16:15 Retail Sales - Volume (YoY) DEC - - 15.30%
1/31/2008 17:00 Money Supply M3 - in HK$ (YoY) DEC - - 21.90%
1/31/2008 17:00 Money Supply M2 - in HK$ (YoY) DEC - - 22.10%
1/31/2008 17:00 Money Supply M1 - in HK$ (YoY) DEC - - 33.70%
1/31/2008 17:00 Govt Mthly Budget Surp/Def HK$ DEC - - 32.4B
Friday
1-Feb Brunswick PMI JAN - - 55.5

Energy
Date Time Event Survey Prior
Wednesday
1/30/2008 23:30 DOE U.S. Crude Oil Inventories 26-Jan - - 2297K
1/30/2008 23:30 DOE U.S. Gasoline Inventories 26-Jan - - 5085K
1/30/2008 23:30 DOE U.S. Distillate Inventory 26-Jan - - -1302K
1/30/2008 23:30 DOE U.S. Refinery Utilization 26-Jan - - -0.60%
1/30/2008 23:30 API U.S. Crude Oil Inventories 26-Jan - - 1495K
1/30/2008 23:30 API U.S. Gasoline Inventories 26-Jan - - 2469K
1/30/2008 23:30 API U.S. Distillate Inventory 26-Jan - - -362K
Thursday
1/31/2008 23:30 EIA Natural Gas Storage Change 26-Jan - - -155
Saturday
2/2/2008 2:00 Baker Hughes U.S. Rig Count 2-Feb - - 1747

Agriculture
Date Time Event Survey Prior
Tuesday
1/29/2008 0:00 Export Inspections - Corn 25-Jan - - 45.82
1/29/2008 0:00 Export Inspections - Soybeans 25-Jan - - 32.24
1/29/2008 0:00 Export Inspections - Wheat 25-Jan - - 17.93
1/29 2/ 1 US DOE Monthly Ethanol Stocks NOV - - 11423K
1/29 2/ 1 US DOE Monthly Ethanol Prod NOV - - 14018K
Wednesday
1/30/2008 6:00 Chicago Merc. Inventories PB 26-Jan - - 42907
Thursday
1/31/2008 21:30 Export Sales - Cotton 25-Jan - - 108.4
1/31/2008 21:30 Export Sales - Soy Oil 25-Jan - - 58.8
1/31/2008 21:30 Export Sales - Wheat 25-Jan - - 422.7
1/31/2008 21:30 Export Sales - Soy Meal 25-Jan - - 162.4
1/31/2008 21:30 Export Sales - Corn 25-Jan - - 1595.2
1/31/2008 21:30 Export Sales - Soybeans 25-Jan - - 663

Source: Bloomberg