Economic Calendar: China Data, U.S. Inflation, and EU GDP

Here's the Economic Calendar for the week commencing the 8th of May 2011. This week features China's monthly economic data release with PPI, CPI, industrial production, retail sales, fixed asset investment, and international trade stats due out from the world's second largest economy. Elsewhere there is an emphasis on inflation data with CPI due from Germany, France, Switzerland, and the US, there's also PPI data due from those countries. The other key data pieces will be eurozone GDP, and industrial production data from the eurozone, UK, Italy, France, and of course China.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/268736-economic-calendar-china-data-u-s-inflation-and-eu-gdp

Is China's Inflation Peaking?

China just released its regular monthly (and March quarter) data dump, and this article provides a brief update on two key statistics: GDP and CPI (for reasons which I will explain later). First up, a review of the results: Q1 2011 GDP growth came in at 9.7%, compared to consensus 9.4%, and previous 9.8%. Consumer price inflation rose to 5.4% in March, compared to consensus 5.2%, and previous 4.9%. So some very interesting results there.

http://seekingalpha.com/article/263862-is-china-s-inflation-peaking