Economic Calendar for: Thursday 20th April 2006
| Time GMT | event | expect | previous |
| 07.00 | Japan March Convenience Store Sales yr/yr | | -2.4% |
| 07.15 | Swiss February Adjusted Real Retail Sales yr/yr | | 3.1% |
| 08.30 | UK March Consumer Price Index mth/mth | 0.4% | 0.3% |
| 08.30 | UK March Consumer Price Index yr/yr | 2.0% | 2.0% |
| 08.30 | UK March Core Consumer Price Index yr/yr | 1.5% | 1.4% |
| 08.30 | UK March Retail Price Index mth/mth | 0.5% | 0.4% |
| 08.30 | UK March Retail Price Index yr/yr | 2.4% | 2.4% |
| 08.30 | UK March RPI ex mortgage interest payments yr/yr | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| 09.00 | Euro-zone March Consumer Price Index mth/mth | 0.6% | 0.3% |
| 09.00 | Euro-zone March Consumer Price Index yr/yr | 2.2% | 2.3% |
| 09.00 | Euro-zone March Core Consumer Price Index yr/yr | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| 11.00 | Canada March Consumer Price Index mth/mth | 0.4% | -0.2% |
| 11.00 | Canada March Consumer Price Index yr/yr | 2.1% | 2.2% |
| 12.30 | US Weekly Initial Jobless Claims April 15 | 305k | 313k |
| 14.00 | US March Leading Economic Indicators | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| 16.00 | US April Philadelphia Fed Survey | 15.0 | 12.3 |
| 23.50 | Japan February Tertiary Industry Index mth/mth | -1.1% | 2.2% |
| 23.50 | Japan February All Industry Activity Index mth/mth | -1.1% | 1.4% |