SEPTEMBER 2014

The purpose of this report is to give you a brief summary of the key events that are coming up over the forthcoming month. This list
includes government central bank events, sovereign rating updates as well as European finance minister meetings, budget
proposals and key interest rate decisions.
Week September Event
Week 1
1 US Labour Day US markets closed
2 RBA rate decision
3
BoC rate decision
Eurozone PMIs
4
ECB rate decision, and press conference from President Draghi
BoE rate decision
BoJ rate decision
US ADP employment change
5
US Non-Farm Payrolls & unemployment rate
Moodys due to update on the Portuguese sovereign rating
Week 2
8 Chinese trade balance
9 Apple media event expected to announce iPhone 6
10 RBNZ rate decision
12
Eurogroup meeting
S&P due to update on Greece and Moodys on the Irish sovereign rating
Week 3
16 UK CPI & RPI
17
BoE minutes
US CPI
FOMC announces policy decision, projections & press conference from Chair Yellen
18 SNB rate decision
19
Quadruple Witching
Moodys due to update on the French and UK sovereign rating
Week 4
23
Alibaba IPO expected date
HSBC Chinese Manufacturing PMI (P)
26
US GDP (3
rd
reading)
S&P due to update on Austria and DBRS on the German and Irish sovereign rating
Week 5
29 German state CPIs
30
UK GDP
EU CPI

2014 GLOBAL EVENTS CALENDAR


Event Sep Oct Nov Dec
ECB Rate Decision 4 2 6 4
BoE Rate Decision 4 9 6 4
Federal Reserve Rate Decision 17 29 - 17
RBA Rate Decision 2 7 4 2
RBNZ Rate Decision 10 29 - 10
US GDP 26 30 25 23
US Nonfarm Payrolls 5 3 7 5
UK GDP 30 24 26 23