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ECONOMYRELEASECALENDAR
April
IndiaEquityResearch|Economy
Givenbelowisacalendarindicatingsignificanteconomicevents/releasesdueinApril 2012: ForIndia,monetarypolicyannouncement,industrialproductiondataandinflation datawillbeofsignificance.

Globally, monetary policy announcements, data released on inflation, manufacturing indices and unemployment statistics will continue to be keenly awaited. MajorreleasesforIndia
Date 12Apr 13Apr 17Apr Economy Indi a Indi a Indi a Datarelease/Event Indus tri a l Producti on(%,YoY) WPI(%,YoY) Moneta rypol i cya nnouncement Period Feb Ma r Exp Prior 6.8 7.0

MajorreleasesforUS
Date 6Apr 6Apr 13Apr 13Apr 16Apr 16Apr 17Apr 17Apr 19Apr 19Apr 24Apr 24Apr 25Apr 25Apr 27Apr Economy US US US US US US US US US US US US US US US Datarelease/Event Period Exp Prior Unempl oymentra te(%) Ma r 8.3 8.3 Cha ngei nnonfa rmpa yrol l s ('000) Ma r 210.0 227.0 Uni vers i tyofMi chi ga nConfi denceIndex Apr 76.2 CoreCPI(%,YoY) Ma r 2.2 Ma r 0.9 Reta i l Sa l es ,l es s Autos (%,MoM) NAHBHous i ngMa rketIndex Apr 28.0 Hous i ngs ta rts ('000) Ma r 698.0 Indus tri a l Producti on(%,MoM) Ma r 0.0 Phi l a del phi a Fedbus i nes s outl ooks urvey Ma r 12.5 Exi s ti ngHomes a l es (mn) Ma r 4.6 S&P/Ca s eShi l l erCompos i te20(%,YoY) Feb (3.8) Cons umerConfi dence Apr 70.2 Dura bl es goods 'orders extra ns p.(%,SA,MoM) Ma r 1.6 FOMCMeeti ng GDP(%,QoQ,a nn) 1QCY12 3.0

Majorreleasesforothermajoreconomies
Date 4Apr 5Apr 5Apr 9Apr 10Apr 10Apr 12Apr 13Apr 813Apr 17Apr 20Apr 2225Apr Economy Eurozone UK UK Chi na Germa ny Chi na Eurozone Chi na Chi na UK Germa ny Chi na Datarelease/Event ECBMoneta ryPol i cyAnnouncement Indus tri a l Producti on(%,MoM) BoEMoneta rypol i cyAnnouncement CPI(%,YoY) Exports (%,SA,MoM) Exports (%,YoY) Indus tri a l Producti on(%,SA,MoM) Rea l GDP(%,YoY) NewYua nloa ns (bn) CPI(%,YoY) IFOBus i nes s Cl i ma te HSBCFl a s hMfg.PMI Period Feb Exp 0.4 Prior (0.4)

Ma r 3.5 3.2 Feb 2.3 Ma r 6.8 18.4 Feb 0.2 1QCY12 8.4 8.9 Ma r 750.0 710.0 Ma r 3.4 Apr 109.8 Apr 48.1

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