GAP ANALYSIS
- Process in which a firm compares its actual performance to its projected performance to assess if they have met these expectations and used their resources efficiently. It answers two points: current state and target state.
- Asset-liability management technique which can be used to determine interest rate risk or liquidity risk, except credit risk. It is a simple IRR measurement method getting the difference between rate sensitive assets and rate sensitive liabilities over a specific time period. This analysis works best if assets and liabilities are comprised of fixed cash flows. Hence, a substantial shortcoming of gap analysis cannot handle options since options have unknown cash flows.
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| Time | Country | Indices | Period |
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| 06:30 | Tertiary Industry Index | Apr | |
| 08:00 | Wholesale Price Index | May | |
| 08:30 | Producer & Import Prices | May | |
| 09:00 | SECO Consumer Confidence | May | |
| 10:00 | Trade Balance | Apr | |
| 11:00 | Current Account (sa) | Apr | |
| 11:00 | Industrial Production | Apr | |
| 14:15 | Housing Starts | May | |
| 14:30 | NY Fed Empire State manufacturing index | Jun |
