Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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16-Dec  0315/0415       EU  ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure

                              participation in Panel 1 at The 53rd Governors'

                              Conference/HighLevel Seminar and 37th Meeting of

                              the South East Asian Central Banks (SEACEN) Board

                              of Governors, in Bangkok, Thailand.

18-Dec  2350/0850  **   JP  Trade

18-Dec  0800/0900  *    ES  labour costs

18-Dec  0900/1000       EU  ECB Gov. Council member Erkki Liikanen briefing

                              the press on the monetary and global economy, in

                              Helsinki.

18-Dec  1000/1100  ***  EU  HICP (f)

18-Dec  1100/1100  **   UK  CBI Industrial Trends

18-Dec  1330/0830  **   US  NY Fed Business Leaders Survey

18-Dec  1330/0830  *    CA  International Canadian Transaction in Securities

18-Dec  1500/1000  **   US  NAHB Home Builder Index

19-Dec  0000/1300  ***  NZ  ANZ monthly business survey

19-Dec  0030/1130  ***  AU  RBA board meeting minutes

19-Dec  0645/0745  *    CH  GDP forecast

19-Dec  0900/1000  ***  DE  IFO Business Climate Index

19-Dec  0900/1000  ***  DE  IFO Business Climate Index Direction

19-Dec  1000/1100  *    EU  labour costs

19-Dec  1000/1100  **   EU  construction production

19-Dec  1330/0830  ***  US  housing starts

19-Dec  1330/0830  *    US  current account balance

19-Dec  1355/0855  **   US  Redbook Retail Sales Index

19-Dec  1810/1310       US  Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel

                              Kashkari to participate in moderated Q&A at Lambda

                              Alpha International - Minnesota Chapter in

                              Roseville, Minnesota, with audience Q&A.

                            https://goo.gl/vl3YjY

20-Dec      -           JP  BOJ holds policy board meeting

20-Dec  2145/1045  **   NZ  Monthly trade balance

20-Dec  2145/1045  *    NZ  Net monthly migration

20-Dec  2145/1045  **   NZ  Current account balance

20-Dec  2330/1030  *    AU  Westpac-MI leading index

20-Dec  0700/0800  **   DE  PPI

20-Dec  0830/0930       SE  Riksbank policy decision

20-Dec  0900/1000  **   EU  current account

20-Dec  1100/1100  **   UK  CBI Distributive Trades

20-Dec  1200/0700  **   US  MBA weekly applications index

20-Dec  1200/1200       UK  Weekly questions to the Prime Minister

20-Dec  1300/1400       EU  ECB Gov. Council member Jens Weidmann speech at

                              the Analysis Forum, in Milan , Italy.

20-Dec  1330/0830  **   CA  Wholesale Trade

20-Dec  1330/0830  *    CA  Payroll employment

20-Dec  1400/1500  **   BE  BNB Business Sentiment

20-Dec  1500/1000  ***  US  NAR existing home sales

20-Dec  1530/1030  **   US  DOE weekly crude oil stocks

21-Dec      -           JP  BOJ holds policy board meeting

21-Dec  2145/1045  ***  NZ  GDP

21-Dec  0001/0001  *    UK  XpertHR pay deals for whole economy

21-Dec  0001/0001  **   UK  Gfk Monthly Consumer Confidence

21-Dec  0300/1200       JP  BOJ releases policy board meeting outcome,

                              monetary policy statement

21-Dec  0630/1530       JP  BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda news conference

21-Dec  0745/0845  *    FR  Services Sentiment

21-Dec  0745/0845  **   FR  Manufacturing Sentiment

21-Dec  0745/0845  *    FR  Business Climate Indicator

21-Dec  0800/0900  *    ES  industrial orders

21-Dec  0800/0900  *    ES  services survey

21-Dec  0930/0930  ***  UK  Public Sector Finances

21-Dec  1000/1000       UK  Parliament rises for Christmas recess

21-Dec  1330/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

21-Dec  1330/0830  ***  US  GDP (3rd)

21-Dec  1330/0830  ***  CA  CPI

21-Dec  1330/0830  ***  CA  Retail Trade

21-Dec  1330/0830  **   US  Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index

21-Dec  1400/0900  **   US  FHFA Home Price Index

21-Dec  1445/0945  *    US  Bloomberg Comfort Index

21-Dec  1500/1000  **   US  leading indicators

21-Dec  1500/1600  **   EU  consumer confidence indicator (p)

21-Dec  1530/1030  **   US  Natural Gas Stocks

21-Dec  2130/1630  **   US  Fed Weekly Money Supply Data

22-Dec  0700/0800  *    DE  GFK Consumer Climate

22-Dec  0700/0800  *    DE  construction orders

22-Dec  0700/0800  **   DE  Import/Export Prices

22-Dec  0745/0845  ***  FR  GDP (f)

22-Dec  0745/0845  **   FR  Consumer Spending

22-Dec  0745/0845  **   FR  PPI

22-Dec  0800/0900  **   ES  PPI

22-Dec  0800/0900  *    CH  KOF Economic Barometer

22-Dec  0900/1000  *    IT  industrial orders

22-Dec  0900/1000  **   IT  ISTAT Consumer Confidence

22-Dec  0900/1000  **   IT  ISTAT Business Confidence

22-Dec  0930/0930  **   UK  Index of Services

22-Dec  0930/0930  **   UK  GDP Third Estimate

22-Dec  0930/0930  *    UK  Quarterly current account balance

22-Dec  1330/0830  **   US  durable goods new orders

22-Dec  1330/0830  **   US  Personal Income and Consumption

22-Dec  1330/0830  **   US  Philadelphia Fed Nonmanufacturing Index

22-Dec  1330/0830  ***  CA  Gross Domestic Product by Industry

22-Dec  1500/1000  ***  US  new home sales

22-Dec  1500/1000  *    US  Building permits revisions

22-Dec  1500/1000  ***  US  Final Michigan Sentiment Index

22-Dec  1500/1000  *    US  BLS State Employment

22-Dec  1600/1100  **   US  Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index

22-Dec  1600/1100  **   US  St. Louis Fed Real GDP Nowcast

22-Dec  1615/1115  **   US  NY Fed GDP Nowcast

22-Dec  2000/1500  *    US  Treasury Allotments (preliminary)

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