Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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06-Jan  1515/1015       US  Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta

                              Mester to participate in the "Integrating

                              Financial Stability with Monetary Policy" panel at

                              the Allied Social Sciences Associations Annual

                              Meeting in Philadelphia, with audience Q&A.

07-Jan      -      ***  CN  FX Reserves

07-Jan  1300/0800       US  San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John

                              Williams to participate in paper session "What to

                              Expect From the Lower Bound on Interest Rates:

                              Evidence From Derivatives Prices" in Philadelphia,

                              with audience Q&A.

08-Jan      -           US  Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Eric

                              Rosengren to participate in the last panel of the

                              day on "Next Steps: Learning From the Bank of

                              Canada" at the "Should the Fed Stick With the 2

                              Percent Inflation Target or Rethink It?" Forum in

                              Washington.

08-Jan  2230/0930  **   AU  AI Group/HIA construction index

08-Jan  0700/0800  **   DE  manufacturing orders

08-Jan  0815/0915  ***  CH  CPI

08-Jan  0830/0830  *    UK  Halifax House Price Index

08-Jan  1000/1000       UK  Parliament returns after Christmas recess

08-Jan  1000/1100  **   EU  Economic Sentiment Indicator

08-Jan  1000/1100  **   EU  retail sales

08-Jan  1000/1100  *    EU  Consumer Confidence, Industrial Sentiment

08-Jan  1000/1100  *    EU  Business Climate Indicator

08-Jan  1500/1000  *    US  employment trends index

08-Jan  1530/1030  ***  CA  BOC Business Outlook Survey

08-Jan  1600/1100  **   US  NY Fed survey of consumer expectations

08-Jan  1740/1240       US  Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael

                              Bostic to speak on "Economic Outlook and Monetary

                              Policy" at the Rotary Club of Atlanta in Atlanta,

                              with audience and media Q&A.

08-Jan  1835/1335       US  San Francisco Bank President John Williams to

                              participate in panel on "Should the Fed Stick with

                              the 2 Percent Inflation Target or Rethink it?" in

                              Washington, with audience Q&A.

                            https://goo.gl/iSZN9N

08-Jan  2000/1500  *    US  Consumer Credit

08-Jan  2000/1500  *    US  Treasury Allotments (final)

09-Jan  0000/0900  **   JP  average wages (p)

09-Jan  0001/0001  *    UK  BRC-KPMG Shop Sales Monitor

09-Jan  0030/1130  ***  AU  Dwelling Approvals

09-Jan  0101/0101  **   UK  Markit/REC Jobs Report

09-Jan  0645/0745  **   CH  unemployment

09-Jan  0700/0800  **   DE  industrial production

09-Jan  0700/0800  **   DE  trade balance

09-Jan  0745/0845  *    FR  current account

09-Jan  0745/0845  *    FR  foreign trade

09-Jan  0815/0915  **   CH  retail sales

09-Jan  1000/1100  **   EU  unemployment

09-Jan  1100/0600  **   US  NFIB Small Business Optimism Index

09-Jan  1315/0815  **   CA  Housing Starts - CMHC (Canadian Mortgage and

                              Housing Corp)

09-Jan  1355/0855  **   US  Redbook Retail Sales Index

09-Jan  1500/1000       US  Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Neel

                              Kashkari to participate in a moderated Q&A at

                              Cargil Headquarters in Minnesota, with audience

                              Q&A.

                            https://goo.gl/XZopc2

09-Jan  1500/1000  **   US  IBD/TIPP Optimism Index

09-Jan  1500/1000  **   US  JOLTS jobs opening level

09-Jan  1500/1000  **   US  JOLTS quits Rate

10-Jan      -      ***  CN  Money Supply

10-Jan      -      ***  CN  New Loans

10-Jan      -      ***  CN  Social Financing

10-Jan  0030/1130  *    AU  Job vacancies

10-Jan  0130/0930  ***  CN  CPI

10-Jan  0130/0930  ***  CN  Producer Price Index

10-Jan  0745/0845  *    FR  industrial production

10-Jan  0900/1000  *    DE  VDMA machine orders

10-Jan  0930/0930  **   UK  Output in the Construction Industry

10-Jan  1200/0700  **   US  MBA weekly applications index

10-Jan  1200/1200       UK  Weekly questions to the Prime Minister

10-Jan  1300/1300       UK  NIESR monthly GDP estimate

10-Jan  1330/0830  *    CA  Building Permits

10-Jan  1330/0830  **   US  import/export price index

10-Jan  1400/0900       US  Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles

                              Evans to participate in a moderated discussion at

                              the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Rotary Club 2018

                              Economic Breakfast in Lake Forest, Illinois, with

                              audience and media Q&A.

10-Jan  1500/1000  **   US  wholesale trade

10-Jan  1500/1000  **   US  Atlanta Fed inflation index

10-Jan  1530/1030  **   US  DOE weekly crude oil stocks

10-Jan  1600/1100  **   US  Kansas City Fed LMCI

10-Jan  1830/1330       US  St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James

                              Bullard to give presentation on the "U.S. Economy

                              and Monetary Policy" at the 2018 Economic Outlook

                              event in St. Louis, with audience Q&A.

11-Jan      -      ***  CN  Money Supply

11-Jan      -      ***  CN  New Loans

11-Jan      -      ***  CN  Social Financing

11-Jan  0030/1130  ***  AU  Retail trade monthly

11-Jan  0730/0830  **   FR  BoF Business survey

11-Jan  0800/0900  **   ES  industrial production

11-Jan  0900/1000  *    IT  retail sales

11-Jan  1000/1100  **   EU  industrial production

11-Jan  1330/0830  *    CA  New Housing Price Index

11-Jan  1330/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

11-Jan  1330/0830  ***  US  PPI

11-Jan  1445/0945  *    US  Bloomberg Comfort Index

11-Jan  1530/1030  **   US  Natural Gas Stocks

11-Jan  1900/1400  **   US  Treasury Budget

11-Jan  2130/1630  **   US  Fed Weekly Money Supply Data

12-Jan      -      ***  CN  Money Supply

12-Jan      -      ***  CN  New Loans

12-Jan      -      ***  CN  Social Financing

12-Jan      -      ***  CN  Trade

12-Jan  2145/1045  *    NZ  Monthly building consents

12-Jan  0745/0845  ***  FR  HICP (f)

12-Jan  0800/0900  ***  ES  HICP (f)

12-Jan  0900/1000  *    IT  industrial production

12-Jan  1330/0830  ***  US  Consumer Price Index - CPI

12-Jan  1330/0830  ***  US  Retail Sales

12-Jan  1500/1000  *    US  business inventories

12-Jan  1600/1100  **   US  St. Louis Fed Real GDP Nowcast

12-Jan  1615/1115  **   US  NY Fed GDP Nowcast

12-Jan  1630/1730       EU  ECB Gov. Council member Jens Weidmann speech at

                              Ludwig-Erhard Summit 2018, in Rottach-Egern ,

                              Germany.

12-Jan  2115/1615       US  Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Eric

                              Rosengren to give keynote address at the Global

                              Interdependence Center and University of

                              California, San Diego Conference on Money, Models,

                              and Digital Innovation in La Jolla, California.

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