Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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17-Jan      -      *    FR  BOF retail trade

17-Jan  0030/1130  ***  AU  Housing finance

17-Jan  0700/0800  *    EU  ACEA car registrations

17-Jan  0800/0900       EU  ECB Gov. Council member Ewald Nowotny speech at

                              Euromoney CEE Forum 2018, in Vienna.

17-Jan  1000/1100  **   EU  construction production

17-Jan  1000/1100  ***  EU  HICP (f)

17-Jan  1000/1100       DE  BBK Board member Joachim Wuermeling speech at the

                              New Year opening of the Deutsche Bank head office

                              in Saxony and Thuringia, in Leipzig, Germany.

17-Jan  1145/1145       UK  BOE MPC member Michael Saunders speech, London

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

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

17-Jan  1330/0830  **   US  NY Fed Business Leaders Survey

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

17-Jan  1415/0915  ***  US  Industrial Production

17-Jan  1500/1000  ***  CA  Interest Rate Announcement Bank of Canada

17-Jan  1500/1000  **   US  NAHB Home Builder Index

17-Jan  1500/1000       US  US Senate Banking Committee to vote on Jerome

                              Powell's nomination to serve as the Federal

                              Reserve Chairman and Randall Quarles' nomination

                              to serve on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors

                              for the full 14 years.

17-Jan  1615/1115       CA  BOC Gov Stephen Poloz and Senior Deputy Gov

                              Carolyn Wilkins press conference at the National

                              Press Theatre, Ottawa, ON.

17-Jan  1900/1400       US  Federal Reserve releases the Beige Book for

                              upcoming FOMC meeting in Washington.

17-Jan  2000/1500       US  Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles

                              Evans to participate in a moderated discussion at

                              the "American Council of Life Insurers Executive

                              Roundtable" in Palm Beach, Florida, with audience

                              and media Q&A.

17-Jan  2015/1515       US  Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Rob Kaplan

                              to participate in a moderated Q&A session at the

                              "American Council of Life Insurers Executive

                              Roundtable" in Palm Beach, Florida, with audience

                              and media Q&A.

17-Jan  2100/1600  **   US  TICS

17-Jan  2130/1630       US  Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta

                              Mester to discuss monetary policy communications

                              at the "Tangri Lecture at Rutgers University" in

                              New Brunswick, New Jersey, with audience and media

                              Q&A.

18-Jan  0000/1100  **   AU  Melbourne Institute inflation expectations survey

18-Jan  0030/1130  ***  AU  Labor force survey

18-Jan  0200/1000  ***  CN  GDP

18-Jan  0200/1000  ***  CN  Fixed-Asset Investment

18-Jan  0200/1000  ***  CN  Industrial Output

18-Jan  0200/1000  ***  CN  Retail Sales

18-Jan  0800/0900       EU  ECB Gov. Council member Jens Weidmann speech at

                              the joint conference of the International Monetary

                              Fund and the Deutsche Bundesbank, in Frankfurt.

18-Jan  1245/1345       DE  BBK Board member Claudia Buch participation in

                              joint conference of the International Monetary

                              Fund and the Deutsche Bundesbank, in Frankfurt.

18-Jan  1330/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

18-Jan  1330/0830  ***  US  housing starts

18-Jan  1330/0830  **   US  Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index

18-Jan  1430/1530       EU  ECB Executive Board member Benoit Coeure

                              participation in concluding panel at joint

                              conference of IMF and Deutsche Bundesbank "Germany

                              - Current Economic Policy Debates", in Frankfurt .

18-Jan  1445/0945  *    US  Bloomberg Comfort Index

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

18-Jan  1600/1100  **   US  DOE weekly crude oil stocks

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

18-Jan  2305/1805       US  Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta

                              Mester to speak on monetary policy at the Council

                              for Economic Education's Economists on the Economy

                              in New York, with audience Q&A.

19-Jan  0700/0800  **   DE  PPI

19-Jan  0900/1000  **   EU  current account

19-Jan  0930/0930  ***  UK  Retail Sales

19-Jan  1330/0830  ***  CA  Monthly Survey of Manufacturing

19-Jan  1330/0830  *    CA  International Canadian Transaction in Securities

19-Jan  1500/1000  ***  US  University of Michigan Sentiment Index (p)

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

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

19-Jan  1800/1300       US  Federal Reserve Vice Chairman for Supervision

                              Randal Quarles to speak on bank regulation at the

                              "American Bar Association - Banking Law Committee

                              Annual Meeting" in Washington, with audience Q&A.

19-Jan  1830/1330       US  San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John

                              Williams to speak at the "Bay Area Council

                              Economic Institute's 11th Annual Forecast

                              Conference: Visualizing the Future of the Bay" in

                              San Francisco, with audience Q&A.

22-Jan      -           JP  BOJ holds policy board meeting

22-Jan      -           EU  ECB President Mario Draghi and ECB Executive Board

                              member Benoit Coeure participation in the

                              Eurogroup meeting, in Brussels.

22-Jan  1000/1100  *    EU  government debt

22-Jan  1000/1100  *    EU  government deficit

22-Jan  1330/0830  **   CA  Wholesale Trade

23-Jan      -           JP  BOJ holds policy board meeting

23-Jan  0300/1200       JP  BOJ releases outcome of two-day policy board

                              meeting, monetary policy statement, quarterly

                              Outlook Report

23-Jan  0630/1530       JP  BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda news conference

23-Jan  0930/0930  ***  UK  Public Sector Finances

23-Jan  1000/1100  ***  DE  ZEW Current Conditions Index

23-Jan  1000/1100  ***  DE  ZEW Current Expectations Index

23-Jan  1330/0830  **   US  Philadelphia Fed Nonmanufacturing Index

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

23-Jan  1500/1000  **   US  Richmond Fed Survey

23-Jan  1500/1000  *    US  BLS State Employment

23-Jan  2000/1500  *    US  Treasury Allotments (preliminary)

23-Jan  2330/1830       US  Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles

                              Evans to give introductory remarks of Michael

                              Moskow during the "Chicago Council on Global

                              Affairs Conference: The Future of Monetary Policy:

                              Embracing the Unconventional" in Chicago.

24-Jan  2330/1030  *    AU  Westpac-MI leading index

24-Jan  2350/0850  **   JP  Trade

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