Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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08-Dec      -      ***  CN  Trade

09-Dec  0130/0930  ***  CN  Producer Price Index

09-Dec  0130/0930  ***  CN  CPI

10-Dec      -      ***  CN  Money Supply

10-Dec      -      ***  CN  New Loans

10-Dec      -      ***  CN  Social Financing

10-Dec  2350/0850  **   JP  GDP (r)

10-Dec  0645/0745  **   CH  unemployment

10-Dec  0700/0800  **   DE  trade balance

10-Dec  0730/0830  **   FR  BoF Business survey

10-Dec  0900/1000  *    IT  industrial production

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

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

10-Dec  0930/1030       EU  ECB Executive Board member Sabine Lautenschlaeger

                              participation  in Panel 1 at 6th Frankfurt

                              Conference on Financial Market Policy organised by

                              the SAFE Research Center at the Goethe University

                              , in Frankfurt.

10-Dec  1100/1200  *    EU  OECD Leading Indicator

10-Dec  1215/1315       EU  ECB Supervisory Board member Ignazio Angeloni

                              participation in a discussion at roundtable

                              "Balancing the Roles of the ECB" organised by

                              Official Monetary and Financial Institutions

                              Forum

(OMFIF), in London.

10-Dec  1300/1400       DE  BBK Joachim Wuermeling participation in the public

                              hearing at the Finance Committee of the Bundestag,

                              in Berlin.

10-Dec  1315/0815  **   CA  Housing Starts - CMHC (Canadian Mortgage and

                              Housing Corp)

10-Dec  1330/0830  *    CA  Building Permits

10-Dec  1500/1000  *    US  employment trends index

10-Dec  1500/1000  **   US  JOLTS jobs opening level

10-Dec  1500/1000  **   US  JOLTS quits Rate

10-Dec  1600/1100  **   US  NY Fed survey of consumer expectations

10-Dec  1830/1330       CA  BOC Deputy Gov Timothy Lane participates in a

                              panel discussion at the

Toronto Centre and Central

                              Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Istanbul, Turkey.

11-Dec      -      ***  CN  Money Supply

11-Dec      -      ***  CN  New Loans

11-Dec      -      ***  CN  Social Financing

11-Dec  2230/0930  **   AU  ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence

11-Dec  0630/0730  **   FR  non-farm payrolls

11-Dec  0930/0930  ***  UK  Labour Market Survey

11-Dec  1000/1100  ***  DE  ZEW Current Conditions Index

11-Dec  1000/1100  ***  DE  ZEW Current Expectations Index

11-Dec  1100/0600  **   US  NFIB Small Business Optimism Index

11-Dec  1330/0830  ***  US  PPI

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

11-Dec  1600/1100  **   US  Kansas City Fed LMCI

12-Dec      -      ***  CN  Money Supply

12-Dec      -      ***  CN  New Loans

12-Dec      -      ***  CN  Social Financing

12-Dec  2350/0850  *    JP  CGPI

12-Dec  2350/0850  *    JP  Machinery orders

12-Dec  1000/1100  ***  IT  HICP (f)

12-Dec  1000/1100  **   EU  industrial production

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

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

12-Dec  1330/0830  ***  US  CPI

12-Dec  1330/0830  **   CA  Capacity Utilization

12-Dec  1330/1430       EU  ECB Supervisory Board member Pentti Hakkarainen

                              speech at the

inaugural meeting of the

                              International Quality Network,organised by the

                              ECB, in Frankfurt.

12-Dec  1500/1000  **   US  Atlanta Fed inflation index

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

13-Dec  0700/0800  ***  DE  HICP (f)

13-Dec  0715/0815       DE  BBK Board member Burkhard Balz speech in the Stock

                              market breakfast at the  Deutsche Boerse, in

                              Frankfurt.

13-Dec  0745/0845  ***  FR  HICP (f)

13-Dec  0830/0930  ***  CH  SNB policy decision

13-Dec  0830/0930  ***  CH  SNB policy decision

13-Dec  0830/0930  ***  CH  SNB policy decision

13-Dec  0830/0930  ***  CH  SNB policy decision

13-Dec  0830/0930  ***  CH  SNB policy decision

13-Dec  0830/0930  ***  CH  SNB policy decision

13-Dec  1245/1345  ***  EU  ECB Main Refi Rate

13-Dec  1245/1345  ***  EU  ECB Deposit Rate

13-Dec  1245/1345  ***  EU  ECB Marginal Lending Rate

13-Dec  1245/1345       EU  ECB monetary policy decision, in Frankfurt.

13-Dec  1330/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

13-Dec  1330/0830  **   US  import/export price index

13-Dec  1330/0830  *    CA  Intl Investment Position

13-Dec  1330/0830  *    CA  New Housing Price Index

13-Dec  1330/1430       EU  Press conference following the Governing Council

                              meeting of the ECB, in Frankfurt.

13-Dec  1445/0945  *    US  Bloomberg Comfort Index

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

13-Dec  1900/1400  **   US  Treasury Budget

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

14-Dec      -      *    FR  BOF retail trade

14-Dec      -           EU  ECB President Mario Draghi participation in the

                              European

Council meeting, in Brussels.

14-Dec  2350/0850  ***  JP  Tankan

14-Dec  0200/1000  ***  CN  Fixed-Asset Investment

14-Dec  0200/1000  ***  CN  Industrial Output

14-Dec  0200/1000  ***  CN  Retail Sales

14-Dec  0700/0800  *    DE  wholesale prices

14-Dec  0700/0800  *    EU  ACEA car registrations

14-Dec  0800/0900  ***  ES  HICP (f)

14-Dec  0815/0915       EU  ECB Vice-President Luis de Guindos speech at the

                              6th

Frankfurt Conference on Financial Market

                              Policy organised by the SAFE Research Center at

                              the Goethe University, in Frankfurt.

14-Dec  0815/0915  **   FR  Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

14-Dec  0815/0915  **   FR  Markit Services PMI (p)

14-Dec  0830/0930  **   DE  Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

14-Dec  0830/0930  **   DE  Markit Services PMI (p)

14-Dec  0900/1000  **   EU  Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

14-Dec  0900/1000  **   EU  Markit Services PMI (p)

14-Dec  0900/1000  **   EU  Markit Composite PMI (p)

14-Dec  1000/1100  *    EU  labour costs

14-Dec  1100/1200       DE  BBK Burkhard Balz speech at the local employers'

                              association Lower Saxony, in Hannover, Germany.

14-Dec  1330/0830  ***  US  Retail Sales

14-Dec  1330/0830  *    CA  Household debt-to-income

14-Dec  1330/1430       EU  ECB Supervisory Board member Ignazio Angeloni

                              speech at Plenary Session at Rome Investment Forum

                              2018 "Invest in Europe"

organised by Banche

                              Assicurazioni Finanza, in Rome.

14-Dec  1415/0915  ***  US  Industrial Production

14-Dec  1445/0945  ***  US  Markit Manufacturing Index (flash)

14-Dec  1445/0945  ***  US  Markit Services Index (flash)

14-Dec  1500/1000  *    US  business inventories

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

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

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