Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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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

15-Dec  1030/1130       EU  ECB President Mario Draghi speech on the occasion

                              of the

awarding of the Laurea Honoris Causa in

                              Economics by

University of Sant'Anna, in Pisa,

                              Italy.

17-Dec  1000/1100  *    EU  trade balance

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

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

17-Dec  1330/0830  **   US  Empire State Manufacturing Survey

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

17-Dec  1400/0900  *    CA  Home Sales - CREA (Canadian real estate

                              association)

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

17-Dec  2100/1600  **   US  TICS

18-Dec      -           US  FOMC policy meeting, in Washington.

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

18-Dec  0815/0915       EU  ECB Vice-President Luis de Guindos participation

                              in a panel

discussion at an event in honour of the

                              40th anniversary of the Spanish constitution

                              organised by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, in

                              Madrid.

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

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

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

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

18-Dec  1330/0830  ***  CA  Monthly Survey of Manufacturing

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

19-Dec  2350/0850  **   JP  Trade

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