Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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14-Dec      -      *    FR  BOF retail trade

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

                              European

Council meeting, in Brussels.

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  1000/1100  ***  IT  HICP (f)

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      -      *    CH  GDP forecast

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      -           US  FOMC policy meeting, in Washington.

19-Dec  2350/0850  **   JP  Trade

19-Dec  0700/0800  **   DE  PPI

19-Dec  0930/0930  ***  UK  Producer Prices

19-Dec  0930/0930  ***  UK  Consumer inflation report

19-Dec  0930/0930  *    UK  ONS House Price Index

19-Dec  1000/1100  **   EU  construction production

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

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

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

19-Dec  1330/0830  *    US  current account balance

19-Dec  1330/0830  ***  CA  CPI

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

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

19-Dec  1900/1400       US  FOMC policy announcement, in Washington.

19-Dec  1930/1430       US  US Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Jerome Powell to

                              hold a news conference following the December 18 -

                              19 FOMC meeting.

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

20-Dec  0030/1130  ***  AU  Labor force survey

20-Dec  0800/0900  *    ES  industrial orders

20-Dec  0800/0900  *    ES  retail sales

20-Dec  0830/0930       SE  Riksbank policy decision

20-Dec  0930/0930  ***  UK  Retail Sales

20-Dec  1200/1200  ***  UK  Bank Of England Interest Rate

20-Dec  1200/1200  ***  UK  Bank Of England Quantitative Easing

20-Dec  1330/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

20-Dec  1330/0830  *    CA  Payroll employment

20-Dec  1330/0830  **   CA  Wholesale Trade

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

20-Dec  1445/0945  *    US  Bloomberg Comfort Index

20-Dec  1500/1000  **   US  leading indicators

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

20-Dec  1600/1600       UK  Parliament rises for Christmas recess

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

21-Dec  2330/0830  ***  JP  CPI

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