Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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

18-Dec      -      *    CH  GDP forecast

18-Dec  0030/1130  ***  AU  RBA board meeting minutes

18-Dec  0800/0900  *    ES  labour costs

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  0920/0420       US  Norges Bank Gov. Oystein Olsen speech to the

                              Regional network, region East, in Oslo.

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 Industrial Trends

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  1400/1500  **   BE  BNB Business Sentiment

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  0230/1130       JP  BOJ releases outcome of two-day policy board

                              meeting in monetary policy statement

20-Dec  0630/1530       JP  BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda holds a news

                              conference on the meeting results

20-Dec  0800/0900  *    ES  industrial orders

20-Dec  0800/0900  *    ES  services survey

20-Dec  0830/0930       SE  Riksbank policy decision

20-Dec  0900/1000  **   EU  current account

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

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

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

21-Dec  0001/0001  **   UK  Gfk Monthly Consumer Confidence

21-Dec  0700/0800  *    DE  GFK Consumer Climate

21-Dec  0700/0800  *    DE  construction orders

21-Dec  0700/0800  **   DE  Import/Export Prices

21-Dec  0745/0845  **   FR  Manufacturing Sentiment

21-Dec  0745/0845  *    FR  Business Climate Indicator

21-Dec  0745/0845  *    FR  Services Sentiment

21-Dec  0745/0845  **   FR  Consumer Spending

21-Dec  0745/0845  **   FR  PPI

21-Dec  0745/0845  ***  FR  GDP (f)

21-Dec  0900/1000  **   IT  ISTAT Business Confidence

21-Dec  0900/1000  **   IT  ISTAT Consumer Confidence

21-Dec  0930/0930  *    UK  Quarterly current account balance

21-Dec  0930/0930  ***  UK  GDP Second Estimate

21-Dec  0930/0930  ***  UK  Public Sector Finances

21-Dec  1330/0830  ***  US  GDP (3rd)

21-Dec  1330/0830  **   US  durable goods new orders

21-Dec  1330/0830  **   US  Philadelphia Fed Nonmanufacturing Index

21-Dec  1500/1000  ***  US  Final Michigan Sentiment Index

21-Dec  1500/1000  **   US  Personal Income and Consumption

21-Dec  1500/1000  *    US  BLS State Employment

21-Dec  1500/1000  ***  CA  BOC Business Outlook Survey

21-Dec  1500/1600  **   EU  consumer confidence indicator (p)

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

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

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