Global News and Data Calendar

Date    GMT /Local          Event

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16-Dec  0930/0930  ***  UK  Markit Composite PMI (flash)

16-Dec  0930/0930  ***  UK  Markit Manufacturing PMI (flash)

16-Dec  0930/0930  ***  UK  Markit Services PMI (flash)

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

16-Dec  1230/1330       EU  ECB's board member Philip R. Lane holds a

                              lunchtime talk at the 6th Conference on Household

                              Finance and Consumption jointly organised by ECB

                              and Central Bank of Ireland in Dublin, Ireland.

16-Dec  1300/1400       EU  ECB's board member Luis de Guindos gives the

                              opening remarks at the 4th Macroprudential Policy

                              and Research Conference organised by ECB in

                              Frankfurt, Germany.

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

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

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

                              association)

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

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

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

16-Dec  1700/1700       UK  Bank of England FSR

16-Dec  1700/1800       EU  ECB's board member Andrea Enria participates in a

                              youth Dialogue at the Sapienza Universita di Roma

                              in Rome, Italy.

16-Dec  2100/1600  **   US  TICS

16-Dec  2330/1830       US  Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari in a

                              moderated discussion with Congressman Dean

                              Phillips on fiscal responsibility and other

                              experts. Kashkari is expected to provide an

                              economic overview and take questions from

                              Congressman Phillips. Event will be livestreamed.

                            http://www.facebook.com/RepDeanPhillips

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

17-Dec  1000/1100  *    EU  trade balance

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

17-Dec  1300/0800       US  Dallas Fed President Rob Kaplan will take part in

                              a moderated discussion at the Council on Foreign

                              Relations in the C. Peter McColough Series on

                              International Economics. No text. Audience Q&A

                              expected. Questions from the media are expected.

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

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

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

17-Dec  1330/1430       EU  ECB's board member Philip R. Lane is chairing a

                              policy panel at 4th Macroprudential Policy and

                              Research Conference organised by the ECB in

                              Frankfurt, Germany.

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

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

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

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

17-Dec  1500/1000  **   US  IBD/TIPP Optimism Index

17-Dec  1800/1300       US  Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren to speak at

                              the Forecasters Club of New York at the Cornell

                              Club in New York City. Text is expected. Rosengren

                              is expected to take questions from the audience,

                              but not the media. Livestream not expected.

18-Dec      -           JP  BOJ policy meeting

18-Dec  2350/0850  **   JP  Trade

18-Dec  0700/1500  **   CN  MNI China Liquidity Suvey

18-Dec  0700/0800  **   DE  PPI

18-Dec  0800/0900  **   SE  Economic Tendency Indicator

18-Dec  0830/0930       EU  ECB's board member Christine Lagarde gives welcome

                              address at the Colloquium in honour of Benoit

                              Coeure organised by the ECB in Frankfurt, Germany.

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

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

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

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

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

18-Dec  1000/1100  **   EU  construction production

18-Dec  1015/0515       US  Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard to speak on

                              monetary policy, technology, and globalization at

                              the European Central Bank in Frankfurt am Main,

                              Germany. Text is expected to be released. Gov.

                              Brainard is expected to take questions from the

                              audience. The event will be webcast.

                            https://www.ecb.europa.eu/home/html/index.en.html

18-Dec  1115/1215       EU  ECB's board member Benoit Coeure gives closing

                              remarks at the Colloquium in his honour organised

                              by the ECB in Frankfurt, Germany.

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

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

18-Dec  1330/0830  ***  CA  CPI

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

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

18-Dec  1740/1240       US  Chicago Fed President Charles Evans speaks on

                              monetary policy at the Economic Club of Indiana

                              Luncheon. No text expected. Evans is expected to

                              take questions from the media.

19-Dec      -           JP  BOJ policy meeting

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

19-Dec  0630/1530       JP  BOJ Governor Kuroda presser

19-Dec  0745/0845  *    FR  Business Climate Indicator

19-Dec  0745/0845  **   FR  Manufacturing Sentiment

19-Dec  0745/0845  *    FR  Services Sentiment

19-Dec  0900/1000       NO  Norges Bank policy decision

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

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

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

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

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

19-Dec  1330/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

19-Dec  1330/0830  *    US  current account balance

19-Dec  1330/0830  **   CA  Wholesale Trade

19-Dec  1330/0830  *    CA  Payroll employment

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

19-Dec  1500/1000  **   US  leading indicators

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

19-Dec  1530/1630       EU  ECB's board member Philip R. Lane is chairing

                              policy panel at 4th ECB biennial conference on

                              Fiscal policy and EMU governance in Frankfurt,

                              Germany.

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

20-Dec  2330/0830  ***  JP  CPI

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

20-Dec  0745/0845  **   FR  Consumer Spending

20-Dec  0745/0845  **   FR  PPI

20-Dec  0830/0930  **   SE  PPI

20-Dec  0900/1000  **   EU  current account

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

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

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

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

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

20-Dec  1100/1100       UK  BOE MPC Jonathan Haskel speech, London

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

20-Dec  1330/0830  **   CA  Retail Trade

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

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

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

20-Dec  1500/1000  *    US  BLS State Employment

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

20-Dec  1600/1100  **   US  Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index

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

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

23-Dec  0800/0900  **   ES  PPI

23-Dec  1330/0830  ***  CA  Gross Domestic Product by Industry

23-Dec  1400/0900  *    US  Building permits revisions

23-Dec  1500/1000  ***  US  new home sales

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

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

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

24-Dec  1500/1000  **   US  Richmond Fed Survey

26-Dec  0400/1300       JP  BOJ Governor Kuroda speaks at the Keidanren

                              meeting

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

26-Dec  1330/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

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

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