Global News and Data Calendar

Repeats Story Initially Transmitted at 20:01 GMT Dec 1/15:01 EST Dec 1

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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04-Dec      -           EU  ECB President Mario Draghi and ECB Executive Board

                              member Benoit Coeure participation in Eurogroup

                              meeting, in Brussels.

04-Dec  0030/1130  ***  AU  Quarterly business indicators

04-Dec  0030/1130  **   AU  ANZ monthly job ads survey

04-Dec  0700/0800  *    DE  wholesale sales

04-Dec  0800/0900  *    ES  unemployment

04-Dec  0900/1000  *    DE  VDMA machine orders

04-Dec  0930/0930  **   UK  Markit/CIPS Construction PMI

04-Dec  1000/1100  **   EU  PPI

04-Dec  1445/0945  *    US  ISM-NY Manufacturing Index

04-Dec  1500/1000  **   US  factory new orders

05-Dec      -           EU  ECB Executive Board member Vitor Constancio

                              participation in ECOFIN meeting, in Brussels.

05-Dec  2230/0930  **   AU  AI Group services index

05-Dec  0001/0001  *    UK  BRC-KPMG Shop Sales Monitor

05-Dec  0030/1130  ***  AU  Retail trade monthly

05-Dec  0030/1130  ***  AU  Quarterly balance of payments

05-Dec  0145/0945  **   CN  Caixin Service PMI

05-Dec  0330/1430  ***  AU  RBA monthly cash rate decision

05-Dec  0800/0900  **   ES  industrial production

05-Dec  0815/0915  **   ES  Markit Services PMI (f)

05-Dec  0845/0945  **   IT  Markit Services PMI (f)

05-Dec  0850/0950  **   FR  Markit Services PMI (f)

05-Dec  0855/0955  **   DE  Markit Services PMI (f)

05-Dec  0900/1000  **   EU  Markit Services PMI (f)

05-Dec  0930/0930  **   UK  Markit/CIPS Services PMI

05-Dec  1000/1100  **   EU  retail sales

05-Dec  1215/1315       DE  BBK Board member Andreas Dombret podiumsdiskussion

                              at UK Finance Banking Conference, in London.

05-Dec  1330/0830  **   US  trade balance

05-Dec  1330/0830  **   CA  International Merchandise Trade (Trade Balance)

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

05-Dec  1445/0945  ***  US  Markit Services Index (final)

05-Dec  1500/1000  ***  US  ISM Non-Manufacturing Index

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

05-Dec  1500/1000  *    US  QCEW

05-Dec  1500/1000       US  U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and

                              Urban Affairs to consider nomination of Jerome

                              Powell to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of

                              the Federal Reserve System in Washington.

                            https://goo.gl/9Hkrck

05-Dec  1520/1620       DE  BBK Board member Joachim Wuermeling speech at 23rd

                              Handelsblatt meeting "Banking technology", in

                              Frankfurt.

05-Dec  1630/1730       DE  ECB Gov. Council member Jens Weidmann welcome

                              remarks on the occasion of SAFE/CFS/Deutsche

                              Bundesbank lecture, in Frankfurt.

06-Dec  0030/1130  ***  AU  Quarterly GDP

06-Dec  0700/0800  **   DE  manufacturing orders

06-Dec  0815/0915  ***  CH  CPI

06-Dec  1000/1100       DE  BBK Board member Joachim Wuermeling welcome

                              remarks at portfolio day of Deutsche Bundesbank,

                              in Frankfurt.

06-Dec  1030/1130       EU  ECB Executive Board member Yves Mersch speech at

                              32. Internationales ZinsForum 2017: Zinsen 2018,

                              in Frankfurt.

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

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

06-Dec  1315/0815  ***  US  ADP Employment Report

06-Dec  1330/0830  **   US  Non-Farm Productivity (f)

06-Dec  1330/0830  *    CA  Labour Productivity and Costs

06-Dec  1500/1000  *    US  help-wanted online index

06-Dec  1500/1000  ***  CA  Interest Rate Announcement Bank of Canada

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

06-Dec  2000/1500  *    US  Treasury STRIPS

07-Dec      -      ***  CN  FX Reserves

07-Dec  2230/0930  **   AU  AI Group/HIA construction index

07-Dec  0030/1130  ***  AU  Trade balance

07-Dec  0645/0745  **   CH  unemployment

07-Dec  0700/0800  **   DE  industrial production

07-Dec  0745/0845  *    FR  foreign trade

07-Dec  0745/0845  *    FR  current account

07-Dec  0830/0830  *    UK  Halifax House Price Index

07-Dec  1000/1100  ***  EU  GDP (2nd est.)

07-Dec  1230/0730  *    US  Challenger Monthly Layoff Intentions

07-Dec  1330/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

07-Dec  1330/0830  *    CA  Building Permits

07-Dec  1445/0945  *    US  Bloomberg Comfort Index

07-Dec  1500/1000  *    US  Services Revenues

07-Dec  1500/1000  **   CA  Ivey PMI

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

07-Dec  1700/1200  *    US  Fed domestic non-financial debt

07-Dec  2000/1500  *    US  Consumer Credit

07-Dec  2000/1500  *    US  Treasury Allotments (final)

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

08-Dec      -      ***  CN  Trade

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

08-Dec  0000/0900  **   JP  average wages (p)

08-Dec  0030/1130  ***  AU  Housing finance

08-Dec  0700/0800  *    DE  labour costs

08-Dec  0700/0800  **   DE  trade balance

08-Dec  0745/0845  *    FR  industrial production

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

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

                              Housing Corp)

08-Dec  1330/0830  ***  US  Employment Report

08-Dec  1330/0830  **   CA  Capacity Utilization

08-Dec  1500/1000  **   US  wholesale trade

08-Dec  1500/1000  ***  US  University of Michigan Sentiment Index (p)

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

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

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