MNI US Morning Briefing

     LONDON (MNI) - Tuesday throws up a full and busy calendar on both sides of

the Atlantic,

getting underway early.

     Across the Atlantic, the US calendar gets underway at 0830ET, with the

publication of the advance trade, advance business inventories.

     At the same time, in Canada, the Industrial Production and Raw Material

Price

Index will be released.

     The latest US Redbook Retail Sales Index will cross the wires at 0855ET.

     At 1000ET, the FHFA Home Price Index and the Quarterly Price Index will be

released, alongside the S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index.

     The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will hold

a

full committee hearing on nomination of Jerome Powell to be Chairman of the

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington.

     Further US data from 1100ET includes the US Building permits revisions, the

Richmond Fed Survey and the Conference Board Consumer Confidence.

     The index of consumer confidence is expected to decline to a reading of

123.5 in

November after a sharp gain to 125.9 in October. The Michigan Sentiment Index

slipped to 98.5 in November from 100.7 in the previous month. 

     Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank President Harker will speak on "Financial

Safety for  the Aging Population" at "Aging, Cognition, and Financial Health:

Building a Robust System for Older Americans" in Philadelphia, starting at

1015ET.

     The Dallas Fed Services Survey will be released at 1015ET.

     Back in Europe, at 1100ET, ECB President Mario Draghi will give his

introductory statement at a Hearing before the Committee on Economic and

Monetary Affairs (ECON) of the European Parliament, in Brussels.

     BOC Gov Stephen Poloz and Senior Deputy Gov Carolyn Wilkins will hold a 

press

conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa, starting at 1115ET.

--MNI London Bureau; tel: +44 203-586-2225; email: les.commons@marketnews.com