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December 2014

Time
Event
Previous
Forecast
Actual
Mon 1 Dec
3:45 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Graeme Wheeler,Speech
 
 
 
6:30 AiG Performance of Mfg Index
49.4
 
50.1
7:50 Capital Spending[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.0%
+1.8%
+5.5%
7:50 Capital Spending excl Sftwre[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.9%
+1.5%
+5.6%
8:30 Company Operating Profit[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-6.9%
-1.3%
+0.5%
9:00 PMI Manufacturing
50.8
50.5
50.3
9:45 HSBC Manufacturing PMI
50.0
50.0
50.0
13:00 Vehicle Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-9.1%
 
-13.5%
16:30 PMI Manufacturing
55.3
53.1
52.1
16:30 Retail Sales - Value[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.8%
+1.2%
+1.4%
17:00 PMI Manufacturing
50.4
50.4
50.1
17:30 Bank of Portugal Governor Carkis da Silva Costa and Financial Minister Maria Luís Albuquerque , Speech
 
 
 
17:30 Net Consumer Credit
£ +0.9B
£ +1.0B
£ +1.1B
17:30 Net Lending Sec. on Dwellings
£ +1.8B
£ +1.8B
£ +1.5B
17:30 Mortgage Approvals
61.3K
59.0K
59.4K
17:30 M4 Money Supply[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.7%
 
-0.1%
17:30 M4 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
-2.5%
 
-2.6%
17:30 PMI Manufacturing
53.2
53.0
53.5
23:00 ISM Manufacturing
59.0
58.0
58.7
23:00 ISM Prices Paid
53.5
52.5
44.5
23:00 Bank of Portugal Governor Carkis da Silva Costa, Speech
 
 
 
Tue 2 Dec
7:50 Monetary Base[year-on-year(YoY)]
+36.9%
 
+36.7%
8:00 ANZ Commodity Price[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.8%
 
-1.6%
8:30 Current Account Balance
A$ -13.7B
A$ -13.5B
A$ -12.5B
8:30 Building Approvals[month-on-month(MoM)]
-11.0%
+5.0%
+11.4%
8:30 Building Approvals[year-on-year(YoY)]
-13.4%
-6.0%
+2.5%
9:30 Labor Cash Earnings
+0.8
+0.8
+0.5
11:30 RBA Interest Rate Decision
2.50%
2.50%
2.50%
17:30 PMI Construction
61.4
61.0
59.4
18:00 Producer Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
-0.3%
-0.4%
18:00 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.4%
-1.3%
-1.3%
23:00 Construction Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.4%
+0.6%
+1.1%
Wed 3 Dec
6:30 AiG Performance of Service Index
43.6
 
43.8
8:01 BRC Shop Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.9%
 
-1.9%
8:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.5%
+0.7%
+0.3%
8:30 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.1%
+3.1%
+2.7%
9:00 PMI Services
53.8
 
53.9
9:45 HSBC Non-Manufacturing PMI
52.9
 
53.0
10:30 Purchasing Managers Index
47.7
 
48.8
14:45 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.2%
+0.3%
+0.6%
14:45 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.4%
+1.4%
+1.9%
17:00 PMI Services
51.3
51.3
51.1
17:00 PMI Composite
51.4
51.4
51.1
17:30 PMI Services
56.2
56.5
58.6
18:00 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.3%
+0.5%
+0.4%
18:00 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.6%
+1.6%
+1.4%
20:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
-4.3%
 
-7.3%
21:15 ADP Employment Change
+230K
+222K
+208K
21:30 Nonfarm Productivity[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+2.0%
+2.4%
+2.3%
21:30 Unit Labor Costs[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.3%
-0.2%
-1.0%
23:00 ISM Non-Manf. Composite
57.1
57.5
59.3
23:00 Bank of Canada Rate Decision
1.00%
1.00%
1.00%
Thu 4 Dec
1:30 Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia President Charles I. Plosser, Speech
 
 
 
3:00 Fed''s Beige Book
 
 
 
6:30 Bank of Canada Governer Stephen Poloz, Speech
 
 
 
7:00 QV House Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.9%
 
+5.1%
8:30 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Richard W. Fisher, Greetings
 
 
 
8:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.2%
+0.1%
+0.4%
8:30 Trade Balance
A$ -2.261B
A$ -1.800B
A$ -1.323B
16:00 Halifax House Price[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.4%
+0.3%
+0.4%
16:00 Halifax House Price[year-on-year(YoY)]
+8.8%
+8.0%
+8.2%
16:40 ECB Executive Board member BenoÎt Cœuré Speech
 
 
 
20:00 BOE Announces Rates
0.50%
0.50%
0.50%
20:30 Challenger Job Cuts[year-on-year(YoY)]
+11.9%
 
-20.7%
20:30 RBC Consumer Outlook Index
51.7
 
53.3
20:45 ECB Interest Rate Decision
0.050%
0.050%
0.050%
21:30 Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta J. Mester Speech
 
 
 
21:30 Initial Jobless Claims
313K
295K
297K
21:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
2.316M
2.318M
2.362M
21:30 ECB President Mario Draghi Press Conference
 
 
 
22:00 Bank of England Special Resolution Regime Executive Director Andrew Gracie, Speech
 
 
 
23:00 Ivey Purchasing Managers Index
51.2
52.5
56.9
Fri 5 Dec
6:30 AiG Perf of Construction Index
53.4
 
45.4
13:00 Leading Index CI
105.6
104.1
104.0
13:00 Coincident Index CI
109.8
110.0
110.2
18:00 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.2%
+0.2%
+0.2%
18:00 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.8%
+0.8%
+0.8%
21:30 Trade Balance
$ -43.0B
$ -41.2B
$ -43.4B
21:30 Nonfarm Payrolls
+214K
+230K
+321K
21:30 Unemployment Rate
5.8%
5.8%
5.8%
21:30 Manufacturing Payrolls
+15K
+15K
+28K
21:30 Average Hourly Earnings[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.2%
+0.4%
21:30 Average Hourly Earnings[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.0%
+2.1%
+2.1%
21:30 International Merchandise Trade
C$ +0.71B
C$ +0.15B
C$ +0.10B
21:30 Labor Productivity[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.8%
-0.2%
+0.1%
21:30 Net Change in Employment
+43.1K
0.0K
-10.7K
21:30 Unemployment Rate
6.5%
6.6%
6.6%
21:30 Participation Rate
66.0%
66.0%
66.0%
23:00 Factory Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.6%
0.0%
-0.7%
Sat 6 Dec
4:00 Net Consumer Credit
$ +15.924B
$ +16.500B
$ +13.226B
Sun 7 Dec
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 8 Dec
5:45 Manufacturing Activity[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-1.9%
 
-1.2%
7:50 Balance of Payments - Current A/C
¥ +963.0B
¥ +370.1B
¥ +833.4B
7:50 Trade Balance - BOP Basis
¥ -714.5B
¥ -569.6B
¥ -766.6B
7:50 Real Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-0.4%
-0.1%
-0.5%
7:50 Real Gross Domestic Product[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
-1.6%
-0.5%
-1.9%
7:50 Nominal GDP[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-0.8%
-0.5%
-0.9%
7:50 GDP Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.1%
+2.1%
+2.0%
8:30 ANZ Job Advertisements[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
 
+0.7%
10:07 Trade Balance
$ +45.41B
$ +43.95B
$ +54.47B
12:30 Bankruptcies[year-on-year(YoY)]
-16.57%
 
-14.61%
13:00 Economy Watchers Survey: Current
44.0
45.8
41.5
13:00 Economy Watchers Survey: Outlook
46.6
47.0
44.0
16:15 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
-0.1%
0.0%
16:15 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
0.0%
-0.1%
-0.1%
16:15 CPI - EU Harmonised[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
 
-0.3%
16:15 CPI - EU Harmonised[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.1%
 
+0.1%
16:15 Retail Sales (Real)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.3%
 
+0.3%
17:30 Sentix Investor Confidence
-11.9
-9.0
-2.5
21:15 Housing Starts
183K
195K
195K
21:30 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
+12.7%
+3.9%
+0.7%
*** Bank of Finland Governor Erkki Liikanen Speech
 
 
 
23:00 Labor Market Conditions Index
+4.0
 
+2.9
Tue 9 Dec
1:30 Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Dennis P. Lockhart Speech
 
 
 
7:50 Japan Money Stock M2[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.2%
+3.2%
+3.6%
7:50 Japan Money Stock M3[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.6%
+2.6%
+2.9%
8:01 BRC Sales Like-For-Like[year-on-year(YoY)]
0.0%
+0.6%
+0.9%
8:30 NAB Business Confidence
+4
 
+1
8:30 NAB Business Conditions
+13
 
+5
14:00 Machine Tool Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
+30.8%
 
+36.6%
14:45 Unemployment Rate
3.1%
3.2%
3.2%
14:45 Unemployment Rate s.a.
3.2%
3.2%
3.1%
17:30 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.6%
+0.2%
-0.1%
17:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.5%
+1.8%
+1.1%
17:30 Manufacturing Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.2%
-0.7%
17:30 Manufacturing Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.9%
+3.2%
+1.7%
20:00 Bank of Slovakia Governor Jozef Makuch Speech
 
 
 
20:30 NFIB Small Business Optimism
96.1
96.5
98.1
23:00 JOLTs Job Openings
4735K
4795K
4834K
23:00 Wholesale Inventories[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.2%
+0.4%
23:00 Wholesale Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.1%
+0.2%
23:00 IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism
46.4
47.0
48.4
23:00 NIESR GDP Estimate
+0.7%
 
+0.7%
Wed 10 Dec
5:05 REINZ Housing Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.4%
 
+3.3%
5:05 REINZ House Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-2.4%
 
+6.5%
7:30 Westpac Consumer Confidence Index
96.6
 
91.1
7:50 Domestic CGPI[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.8%
-0.3%
-0.2%
7:50 Domestic CGPI[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.9%
+2.6%
+2.7%
7:50 BSI Large All Industry[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+11.1
+10.0
+5.0
7:50 BSI Large Manufacturing[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+12.7
 
+8.1
8:30 Home Loans[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.7%
+0.1%
+0.3%
8:30 Investment Lending[month-on-month(MoM)]
+3.7%
 
+1.0%
9:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.6%
+1.6%
+1.4%
9:30 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-2.2%
-2.4%
-2.7%
13:00 Consumer Confidence
38.9
39.5
37.7
17:30 Trade Balance
£ -9.821B
£ -9.500B
£ -9.620B
20:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
-7.3%
 
+7.3%
Thu 11 Dec
0:15 Bank of Canada Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Wilkins, Press Conference
 
 
 
3:00 Budget Statement
$ -121.7B
$ -65.0B
$ -56.8B
4:00 RBNZ Announces Rates
3.50%
3.50%
3.50%
4:05 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Graeme Wheeler, Press Conference
 
 
 
5:45 Food Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
 
-0.5%
7:50 Indices of Tertiary Industry Activity[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.0%
-0.2%
-0.2%
7:50 Machinery Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
+2.9%
-1.7%
-6.4%
7:50 Machinery Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.3%
-0.3%
-4.9%
8:00 Consumer Inflation Expectation
+4.1%
 
+3.4%
8:01 RICS House Prices
+20%
+15%
+13%
8:30 Employed labor force
+24.1K
+15.0K
+42.7K
8:30 Unemployment Rate
6.2%
6.3%
6.3%
8:30 Participation Rate
64.6%
64.6%
64.7%
16:30 Swiss National Bank Rate Decision
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
17:00 Bank of Finland Governor Erkki Liikanen Speech
 
 
 
17:00 ECB Monthly Report
 
 
 
20:45 Bank of Canada Governer Stephen Poloz, Speech
 
 
 
21:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.4%
+0.7%
21:30 Retail Sales Ex-Auto[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.1%
+0.5%
21:30 Initial Jobless Claims
297K
297K
294K
21:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
2.362M
2.344M
2.514M
21:30 Import price index[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.3%
-1.8%
-1.5%
21:30 Import price index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.8%
-2.6%
-2.3%
21:30 Capacity Utilization Ratio
82.7%
83.0%
83.4%
21:30 New Housing Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.1%
+0.1%
21:30 New Housing Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.6%
 
+1.6%
23:00 Business Inventories[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.2%
+0.2%
Fri 12 Dec
1:00 Canada Federal Industry Minister, James Moore Speech
 
 
 
5:30 Business NZ PMI
59.3
 
55.2
8:00 ANZ Consumer Confidence Index
121.8
 
126.5
10:00 Non Resident Bond Holdings
64.8%
 
66.5%
12:30 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
 
+0.4%
12:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.0%
 
-0.8%
12:30 Capacity Utilization Ratio[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.6%
 
+0.7%
13:30 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+11.5%
+11.5%
+11.7%
13:30 Retail Sales (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+12.0%
+12.0%
+12.0%
13:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.7%
+7.5%
+7.2%
13:30 Industrial Production (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+8.4%
+8.3%
+8.3%
13:30 Investment in Fixed Assets (Excluding Rural Households) (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+15.9%
+15.8%
+15.8%
16:04 New Bank Lending
5483¥ *B
6550¥ *B
8527¥ *B
16:04 Money Supply M2[year-on-year(YoY)]
+12.6%
+12.5%
+12.3%
16:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.2%
 
-1.8%
16:30 Producer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.4%
 
+1.3%
18:00 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.6%
+0.2%
+0.1%
18:00 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.6%
+0.7%
+0.7%
18:00 Employed labor force[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.2%
 
+0.2%
18:00 Employed labor force[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.4%
 
+0.6%
21:30 Producer Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
-0.1%
-0.2%
21:30 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.5%
+1.4%
+1.4%
21:30 PPI Output Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.1%
0.0%
21:30 PPI Output Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.8%
+1.8%
+1.8%
21:30 House Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
 
-0.3%
21:30 House Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.4%
 
+5.2%
22:55 U. of Michigan Confidence
88.8
89.5
93.8
Sat 13 Dec
 
 
 
 
 
Sun 14 Dec
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 15 Dec
7:50 Tankan Large Manufacturers Index
+13
+13
+12
7:50 Tankan Large Manufacturing Outlook
+13
+13
+9
7:50 Tankan Non-Manufacturing
+13
+13
+16
7:50 Tankan Non-Manufacturing Outlook
+14
+14
+15
7:50 Tankan Large All Industry Capital Expenditure[year-on-year(YoY)]
+8.6%
+8.1%
+8.9%
8:01 Rightmove House Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.7%
 
-3.3%
8:01 Rightmove House Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+8.5%
 
+7.0%
8:30 New Motor Vehicle Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.6%
 
-0.6%
8:30 New Motor Vehicle Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.5%
 
-3.8%
12:00 Tokyo Condominium Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-10.9%
 
-33.3%
16:15 Producer & Import Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
-0.2%
-0.7%
16:15 Producer & Import Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.1%
-1.1%
-1.6%
17:00 Austria National Bank Governor Ewald Nowotny Speech
 
 
 
19:00 CBI Trends Total Orders
+3
+3
+5
21:30 Empire Manufacturing
+10.16
+12.40
-3.58
22:00 Existing Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.7%
 
0.0%
22:15 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
+0.7%
+1.3%
22:15 Capacity Utilization Ratio
78.9%
79.4%
80.1%
23:00 NAHB Housing Market Index
58
59
57
Tue 16 Dec
5:00 Net Long-term TIC Flows
$ +164.3B
 
$ -1.4B
5:00 Net TIC Flows
$ -55.6B
 
$ +178.4B
8:30 RBA Minutes
 
 
 
9:45 HSBC Manufacturing PMI
50.0
49.8
49.5
15:00 EU 27 New Car Registrations[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.5%
 
+1.4%
17:00 PMI Manufacturing
50.1
50.5
50.8
17:00 PMI Services
51.1
51.5
51.9
17:00 PMI Composite
51.1
51.5
51.7
17:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
0.0%
-0.3%
17:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.3%
+1.2%
+1.0%
17:30 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.5%
+1.5%
+1.2%
17:30 Retail Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
0.0%
-0.2%
17:30 Retail Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.3%
+2.2%
+2.0%
17:30 RPI (MoM)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.4%
+2.3%
+2.0%
17:30 PPI Input[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.5%
-1.5%
-1.0%
17:30 PPI Input[year-on-year(YoY)]
-8.4%
-9.2%
-8.8%
17:30 PPI Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.3%
-0.3%
+0.2%
17:30 PPI Output[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.5%
-0.6%
-0.1%
17:30 PPI Output Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
0.0%
+0.5%
17:30 PPI Output Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.9%
+1.0%
+1.4%
17:30 ONS House Price[year-on-year(YoY)]
+12.1%
+11.4%
+10.4%
18:00 ZEW Survey (Econ. Sentiment)
11.0
 
31.8
18:00 Trade Balance
€ +18.5B
€ +21.0B
€ +24.0B
18:00 Trade Balance sa
€ +17.7B
€ +18.4B
€ +19.4B
21:30 Housing Starts
1.009M
1.040M
1.028M
21:30 Housing Starts[month-on-month(MoM)]
-2.8%
+3.1%
-1.6%
21:30 Building Permits
1.080M
1.065M
1.035M
21:30 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
+4.8%
-2.5%
-5.2%
21:30 International Securities Transactions
C$ +4.37B
C$ +4.00B
C$ +9.53B
21:30 Manufacturing Shipments[month-on-month(MoM)]
+2.1%
-0.3%
-0.6%
Wed 17 Dec
5:45 Current Account Balance
NZ$ -1.065B
NZ$ -5.300B
NZ$ -5.012B
5:45 Current Account Deficit to GDP Ratio
-2.5%
-2.8%
-2.6%
7:30 Westpac Leading Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.03%
 
-0.06%
7:50 Merchnds Trade Balance Total
¥ -710.0B
¥ -992.0B
¥ -891.9B
8:00 DEWR Internet Skilled Vacancies[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
 
-0.8%
14:00 Machine Tool Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
+36.6%
 
+36.6%
17:30 BOE Minutes
 
 
 
17:30 Jobless Claims Change
-20.4K
-20.0K
-26.9K
17:30 Unemployment Rate
2.8%
2.7%
2.7%
17:30 ILO Unemployment Rate (3mths)
6.0%
5.9%
6.0%
18:00 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.3%
+0.3%
+0.3%
18:00 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.7%
+0.7%
+0.7%
18:00 Labour Costs[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.2%
 
+1.3%
18:00 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
 
-0.2%
18:00 ZEW Survey (Expectations)
-7.6
 
-4.9
20:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
+7.3%
 
-3.3%
21:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
-0.1%
-0.3%
21:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.7%
+1.4%
+1.3%
21:30 CPI Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.1%
+0.1%
21:30 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.8%
+1.8%
+1.7%
21:30 Current Account Balance
$ -98.5B
$ -97.5B
$ -100.3B
21:30 Wholesale Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.8%
+0.2%
+0.1%
Thu 18 Dec
3:00 FOMC Rate Decision
0.25%
0.25%
0.25%
5:45 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.7%
+0.7%
+1.0%
5:45 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.9%
+3.3%
+3.2%
15:00 Trade Balance
+32.6*B francs
+29.2*B francs
+38.7*B francs
15:00 Swiss National Bank Rate Decision
0.00%
 
-0.250%
16:30 Unemployment Rate
3.3%
3.3%
3.3%
17:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
+0.4%
+1.6%
17:30 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.3%
+4.4%
+6.4%
17:30 Retail Sales Ex Auto Fuel[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
+0.3%
+1.7%
17:30 Retail Sales Ex Auto Fuel[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.6%
+4.5%
+6.9%
18:00 Construction Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.8%
 
+1.3%
18:00 Construction Output[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.7%
 
+1.4%
21:30 Initial Jobless Claims
294K
295K
289K
21:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
2.514M
2.436M
2.373M
23:00 Philadelphia Fed.
+40.8
+26.0
+24.5
23:00 Leading Indicators[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.9%
+0.5%
+0.6%
Fri 19 Dec
8:00 ANZ Business Conditions
31.5
 
30.4
8:05 GfK Consumer Confidence Survey
-2
-1
-4
10:00 Credit Card Spending[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.7%
 
+5.2%
11:28 BOJ Statement on Monetary Policy
 
 
 
12:30 All Industry Activity Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.0%
0.0%
-0.1%
13:00 Leading Index CI
104.0
 
104.5
13:00 Coincident Index CI
110.2
 
109.9
13:30 Nationwide Department Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-2.2%
 
-1.0%
13:30 Tokyo Dept. Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.1%
 
+0.3%
14:30 Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda Press Conference
 
 
 
16:33 Balance of Payments - Current A/C
HK$ -8.94B
 
HK$ +43.30B
17:00 Euro-Zone Current Account nsa
€ +31.0B
 
€ +30.6B
17:00 Euro-Zone Trade Balance sa
€ +30.0B
 
€ +20.5B
17:30 Public Finances (PSNCR)
£ -2.6B
 
£ +6.7B
17:30 PSNB ex Interventions
£ +7.7B
£ +15.1B
£ +14.1B
19:00 CBI Reported Sales
+27
+30
+61
21:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
-0.2%
-0.4%
21:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.4%
+2.2%
+2.0%
21:30 CPI Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.1%
-0.2%
21:30 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.3%
+2.4%
+2.1%
21:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
-0.3%
0.0%
21:30 Retail Sales Ex-Auto[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
+0.2%
+0.2%
Sat 20 Dec
0:00 Kansas City Fed Manf. Activity
+7
+7
+8
Sun 21 Dec
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 22 Dec
5:00 Westpac Consumer Confidence Index
116.7
 
114.8
13:00 Supermarket Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.9%
 
-0.7%
13:00 BOJ Monthly Report of Recent Economic and Financial Developments
 
 
 
15:00 Convenience Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.1%
 
-1.7%
16:00 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.4%
 
+3.6%
21:30 Chicago Fed Nat Activity Index
+0.14
+0.25
+0.73
23:00 Existing Home Sales
5.26M
5.20M
4.93M
23:00 Existing Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.5%
-1.1%
-6.1%
23:00 Consumer Confidence
-11.6
-11.0
-10.9
Tue 23 Dec
*** The Emperor''s Birthday
 
 
 
5:45 Trade Balance
NZ$ -0.908B
NZ$ -0.575B
NZ$ -0.213B
10:00 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.5%
 
+5.8%
16:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.2%
+4.7%
+5.1%
17:30 BBA Loans for House Purchase
37076
36400
36717
17:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.7%
+0.7%
+0.7%
17:30 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.0%
+3.0%
+2.6%
17:30 Current Account Balance
£ -23.1B
£ -23.2B
£ -27.0B
17:30 Index of Services (3mth/3mth)
+0.8%
+0.7%
+0.7%
17:30 Total Business Investment[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-0.7%
-0.7%
-1.4%
17:30 Total Business Investment[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.3%
+6.3%
+5.2%
21:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+3.9%
+4.3%
+5.0%
21:30 Personal Consumption[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+2.2%
+2.5%
+3.2%
21:30 GDP Price Index[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.4%
+1.4%
+1.4%
21:30 PCE Core[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.4%
+1.4%
+1.4%
21:30 Durable Goods Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+3.0%
-0.7%
21:30 Durables Goods Orders Ex Transportation[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.9%
+1.0%
-0.4%
21:30 Gross Domestic Product[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.1%
+0.3%
22:00 House Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
+0.3%
+0.6%
22:55 U. of Michigan Confidence
93.8
93.5
93.6
23:00 Richmond Fed Manufact. Index
+4
+7
+7
23:00 New Home Sales
458K
460K
438K
23:00 New Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.7%
+0.4%
-1.6%
23:00 Personal Income[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.4%
+0.4%
23:00 Personal Spending[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.5%
+0.6%
23:00 PCE Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.4%
+1.2%
+1.2%
23:00 PCE Core Deflator[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.1%
0.0%
23:00 PCE Core Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.6%
+1.5%
+1.4%
Wed 24 Dec
7:00 Conference Board Leading Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.3%
 
-0.2%
13:00 SME Business Sentiment Index
47.7
 
46.7
16:00 KOF Leading Indicator
98.7
99.5
98.7
20:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
-3.3%
 
+0.9%
21:30 Initial Jobless Claims
289K
290K
280K
21:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
2.373M
2.375M
2.403M
Thu 25 Dec
*** Christmas Day
 
 
 
7:50 Corp Service Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.6%
+3.5%
+3.6%
7:50 Bank of Japan Minutes from Nov 18-19 Monetary Policy Meeting
 
 
 
13:00 Annualized Housing Starts
904K
898K
888K
13:00 Housing Starts[year-on-year(YoY)]
-12.3%
-12.8%
-14.3%
13:00 Construction Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
+15.7%
 
+16.9%
*** Bank of Japan Governor, Haruhiko Kuroda Speech
 
 
 
Fri 26 Dec
*** Boxing Day
 
 
 
*** Christmas Holiday
 
 
 
7:30 Unemployment Rate
3.5%
3.5%
3.5%
7:30 Job-To-Applicant Ratio
1.10
1.10
1.12
7:30 Household Spending[year-on-year(YoY)]
-4.0%
-3.6%
-2.5%
7:30 National Consumer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.9%
+2.5%
+2.4%
7:30 Natl CPI Ex-Fresh Food[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.9%
+2.7%
+2.7%
7:30 Natl CPI Ex Food, Energy[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.2%
+2.1%
+2.1%
7:30 Tokyo CPI[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.1%
+2.1%
+2.1%
7:30 Tokyo CPI Ex-Fresh Food[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.4%
+2.3%
+2.3%
7:30 Tokyo CPI Ex Food, Energy[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.8%
+1.8%
+1.8%
7:50 Retail Sales Value[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.4%
+1.1%
+0.4%
7:50 Sales of Large-scale Retail Stores[year-on-year(YoY)]
0.0%
+0.6%
+1.2%
7:50 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.8%
-0.6%
7:50 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.8%
-2.4%
-3.8%
9:30 Labor Cash Earnings[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.5%
+0.4%
-1.5%
12:00 Vehicle Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
-6.3%
 
-12.2%
22:00 NAPM-Milwaukee
70.25
66.50
57.61
Sat 27 Dec
9:30 Industrial Profits (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.7%
 
+5.3%
Sun 28 Dec
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 29 Dec
15:00 UBS Consumption Indicator
1.29
 
1.29
16:30 Trade Balance
HK$ -49.8B
HK$ -52.0B
HK$ -52.2B
23:30 Dallas Fed Manf. Activity
+10.5
+9.0
+4.1
Tue 30 Dec
9:40 Climate Leading Index
99.77
 
99.17
15:00 Nat''wide House prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.2%
+0.2%
15:00 Nat''wide House prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+8.5%
+7.2%
+7.2%
16:30 Retail Sales - Value[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.4%
-0.2%
+4.1%
17:00 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.5%
+2.6%
+3.1%
22:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind
173.72
173.72
173.36
22:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.34%
+0.40%
+0.76%
22:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.90%
+4.40%
+4.50%
23:00 Consumer Confidence
88.7
93.9
92.6
Wed 31 Dec
8:30 Private Sector Credit[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.6%
+0.5%
+0.5%
8:30 Private Sector Credit[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.7%
+5.9%
+5.9%
9:45 HSBC Manufacturing PMI
49.5
49.5
49.6
16:40 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+10.3%
 
+8.6%
21:30 Initial Jobless Claims
280K
290K
298K
21:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
2.403M
2.368M
2.353M
22:45 Chicago Purchasing Manager
60.8
60.0
58.3
23:00 Pending Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.1%
+0.5%
+0.8%
23:00 Pending Home Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.2%
+3.6%
+1.7%