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December 2015

Time
Event
Previous
Forecast
Actual
Tue 1 Dec
6:30 AiG Performance of Mfg Index
50.2
 
52.5
7:00 QV House Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+14.0%
 
+15.0%
7:50 Capital Spending[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.6%
+2.2%
+11.2%
7:50 Capital Spending excl Sftwre[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.6%
+1.7%
+11.2%
8:30 Current Account Balance
A$ -19.0B
A$ -16.5B
A$ -18.1B
8:30 Building Approvals[month-on-month(MoM)]
+2.2%
-2.5%
+3.9%
8:30 Building Approvals[year-on-year(YoY)]
+21.4%
+5.7%
+12.3%
9:00 PMI Manufacturing
49.8
49.8
49.6
9:00 PMI Services
53.1
 
53.6
9:45 Caixin Media Manufacturing PMI
48.3
48.3
48.6
11:30 RBA Interest Rate Decision
2.00%
2.00%
2.00%
13:00 Vehicle Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.2%
 
+0.3%
14:45 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.2%
+0.2%
0.0%
14:45 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.2%
+0.8%
+0.8%
16:15 Retail Sales (Real)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.2%
 
-0.8%
16:30 PMI Manufacturing
50.7
50.8
49.7
17:00 PMI Manufacturing
52.8
52.8
52.8
17:00 Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, Press conference
 
 
 
17:30 PMI Manufacturing
55.5
53.6
52.7
18:00 Unemployment Rate
10.8%
10.8%
10.7%
21:30 Gross Domestic Product[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
0.0%
-0.5%
21:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
-0.5%
+2.3%
+2.3%
22:45 PMI Manufacturing
52.6
52.6
52.8
23:00 ISM Manufacturing
50.1
50.5
48.6
23:00 ISM Prices Paid
39.0
40.0
35.5
23:00 Construction Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.6%
+0.6%
+1.0%
Wed 2 Dec
1:45 Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans Speech
 
 
 
7:30 Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Glenn Stevens, Speech
 
 
 
7:50 Monetary Base[year-on-year(YoY)]
+32.5%
 
+32.5%
8:01 BRC Shop Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.8%
 
-2.1%
8:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.2%
+0.8%
+0.9%
8:30 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.0%
+2.4%
+2.5%
9:00 Federal Reserve Bank Board Member Lael Brainard, Speech
 
 
 
9:30 Bank of Japan Deputy Governor, Kikuo Iwata Greetings and Press Conference
 
 
 
17:30 PMI Construction
58.8
58.5
55.3
18:00 Producer Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.3%
-0.4%
-0.3%
18:00 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-3.1%
-3.2%
-3.1%
18:00 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.1%
+0.2%
+0.1%
18:00 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.1%
+1.1%
+0.9%
20:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
-3.2%
 
-0.2%
21:10 Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Dennis P. Lockhart Speech
 
 
 
21:15 ADP Employment Change
+182K
+190K
+217K
21:30 Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Janet Yellen,Greetings
 
 
 
21:30 Nonfarm Productivity[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+1.6%
+2.2%
+2.2%
21:30 Unit Labor Costs[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+1.4%
+1.0%
+1.8%
23:00 Bank of Canada Rate Decision
0.50%
0.50%
0.50%
Thu 3 Dec
1:25 Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Janet Yellen,Greetings
 
 
 
3:00 Fed''s Beige Book
 
 
 
4:40 San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams Speech
 
 
 
6:30 AiG Performance of Service Index
48.9
 
48.2
8:00 HIA New Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-4.0%
 
-3.0%
8:30 Trade Balance
A$ -2.317B
A$ -2.600B
A$ -3.305B
9:45 Caixin Media non-Manufacturing PMI
52.0
 
51.2
10:30 Purchasing Managers Index
46.6
 
46.6
14:30 Bank of Japan Board Member, Takahide Kiuchi Speech
 
 
 
17:00 PMI Services
54.6
54.6
54.2
17:00 PMI Composite
54.4
54.4
54.2
17:30 PMI Services
54.9
55.0
55.9
18:00 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
+0.2%
-0.1%
18:00 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.9%
+2.8%
+2.5%
20:30 Challenger Job Cuts[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.3%
 
-13.9%
20:45 ECB Interest Rate Decision
0.05%
0.05%
0.05%
20:45 ECB Interest Rate Decision [Lower bound]
-0.20%
-0.30%
-0.30%
20:45 ECB Interest Rate Decision [Upper bound]
0.30%
0.30%
0.30%
21:30 Initial Jobless Claims
260K
269K
269K
21:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
2.207M
2.190M
2.161M
21:30 ECB President Mario Draghi Press Conference
 
 
 
21:40 Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta J. Mester Speech
 
 
 
22:45 PMI Services
56.5
56.5
56.1
22:45 PMI Composite
56.1
 
55.9
23:00 Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Janet Yellen Speech
 
 
 
23:00 Factory Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.0%
+1.4%
+1.5%
23:00 ISM Non-Manf. Composite
59.1
58.0
55.9
23:00 Durable Goods Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
+3.0%
 
+2.9%
23:00 Durables Goods Orders Ex Transportation[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.5%
 
+0.5%
Fri 4 Dec
2:10 FRB Vice Chairman Stanley Fischer, Speech
 
 
 
8:00 ANZ Commodity Price[month-on-month(MoM)]
+6.9%
 
-5.6%
8:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.4%
+0.5%
9:30 Labor Cash Earnings[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.6%
+0.5%
+0.7%
13:00 Consumer Confidence
41.5
41.7
42.6
16:15 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
0.0%
-0.1%
16:15 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.4%
-1.3%
-1.4%
16:15 CPI - EU Harmonised[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
 
-0.3%
16:15 CPI - EU Harmonised[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.2%
 
-1.2%
21:30 Trade Balance
$ -40.81B
$ -40.50B
$ -43.89B
21:30 Nonfarm Payrolls
+271K
+200K
+211K
21:30 Unemployment Rate
5.0%
5.0%
5.0%
21:30 Manufacturing Payrolls
0K
0K
-1K
21:30 Average Hourly Earnings[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.2%
+0.2%
21:30 Average Hourly Earnings[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.5%
+2.3%
+2.3%
21:30 Bank of Italia Governer Ignazio Visco, Speech
 
 
 
21:30 Labor Productivity[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-0.6%
+0.3%
+0.1%
21:30 International Merchandise Trade
C$ -1.73B
C$ -1.70B
C$ -2.76B
21:30 Net Change in Employment
+44.4K
-10.0K
-35.7K
21:30 Unemployment Rate
7.0%
7.0%
7.1%
21:30 Participation Rate
66.0%
65.9%
65.8%
23:00 Ivey Purchasing Managers Index
53.1
53.0
63.6
Sat 5 Dec
4:45 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard, Speech
 
 
 
5:00 Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank President Narayana Kocherlakota, Speech
 
 
 
Sun 6 Dec
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 7 Dec
6:30 AiG Perf of Construction Index
52.1
 
50.7
8:30 ANZ Job Advertisements[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
 
+1.3%
9:30 Bank of Japan Board Member Takehiro Sato Greeting and Press Conference
 
 
 
11:45 Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda,Greeting
 
 
 
13:00 Leading Index CI
101.6
102.9
102.9
13:00 Coincident Index CI
112.3
114.1
114.3
17:30 Sentix Investor Confidence
+15.1
+17.0
+15.7
23:00 Labor Market Conditions Index
+1.6
+1.6
+0.5
Tue 8 Dec
1:30 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard, Speech
 
 
 
4:00 Net Consumer Credit
$ +28.918B
$ +19.000B
$ +15.982B
5:45 Manufacturing Activity[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.4%
 
+4.2%
7:50 Real Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-0.2%
0.0%
+0.3%
7:50 Real Gross Domestic Product[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
-0.8%
+0.2%
+1.0%
7:50 Nominal GDP[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
0.0%
+0.2%
+0.4%
7:50 GDP Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.0%
+2.0%
+1.8%
7:50 Balance of Payments - Current A/C
¥ +1468.4B
¥ +1594.2B
¥ +1458.4B
7:50 Trade Balance - BOP Basis
¥ +82.3B
¥ +202.3B
¥ +200.2B
8:01 BRC Sales Like-For-Like[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.2%
+0.5%
-0.4%
8:30 NAB Business Conditions
+9
 
+10
8:30 NAB Business Confidence
+2
 
+5
9:56 Trade Balance
+3932.0¥ *B
+4075.0¥ *B
+3431.0¥ *B
10:52 Trade Balance
$ +61.64B
$ +64.00B
$ +54.10B
12:30 Bankruptcies[year-on-year(YoY)]
-7.25%
 
-3.39%
13:00 Economy Watchers Survey: Current
48.2
48.7
46.1
13:00 Economy Watchers Survey: Outlook
49.1
49.2
48.2
16:00 Halifax House Price[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.1%
+0.2%
-0.2%
16:00 Halifax House Price[year-on-year(YoY)]
+9.7%
+9.5%
+9.0%
17:30 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
+0.1%
+0.1%
17:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.1%
+1.2%
+1.7%
17:30 Manufacturing Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
-0.2%
-0.4%
17:30 Manufacturing Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.6%
0.0%
-0.1%
18:00 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.3%
+0.3%
+0.3%
18:00 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.6%
+1.6%
+1.6%
19:00 NFIB Small Business Optimism
96.1
96.4
94.8
21:15 Housing Starts
+198K
+200K
+211K
21:30 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
-6.7%
+2.9%
+9.1%
23:00 JOLTs Job Openings
5526K
5540K
5383K
23:00 IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism
45.5
45.1
47.2
23:00 NIESR GDP Estimate
+0.6%
 
+0.6%
Wed 9 Dec
2:10 Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz Speech
 
 
 
7:30 Westpac Consumer Confidence Index
101.7
 
100.8
7:50 Machinery Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
+7.5%
-1.5%
+10.7%
7:50 Machinery Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.7%
+0.6%
+10.3%
7:50 Japan Money Stock M2[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.6%
+3.5%
+3.3%
7:50 Japan Money Stock M3[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.9%
+2.8%
+2.7%
8:30 Home Loans[month-on-month(MoM)]
+2.0%
-1.0%
-0.5%
8:30 Investment Lending[month-on-month(MoM)]
-8.5%
 
-6.1%
9:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.3%
+1.4%
+1.5%
9:30 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-5.9%
-6.0%
-5.9%
14:00 Machine Tool Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
-22.9%
 
-17.9%
14:00 ECB Executive Board Member Lautenschlaeger Speech
 
 
 
14:45 Unemployment Rate
3.3%
3.4%
3.4%
14:45 Unemployment Rate s.a.
3.4%
3.4%
3.4%
17:00 Austria National Bank Governor Ewald Nowotny Speech
 
 
 
20:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
-0.2%
 
+1.2%
23:00 Wholesale Inventories[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.5%
+0.2%
-0.1%
23:00 Wholesale Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.5%
+0.2%
0.0%
Thu 10 Dec
4:00 RBNZ Announces Rates
2.75%
2.50%
2.50%
4:05 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Graeme Wheeler,Speech
 
 
 
7:50 BSI Large All Industry[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
9.6
 
4.6
7:50 BSI Large Manufacturing[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
11.0
 
3.8
7:50 Domestic CGPI[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.6%
-0.3%
-0.1%
7:50 Domestic CGPI[year-on-year(YoY)]
-3.8%
-3.8%
-3.6%
8:00 Consumer Inflation Expectation
+3.5%
 
+4.0%
8:01 RICS House Prices
+49%
+48%
+49%
8:30 Employed labor force
+58.6K
-10.0K
+71.4K
8:30 Unemployment Rate
5.9%
6.0%
5.8%
8:30 Participation Rate
65.0%
65.0%
65.3%
9:28 REINZ House Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+18.6%
 
+8.5%
16:30 Swiss National Bank Rate Decision
-0.75%
-0.75%
-0.75%
17:30 Trade Balance
£ -9.351B
£ -9.700B
£ -11.827B
19:30 ECB Executive Board Member Benoit Coeure Speech
 
 
 
20:00 BOE Announces Rates
0.50%
0.50%
0.50%
21:30 Import price index[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.5%
-0.8%
-0.4%
21:30 Import price index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-10.5%
-9.6%
-9.4%
21:30 Initial Jobless Claims
269K
270K
282K
21:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
2.161M
2.155M
2.243M
21:30 Capacity Utilization Ratio
81.3%
82.0%
82.0%
21:30 New Housing Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.1%
+0.3%
21:30 New Housing Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.3%
+1.3%
+1.5%
*** Bank of Finland Governor Erkki Liikanen Speech
 
 
 
Fri 11 Dec
2:00 BUBA President Weidmann, Speech
 
 
 
3:00 Budget Statement
$ -136.5B
$ -64.5B
$ -64.6B
5:30 Business NZ PMI
53.3
 
54.7
5:45 Food Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.2%
 
-0.2%
8:00 ANZ Consumer Confidence Index
122.7
 
118.7
10:00 Non Resident Bond Holdings
68.8%
 
67.9%
15:59 New Bank Lending
5136¥ *B
7350¥ *B
7089¥ *B
15:59 Money Supply M2[year-on-year(YoY)]
+13.5%
+13.4%
+13.7%
21:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.3%
+0.2%
21:30 Retail Sales Ex-Auto[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.3%
+0.4%
21:30 Producer Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.4%
0.0%
+0.3%
21:30 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.6%
-1.4%
-1.1%
21:30 PPI Output Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.3%
+0.1%
+0.3%
21:30 PPI Output Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.1%
+0.2%
+0.5%
23:00 Business Inventories[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.1%
0.0%
23:00 U. of Michigan Confidence
91.3
92.0
91.8
Sat 12 Dec
13:30 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+11.0%
+11.1%
+11.2%
13:30 Retail Sales (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+10.6%
+10.6%
+10.6%
13:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.6%
+5.7%
+6.2%
13:30 Industrial Production (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.1%
+6.1%
+6.1%
13:30 Investment in Fixed Assets (Excluding Rural Households) (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+10.2%
+10.1%
+10.2%
Sun 13 Dec
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 14 Dec
7:50 Tankan Large Manufacturers Index
+12
+11
+12
7:50 Tankan Large Manufacturing Outlook
+10
+11
+7
7:50 Tankan Non-Manufacturing
+25
+23
+25
7:50 Tankan Non-Manufacturing Outlook
+19
+22
+18
7:50 Tankan Large All Industry Capital Expenditure[year-on-year(YoY)]
+10.9%
+10.2%
+10.8%
8:01 Rightmove House Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.3%
 
-1.1%
8:01 Rightmove House Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.2%
 
+7.4%
12:00 Tokyo Condominium Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-6.5%
 
+4.8%
12:30 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.4%
 
+1.4%
12:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.4%
 
-1.4%
12:30 Capacity Utilization Ratio[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.5%
 
+1.3%
12:30 Indices of Tertiary Industry Activity[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.4%
+0.5%
+0.9%
16:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.3%
 
-1.9%
16:30 Producer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
-2.7%
 
-4.4%
18:00 Austria National Bank Governor Ewald Nowotny Speech
 
 
 
18:00 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.3%
+0.3%
+0.6%
18:00 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.7%
+1.4%
+1.9%
21:30 House Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
-0.2%
+0.2%
21:30 House Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.6%
+5.5%
+6.1%
23:00 Bank of Portugal Governor Carkis da Silva Costa, Speech
 
 
 
Tue 15 Dec
1:00 Canada Minister of Finance, Bill Morneau Speech
 
 
 
8:30 RBA Minutes
 
 
 
8:30 House Price Index[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+4.7%
+2.0%
+2.0%
8:30 House Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+9.8%
+10.2%
+10.7%
8:30 New Motor Vehicle Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-3.6%
 
+1.0%
8:30 New Motor Vehicle Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.2%
 
+6.0%
15:00 EU 27 New Car Registrations[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.9%
 
+13.7%
16:15 Producer & Import Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
-0.1%
+0.4%
16:15 Producer & Import Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
-6.6%
-6.1%
-5.5%
17:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
-0.1%
0.0%
17:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.1%
+0.1%
+0.1%
17:30 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.1%
+1.2%
+1.2%
17:30 Retail Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
0.0%
+0.1%
17:30 Retail Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.7%
+0.9%
+1.1%
17:30 RPI (MoM)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.8%
+1.0%
+1.1%
17:30 PPI Input[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
-1.0%
-1.6%
17:30 PPI Input[year-on-year(YoY)]
-12.1%
-12.4%
-13.1%
17:30 PPI Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
-0.1%
-0.2%
17:30 PPI Output[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.3%
-1.3%
-1.5%
17:30 PPI Output Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
0.0%
-0.2%
17:30 PPI Output Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.3%
+0.1%
-0.1%
17:30 ONS House Price[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.1%
 
+7.0%
18:00 Employed labor force[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.3%
 
+0.3%
18:00 Employed labor force[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.8%
 
+1.1%
18:00 ZEW Survey (Econ. Sentiment)
28.3
 
33.9
21:30 Empire Manufacturing
-10.74
-7.00
-4.59
21:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
0.0%
0.0%
21:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.2%
+0.4%
+0.5%
21:30 CPI Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.2%
+0.2%
21:30 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.9%
+2.0%
+2.0%
21:30 Manufacturing Shipments[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.5%
-0.5%
-1.1%
22:00 Existing Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.8%
 
+1.8%
23:00 NAHB Housing Market Index
62
63
61
Wed 16 Dec
5:00 Net Long-term TIC Flows
$ +33.6B
 
$ -16.6B
5:00 Net TIC Flows
$ -175.1B
 
$ +68.9B
5:45 Current Account Balance
NZ$ -1.216B
NZ$ -4.861B
NZ$ -4.749B
5:45 Current Account Deficit to GDP Ratio
-3.5%
-3.4%
-3.3%
7:30 Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor Guy Debelle Speech
 
 
 
7:30 Westpac Leading Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
 
-0.2%
8:00 DEWR Internet Skilled Vacancies[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.6%
 
+1.2%
14:00 Machine Tool Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
-17.9%
 
-17.7%
17:00 PMI Manufacturing
52.8
52.8
53.1
17:00 PMI Services
54.2
54.0
53.9
17:00 PMI Composite
54.2
54.2
54.0
17:30 Jobless Claims Change
+3.3K
+0.8K
+3.9K
17:30 Unemployment Rate
2.3%
2.3%
2.3%
17:30 ILO Unemployment Rate (3mths)
5.3%
5.3%
5.2%
18:00 Trade Balance
€ +20.5B
 
€ +24.1B
18:00 Trade Balance sa
€ +20.1B
€ +20.6B
€ +19.9B
18:00 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
-0.2%
-0.1%
18:00 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.1%
+0.1%
+0.2%
18:00 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.9%
+0.9%
+0.9%
18:00 ZEW Survey (Expectations)
0.0
 
16.6
20:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
+1.2%
 
-1.1%
21:30 Housing Starts
1.060M
1.130M
1.173M
21:30 Housing Starts[month-on-month(MoM)]
-11.0%
+6.6%
+10.5%
21:30 Building Permits
1.150M
1.150M
1.289M
21:30 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
+4.1%
-1.0%
+11.0%
21:30 International Securities Transactions
C$ +3.35B
 
C$ +22.08B
22:15 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
-0.2%
-0.6%
22:15 Capacity Utilization Ratio
77.5%
77.4%
77.0%
22:45 PMI Manufacturing
52.8
52.6
51.3
Thu 17 Dec
3:00 FOMC Rate Decision(Upper Bound)
0.25%
0.50%
0.50%
3:00 FOMC Rate Decision(Lower Bound)
0.00%
0.25%
0.25%
3:30 Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Janet Yellen Press Conference
 
 
 
5:45 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.4%
+0.8%
+0.9%
5:45 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.4%
+2.3%
+2.3%
7:50 Merchnds Trade Balance Total
¥ +111.5B
¥ -449.7B
¥ -379.7B
16:45 Unemployment Rate
3.3%
3.3%
3.3%
17:00 ECB Bulletin
 
 
 
17:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.6%
+0.6%
+1.7%
17:30 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.8%
+3.0%
+5.0%
17:30 Retail Sales Ex Auto Fuel[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.9%
+0.5%
+1.7%
17:30 Retail Sales Ex Auto Fuel[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.0%
+2.2%
+3.9%
18:00 Construction Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.4%
 
+0.5%
18:00 Construction Output[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.8%
 
+1.1%
18:00 Labour Costs[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.6%
 
+1.1%
19:00 CBI Trends Total Orders
-11
-10
-7
21:30 Current Account Balance
$ -109.7B
$ -118.6B
$ -124.1B
21:30 Initial Jobless Claims
282K
275K
271K
21:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
2.243M
2.200M
2.238M
21:30 Philadelphia Fed.
+1.9
+1.0
-5.9
23:00 Leading Indicators[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.6%
+0.1%
+0.4%
Fri 18 Dec
8:00 ANZ Business Conditions
+14.6
 
+23.0
11:50 BOJ Statement on Monetary Policy
 
 
 
13:30 Nationwide Department Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.2%
 
-2.7%
13:30 Tokyo Dept. Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.4%
 
+0.2%
14:30 Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda Press Conference
 
 
 
17:00 Euro-Zone Current Account nsa
€ +33.1B
 
€ +25.9B
17:00 Euro-Zone Trade Balance sa
€ +29.4B
 
€ +20.4B
21:30 Wholesale Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
+0.1%
-0.6%
21:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.1%
-0.1%
21:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.0%
+1.5%
+1.4%
21:30 CPI Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
0.0%
-0.3%
21:30 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.1%
+2.3%
+2.0%
22:45 PMI Services
56.1
55.9
53.7
22:45 PMI Composite
55.9
 
53.5
Sat 19 Dec
0:00 Kansas City Fed Manf. Activity
+1
+2
-9
2:00 Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Jeffrey Lacker Speech
 
 
 
Sun 20 Dec
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 21 Dec
5:00 Westpac Consumer Confidence Index
106.0
 
110.7
10:00 Credit Card Spending[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.8%
 
+8.5%
12:30 All Industry Activity Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
+0.9%
+1.0%
13:00 BOJ Monthly Report of Recent Economic and Financial Developments
 
 
 
13:00 Supermarket Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.8%
 
-1.0%
15:00 Convenience Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.5%
 
+0.9%
16:00 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.4%
 
+2.7%
16:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.4%
+2.3%
+2.4%
16:30 Balance of Payments - Current A/C
HK$ +1.48B
 
HK$ +48.44B
19:00 CBI Reported Sales
+7
+21
+19
21:30 Chicago Fed Nat Activity Index
-0.04
+0.10
-0.30
23:00 Consumer Confidence
-5.9
-5.9
-5.7
Tue 22 Dec
8:05 GfK Consumer Confidence Survey
+1
+1
+2
13:00 SME Business Sentiment Index
49.9
49.0
48.3
15:00 Trade Balance
+41.6*B francs
 
+31.4*B francs
17:30 Public Finances (PSNCR)
£ -4.0B
 
£ +5.4B
17:30 PSNB ex Interventions
£ +8.2B
£ +11.8B
£ +14.2B
21:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+2.1%
+1.9%
+2.0%
21:30 Personal Consumption[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+3.0%
+2.9%
+3.0%
21:30 GDP Price Index[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.3%
+1.3%
+1.3%
21:30 PCE Core[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.3%
+1.3%
+1.4%
22:00 House Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
+0.5%
+0.5%
23:00 Existing Home Sales
5.36M
5.35M
4.76M
23:00 Existing Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-3.4%
-0.2%
-10.5%
23:00 Richmond Fed Manufact. Index
-3
-1
+6
Wed 23 Dec
*** The Emperor''s Birthday
 
 
 
5:45 Trade Balance
NZ$ -0.963B
NZ$ -0.810B
NZ$ -0.779B
8:23 Personal Spending[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.3%
+0.3%
10:00 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.7%
 
+8.4%
16:00 KOF Leading Indicator
97.9
98.7
96.6
17:30 Current Account Balance
£ -16.8B
£ -21.5B
£ -17.5B
17:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.5%
+0.5%
+0.4%
17:30 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.3%
+2.3%
+2.1%
17:30 Total Business Investment[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+2.2%
+2.2%
+2.2%
17:30 Total Business Investment[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.6%
 
+5.8%
17:30 Index of Services (3mth/3mth)
+0.7%
+0.6%
+0.5%
20:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
-1.1%
 
+7.3%
21:30 Personal Income[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.2%
+0.3%
21:30 PCE Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.2%
+0.4%
+0.4%
21:30 PCE Core Deflator[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
+0.1%
+0.1%
21:30 PCE Core Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.3%
+1.3%
+1.3%
21:30 Durable Goods Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
+2.9%
-0.6%
0.0%
21:30 Durables Goods Orders Ex Transportation[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.5%
0.0%
-0.1%
21:30 Gross Domestic Product[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.5%
+0.2%
0.0%
21:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.5%
+0.4%
+0.1%
21:30 Retail Sales Ex-Auto[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.5%
+0.4%
0.0%
23:00 New Home Sales
495K
505K
490K
23:00 New Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+10.7%
+2.0%
+4.3%
23:00 U. of Michigan Confidence
91.8
92.0
92.6
Thu 24 Dec
7:00 Conference Board Leading Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
 
-0.1%
7:50 Bank of Japan Releases Minutes from Nov 18-19 Monetary Policy Meeting
 
 
 
12:00 Bank of Japan Governor, Haruhiko Kuroda Speech
 
 
 
17:30 BBA Loans for House Purchase
45437
46000
44960
21:30 Initial Jobless Claims
271K
270K
267K
21:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
2.238M
2.200M
2.195M
Fri 25 Dec
*** Christmas Day
 
 
 
7:30 Unemployment Rate
3.1%
3.2%
3.3%
7:30 Job-To-Applicant Ratio
1.24
1.24
1.25
7:30 Household Spending[year-on-year(YoY)]
-2.4%
-2.2%
-2.9%
7:30 National Consumer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.3%
+0.3%
+0.3%
7:30 Natl CPI Ex-Fresh Food[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.1%
0.0%
+0.1%
7:30 Natl CPI Ex Food, Energy[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.7%
+0.8%
+0.9%
7:30 Tokyo CPI[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.2%
+0.1%
0.0%
7:30 Tokyo CPI Ex-Fresh Food[year-on-year(YoY)]
0.0%
+0.1%
+0.1%
7:30 Tokyo CPI Ex Food, Energy[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.6%
+0.6%
+0.6%
7:50 Corp Service Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.5%
+0.4%
+0.2%
13:00 Leading Index CI
102.9
 
104.2
13:00 Coincident Index CI
114.3
 
113.3
13:00 Annualized Housing Starts
862K
890K
886K
13:00 Housing Starts[year-on-year(YoY)]
-2.5%
+0.6%
+1.7%
13:00 Construction Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
-25.2%
 
+5.7%
Sat 26 Dec
 
 
 
 
 
Sun 27 Dec
9:30 Industry profits[year-on-year(YoY)]
-4.6%
 
-1.4%
Mon 28 Dec
*** Boxing Day
 
 
 
*** Boxing day
 
 
 
7:50 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.4%
-0.5%
-1.0%
7:50 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.4%
+1.6%
+1.6%
7:50 Retail Sales Value[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.8%
-0.1%
-1.0%
7:50 Department Store and Supermarket Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.9%
-0.2%
-1.5%
12:00 Vehicle Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.5%
 
+6.0%
16:30 Trade Balance
HK$ -29.6B
HK$ -35.0B
HK$ -33.1B
23:30 Dallas Fed Manf. Activity
-4.9
-7.0
-20.1
Tue 29 Dec
22:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind
182.91
183.28
182.83
22:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.61%
+0.60%
+0.84%
22:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.45%
+5.60%
+5.54%
23:00 Consumer Confidence
90.4
93.8
96.5
Wed 30 Dec
9:44 Climate Leading Index
98.36
 
98.11
15:00 Nat''wide House prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.4%
+0.8%
15:00 Nat''wide House prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.7%
+3.8%
+4.5%
15:00 UBS Consumption Indicator
1.60
 
1.66
17:00 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.3%
+5.2%
+5.1%
23:00 Pending Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.7%
-0.9%
23:00 Pending Home Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.1%
+4.0%
+5.1%
Thu 31 Dec
*** Bank Holiday
 
 
 
8:30 Private Sector Credit[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.7%
+0.6%
+0.4%
8:30 Private Sector Credit[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.7%
+6.8%
+6.6%
16:36 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+10.2%
 
+10.9%
21:30 Initial Jobless Claims
267K
270K
287K
21:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
2.195M
2.190M
2.198M
22:00 NAPM-Milwaukee
45.34
48.50
48.53
22:45 Chicago Purchasing Manager
48.7
50.0
42.9