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December 2016

Time
Event
Previous
Forecast
Actual
Thu 1 Dec
0:45 Federal Reserve Bank Board Member Jerome Powell, Speech
 
 
 
1:35 Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta J. Mester Speech
 
 
 
3:00 Fed''s Beige Book
 
 
 
6:30 AiG Performance of Mfg Index
50.9
 
54.2
7:00 QV House Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+12.7%
 
+12.4%
7:50 Capital Spending[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.1%
-0.4%
-1.3%
7:50 Capital Spending excl Sftwre[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.1%
-0.6%
-1.4%
8:30 Private Capital Expenditure[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-5.4%
-3.0%
-4.0%
9:00 PMI Manufacturing
51.2
51.0
51.7
9:00 PMI Services
54.0
 
54.7
9:30 Makoto Sakurai, Member of the Policy Board, Bank of Japan, Speech
 
 
 
9:45 Caixin Media Manufacturing PMI
51.2
51.0
50.9
13:00 Vehicle Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.8%
 
+13.9%
15:00 Nat''wide House prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
+0.2%
+0.1%
15:00 Nat''wide House prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.6%
+4.7%
+4.4%
16:15 Retail Sales (Real)[year-on-year(YoY)]
-2.3%
-2.2%
-0.5%
16:30 PMI Manufacturing
54.7
54.4
56.6
16:30 Retail Sales - Value[year-on-year(YoY)]
-4.1%
-5.2%
-2.9%
17:00 PMI Manufacturing
53.7
53.7
53.7
17:30 PMI Manufacturing
54.3
54.4
53.4
18:00 Unemployment Rate
10.0%
10.0%
9.8%
20:30 Challenger Job Cuts[year-on-year(YoY)]
-39.1%
 
-13.0%
21:00 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Robert Steven Kaplan, Speech
 
 
 
21:30 Cleveland Federal Reserve Bank President Loretta J. Mester Speech
 
 
 
21:30 Initial Jobless Claims
251K
253K
268K
21:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
2.043M
2.033M
2.081M
22:45 PMI Manufacturing
53.9
53.9
54.1
23:00 ISM Manufacturing
51.9
52.5
53.2
23:00 ISM Prices Paid
54.5
54.5
54.5
23:00 Construction Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.4%
+0.6%
+0.5%
Fri 2 Dec
7:50 Monetary Base[year-on-year(YoY)]
+22.1%
 
+21.5%
8:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.6%
+0.3%
+0.5%
14:45 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.6%
+0.3%
0.0%
14:45 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.0%
+1.8%
+1.3%
17:30 PMI Construction
52.6
52.2
52.8
18:00 Producer Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.4%
+0.8%
18:00 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.5%
-1.0%
-0.4%
21:30 Nonfarm Payrolls
+161K
+180K
+178K
21:30 Unemployment Rate
4.9%
4.9%
4.6%
21:30 Manufacturing Payrolls
-9K
-2K
-4K
21:30 Average Hourly Earnings[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.2%
-0.1%
21:30 Average Hourly Earnings[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.8%
+2.8%
+2.5%
21:30 Labor Productivity[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-0.3%
+1.0%
+1.2%
21:30 Net Change in Employment
+43.9K
-15.0K
+10.7K
21:30 Unemployment Rate
7.0%
7.0%
6.8%
21:30 Participation Rate
65.8%
 
65.6%
21:45 Federal Reserve Bank Board Member Lael Brainard, Speech
 
 
 
Sat 3 Dec
2:00 Federal Reserve Bank Board Member Tarullo, Speech
 
 
 
Sun 4 Dec
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 5 Dec
6:30 AiG Performance of Service Index
50.5
 
51.1
8:00 ANZ Commodity Price[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.7%
 
+2.7%
8:01 BRC Shop Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.7%
 
-1.7%
8:30 ANZ Job Advertisements[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.0%
 
+1.7%
8:30 Company Operating Profit[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+6.9%
+3.0%
+1.0%
8:30 Purchasing Managers Index
48.2
 
49.5
9:45 Caixin Media non-Manufacturing PMI
52.4
 
53.1
11:45 Bank of Japan Governor, Haruhiko Kuroda Speech
 
 
 
13:00 Consumer Confidence
42.3
42.8
40.9
17:00 PMI Services
54.1
54.1
53.8
17:00 PMI Composite
54.1
54.1
53.9
17:30 Sentix Investor Confidence
+13.1
+14.3
+10.0
17:30 PMI Services
54.5
54.0
55.2
18:00 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
+0.8%
+1.1%
18:00 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.1%
+1.7%
+2.4%
21:30 Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley, Speech
 
 
 
22:25 Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Charles Evans Speech
 
 
 
22:45 PMI Services
54.7
54.8
54.6
22:45 PMI Composite
54.9
 
54.9
23:00 Labor Market Conditions Index
+0.7
-0.2
+1.5
23:00 ISM Non-Manf. Composite
54.8
55.5
57.2
Tue 6 Dec
3:05 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard, Speech
 
 
 
8:00 Labor Cash Earnings[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.2%
+0.2%
+0.1%
8:01 BRC Sales Like-For-Like[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.7%
+1.7%
+0.6%
8:30 Current Account Balance
A$ -15.5B
A$ -13.5B
A$ -11.4B
11:30 RBA Interest Rate Decision
1.50%
1.50%
1.50%
16:15 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
-0.1%
-0.2%
16:15 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.2%
-0.2%
-0.3%
16:15 CPI - EU Harmonised[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
-0.1%
-0.3%
16:15 CPI - EU Harmonised[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.3%
0.0%
-0.2%
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%
+1.7%
21:30 Trade Balance
$ -36.4B
$ -42.0B
$ -42.6B
21:30 Nonfarm Productivity[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+3.1%
+3.3%
+3.1%
21:30 Unit Labor Costs[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+0.3%
+0.3%
+0.7%
21:30 International Merchandise Trade
C$ -4.08B
C$ -1.70B
C$ -1.13B
23:00 Factory Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+2.6%
+2.7%
23:00 Durable Goods Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
+4.8%
+3.4%
+4.6%
23:00 Durables Goods Orders Ex Transportation[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.0%
+0.5%
+0.8%
23:00 IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism
51.4
52.0
54.8
23:00 Ivey Purchasing Managers Index
59.7
60.0
56.8
Wed 7 Dec
6:00 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Graeme Wheeler,Speech
 
 
 
6:30 AiG Perf of Construction Index
45.9
 
46.6
8:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.5%
-0.1%
-0.5%
8:30 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.3%
+2.2%
+1.8%
9:30 Bank of Japan Deputy Governor, Kikuo Iwata, speech
 
 
 
13:00 Leading Index CI
100.3
101.4
101.0
13:00 Coincident Index CI
112.7
114.1
113.9
16:30 Halifax House Price[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.4%
+0.2%
+0.2%
16:30 Halifax House Price[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.2%
+5.9%
+6.0%
17:30 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.4%
+0.2%
-1.3%
17:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.3%
+0.5%
-1.1%
17:30 Manufacturing Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.6%
+0.2%
-0.9%
17:30 Manufacturing Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.2%
+0.7%
-0.4%
20:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
-9.4%
 
-0.7%
23:00 JOLTs Job Openings
5486K
5500K
5534K
23:00 NIESR GDP Estimate
+0.4%
+0.4%
+0.4%
23:00 Bank of Canada Rate Decision
0.50%
0.50%
0.50%
Thu 8 Dec
4:00 Net Consumer Credit
$ +19.292B
$ +18.650B
$ +16.018B
7:50 Balance of Payments - Current A/C
¥ +1821.0B
¥ +1545.0B
¥ +1719.9B
7:50 Trade Balance - BOP Basis
¥ +642.4B
¥ +603.0B
¥ +587.6B
7:50 Real Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.5%
+0.5%
+0.3%
7:50 Real Gross Domestic Product[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+2.2%
+2.3%
+1.3%
7:50 Nominal GDP[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.2%
+0.2%
+0.1%
7:50 GDP Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.1%
-0.1%
-0.2%
8:01 RICS House Prices
+23%
+26%
+30%
8:30 Trade Balance
A$ -1.227B
A$ -0.610B
A$ -1.541B
11:41 Trade Balance
+3252.5¥ *B
+3200.0¥ *B
+2981.0¥ *B
11:55 Trade Balance
$ +49.06B
$ +46.90B
$ +44.61B
12:30 Bankruptcies[year-on-year(YoY)]
-7.95%
 
-2.53%
13:00 Economy Watchers Survey: Current
46.2
 
48.6
13:00 Economy Watchers Survey: Outlook
49.0
 
49.1
20:45 ECB Interest Rate Decision
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
20:45 ECB Interest Rate Decision [Lower bound]
-0.40%
-0.40%
-0.40%
20:45 ECB Interest Rate Decision [Upper bound]
0.25%
0.25%
0.25%
21:15 Housing Starts
192K
191K
184K
21:30 Initial Jobless Claims
268K
255K
258K
21:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
2.081M
2.048M
2.005M
21:30 ECB President Mario Draghi Press Conference
 
 
 
21:30 Capacity Utilization Ratio
80.0%
81.5%
81.9%
21:30 New Housing Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.2%
+0.4%
21:30 New Housing Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.8%
+2.8%
+3.0%
21:30 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
-7.0%
+1.5%
+8.7%
Fri 9 Dec
7:50 BSI Large All Industry[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.9
 
+3.0
7:50 BSI Large Manufacturing[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+2.9
 
+7.5
7:50 Japan Money Stock M2[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.7%
+3.7%
+4.0%
7:50 Japan Money Stock M3[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.2%
+3.2%
+3.4%
8:30 Home Loans[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.6%
-1.0%
-0.8%
8:30 Investment Lending[month-on-month(MoM)]
+4.6%
 
+0.7%
9:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.1%
+2.2%
+2.3%
9:30 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.2%
+2.3%
+3.3%
14:45 Unemployment Rate
3.2%
3.3%
3.3%
14:45 Unemployment Rate s.a.
3.3%
3.3%
3.3%
17:30 Trade Balance
£ -12.698B
£ -11.800B
£ -9.711B
17:45 Bank of Netherland Governor Klaas Knot,Speech
 
 
 
23:00 Wholesale Inventories[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.4%
-0.4%
-0.4%
23:00 Wholesale Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.7%
+1.4%
23:00 U. of Michigan Confidence
93.8
94.5
98.0
Sat 10 Dec
 
 
 
 
 
Sun 11 Dec
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 12 Dec
3:30 REINZ House Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-14.2%
 
-6.0%
7:50 Machinery Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
-3.3%
+1.1%
+4.1%
7:50 Machinery Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.3%
-4.9%
-5.6%
7:50 Domestic CGPI[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
+0.3%
+0.4%
7:50 Domestic CGPI[year-on-year(YoY)]
-2.7%
-2.3%
-2.2%
8:01 Rightmove House Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.1%
 
-2.1%
8:01 Rightmove House Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.5%
 
+3.4%
12:30 Indices of Tertiary Industry Activity[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
+0.3%
+0.2%
14:00 Machine Tool Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
-8.9%
 
-5.6%
17:00 Austria National Bank Governor Ewald Nowotny Speech
 
 
 
Tue 13 Dec
3:00 Budget Statement
$ -44.2B
$ -133.3B
$ -136.7B
5:45 Manufacturing Activity[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+2.2%
 
+0.4%
8:30 NAB Business Conditions
+6
 
+5
8:30 NAB Business Confidence
+4
 
+5
8:30 House Price Index[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+2.0%
+2.5%
+1.5%
8:30 House Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.1%
+4.8%
+3.5%
10:00 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.1%
+6.1%
+6.2%
10:00 Industrial Production (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.0%
+6.0%
+6.0%
10:00 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+10.0%
+10.2%
+10.8%
10:00 Retail Sales (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+10.3%
+10.3%
+10.4%
10:00 Investment in Fixed Assets (Excluding Rural Households) (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+8.3%
+8.3%
+8.3%
16:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.5%
 
-0.1%
16:30 Producer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.4%
 
+3.9%
17:00 Governor of Bank of Estonia Ardo Hansson, Speech
 
 
 
17:30 Austria National Bank Governor Ewald Nowotny Speech
 
 
 
17:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.2%
+0.2%
17:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.9%
+1.1%
+1.2%
17:30 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.2%
+1.3%
+1.4%
17:30 Retail Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
+0.2%
+0.3%
17:30 Retail Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.0%
+2.1%
+2.2%
17:30 RPI (MoM)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.2%
+2.3%
+2.5%
17:30 PPI Input[month-on-month(MoM)]
+4.6%
-0.5%
-1.1%
17:30 PPI Input[year-on-year(YoY)]
+12.2%
+13.5%
+12.9%
17:30 PPI Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.6%
+0.2%
0.0%
17:30 PPI Output[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.1%
+2.5%
+2.3%
17:30 PPI Output Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.2%
0.0%
17:30 PPI Output Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.9%
+2.3%
+2.2%
17:30 ONS House Price[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.7%
+7.3%
+6.9%
18:00 Employed labor force[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.4%
 
+0.2%
18:00 Employed labor force[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.4%
 
+1.2%
18:00 ZEW Survey (Econ. Sentiment)
15.8
 
18.1
19:00 NFIB Small Business Optimism
94.9
96.7
98.4
21:30 Import price index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.5%
-0.4%
-0.3%
21:30 Import price index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.2%
0.0%
-0.1%
Wed 14 Dec
7:30 Westpac Consumer Confidence Index
101.3
 
97.3
7:50 Tankan Large Manufacturers Index
+6
+10
+10
7:50 Tankan Large Manufacturing Outlook
+6
+9
+8
7:50 Tankan Non-Manufacturing
+18
+19
+18
7:50 Tankan Non-Manufacturing Outlook
+16
+18
+16
7:50 Tankan Large All Industry Capital Expenditure[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.3%
+6.1%
+5.1%
8:30 New Motor Vehicle Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-2.4%
 
-0.6%
8:30 New Motor Vehicle Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.2%
 
-1.1%
10:38 Tokyo Condominium Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.6%
 
-22.7%
12:30 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
 
0.0%
12:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.3%
 
-1.4%
12:30 Capacity Utilization Ratio[year-on-year(YoY)]
-2.0%
 
+1.4%
15:01 New Bank Lending
6513¥ *B
7200¥ *B
7946¥ *B
15:01 Money Supply M2[year-on-year(YoY)]
+11.6%
+11.5%
+11.4%
16:15 Producer & Import Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
-0.1%
+0.1%
16:15 Producer & Import Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.2%
-0.7%
-0.6%
17:30 Jobless Claims Change
+9.8K
+6.5K
+2.4K
17:30 Unemployment Rate
2.3%
2.3%
2.3%
17:30 ILO Unemployment Rate (3mths)
4.8%
4.8%
4.8%
18:00 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.8%
+0.1%
-0.1%
18:00 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.2%
+0.8%
+0.6%
18:00 ZEW Survey (Expectations)
+8.9
 
+12.9
20:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
-0.7%
 
-4.0%
21:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
+0.3%
+0.1%
21:30 Retail Sales Ex-Auto[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
+0.4%
+0.2%
21:30 Producer Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
+0.1%
+0.4%
21:30 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.8%
+0.9%
+1.3%
21:30 PPI Output Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
+0.2%
+0.4%
21:30 PPI Output Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.2%
+1.3%
+1.6%
21:30 House Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
 
+0.2%
21:30 House Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+11.8%
 
+11.9%
22:15 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
-0.3%
-0.4%
22:15 Capacity Utilization Ratio
75.3%
75.1%
75.0%
23:00 Business Inventories[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
-0.1%
-0.2%
Thu 15 Dec
3:00 FOMC Rate Decision(Upper Bound)
0.50%
0.75%
0.75%
3:00 FOMC Rate Decision(Lower Bound)
0.25%
0.50%
0.50%
5:30 Business NZ PMI
55.2
 
54.4
8:00 Consumer Inflation Expectation
+3.2%
 
+3.4%
8:30 Employed labor force
+9.8K
+17.5K
+39.1K
8:30 Unemployment Rate
5.6%
5.6%
5.7%
8:30 Participation Rate
64.4%
64.5%
64.6%
14:00 Machine Tool Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
-5.6%
 
-5.6%
15:00 EU 27 New Car Registrations[year-on-year(YoY)]
0.0%
 
+5.8%
16:30 Swiss National Bank Rate Decision
-0.75%
-0.75%
-0.75%
17:00 PMI Manufacturing
53.7
53.7
54.9
17:00 PMI Services
53.8
53.8
53.1
17:00 PMI Composite
53.9
53.9
53.9
17:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.9%
0.0%
+0.2%
17:30 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.4%
+5.9%
+5.9%
17:30 Retail Sales Ex Auto Fuel[month-on-month(MoM)]
+2.0%
0.0%
+0.5%
17:30 Retail Sales Ex Auto Fuel[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.6%
+6.0%
+6.6%
20:00 BOE Announces Rates
0.25%
0.25%
0.25%
20:00 BOE Minutes
 
 
 
21:30 Current Account Balance
$ -119.9B
$ -111.6B
$ -113.0B
21:30 Empire Manufacturing
+1.5
+4.0
+9.0
21:30 Philadelphia Fed.
+7.6
+9.3
+21.5
21:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.2%
+0.2%
21:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.6%
+1.7%
+1.7%
21:30 CPI Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.2%
+0.2%
21:30 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.1%
+2.2%
+2.1%
21:30 Initial Jobless Claims
258K
255K
254K
21:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
2.005M
2.003M
2.018M
21:30 Manufacturing Shipments[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.4%
-0.8%
22:00 Existing Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+2.4%
 
-5.3%
22:45 PMI Manufacturing
54.1
54.5
54.2
23:00 NAHB Housing Market Index
63
63
70
Fri 16 Dec
5:00 Net TIC Flows
$ -152.9B
 
$ +18.8B
5:00 Net Long-term TIC Flows
$ -26.2B
 
$ +9.4B
8:00 ANZ Consumer Confidence Index
127.2
 
124.5
10:00 Non Resident Bond Holdings
63.9%
 
63.6%
18:00 Trade Balance
€ +26.5B
€ +29.0B
€ +20.1B
18:00 Trade Balance sa
€ +24.9B
€ +24.5B
€ +19.7B
18:00 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
-0.1%
-0.1%
18:00 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.6%
+0.6%
+0.6%
18:00 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.8%
+0.8%
+0.8%
19:00 CBI Trends Total Orders
-3
-5
 
21:30 Housing Starts
1.323M
1.230M
1.090M
21:30 Housing Starts[month-on-month(MoM)]
+25.5%
-7.0%
-18.7%
21:30 Building Permits
1.229M
1.240M
1.201M
21:30 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
-1.6%
-4.7%
21:30 International Securities Transactions
C$ +11.77B
 
C$ +15.75B
Sat 17 Dec
1:30 Richmond Federal Reserve Bank President Jeffrey Lacker Speech
 
 
 
Sun 18 Dec
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 19 Dec
5:00 Westpac Consumer Confidence Index
108.0
 
113.1
5:45 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
 
+2.6%
7:50 Merchnds Trade Balance Total
¥ +496.2B
¥ +227.4B
¥ +152.5B
8:00 ANZ Business Conditions
+20.5
 
+21.7
16:30 Unemployment Rate
3.4%
 
3.3%
18:00 Labour Costs[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.0%
 
+1.5%
18:00 Construction Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.9%
 
+0.8%
18:00 Construction Output[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.8%
 
+2.2%
22:45 PMI Services
54.6
55.2
53.4
22:45 PMI Composite
54.9
 
53.7
Tue 20 Dec
0:00 BUBA President Weidmann, Speech
 
 
 
2:30 Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Janet Yellen Speech
 
 
 
5:45 Food Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.8%
 
-0.1%
8:30 RBA Minutes
 
 
 
10:51 BOJ Statement on Monetary Policy
 
 
 
10:51 BOJ interest rate decision (Policy-Rate Balance)
-0.10
 
-0.10
13:30 Nationwide Department Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-3.9%
 
-2.4%
13:30 Tokyo Dept. Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-4.4%
 
-1.4%
14:30 Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda Press Conference
 
 
 
15:00 Convenience Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.2%
 
+0.5%
15:00 Trade Balance
+26.8*B francs
+35.6*B francs
+36.4*B francs
16:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.2%
+1.2%
+1.2%
16:30 Balance of Payments - Current A/C
HK$ +14.94B
 
HK$ +45.56B
17:00 Euro-Zone Current Account nsa
€ +29.8B
 
€ +32.8B
17:00 Euro-Zone Trade Balance sa
€ +25.3B
 
€ +28.4B
19:00 CBI Reported Sales
+26
+20
+35
21:30 Wholesale Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.2%
+0.5%
+1.1%
Wed 21 Dec
5:45 Trade Balance
NZ$ -0.846B
NZ$ -0.500B
NZ$ -0.705B
7:30 Westpac Leading Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.06%
 
+0.02%
8:00 DEWR Internet Skilled Vacancies[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.4%
 
0.0%
10:00 Credit Card Spending[year-on-year(YoY)]
+10.2%
 
+4.1%
12:30 All Industry Activity Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.1%
+0.2%
13:00 Supermarket Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.6%
 
+0.8%
16:00 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.9%
+1.9%
+2.0%
17:30 Public Finances (PSNCR)
£ -3.4B
 
£ +13.5B
17:30 PSNB ex Interventions
£ +4.8B
£ +12.2B
£ +12.6B
20:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
-4.0%
 
+2.5%
23:00 Existing Home Sales
5.60M
5.50M
5.61M
23:00 Existing Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+2.0%
-1.8%
+0.7%
23:00 Consumer Confidence
-6.1
-6.0
-5.1
Thu 22 Dec
5:45 Current Account Balance
NZ$ -0.945B
NZ$ -4.894B
NZ$ -4.891B
5:45 Current Account Deficit to GDP Ratio
-2.9%
-3.0%
-2.9%
5:45 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.9%
+0.8%
+1.1%
5:45 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.6%
+3.6%
+3.5%
8:01 GfK Consumer Confidence Survey
-8
-8
-7
10:00 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+7.1%
 
+5.9%
17:00 ECB Bulletin
 
 
 
21:30 Chicago Fed Nat Activity Index
-0.08
-0.10
-0.27
21:30 Durable Goods Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
+4.6%
-4.9%
-4.6%
21:30 Durables Goods Orders Ex Transportation[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
+0.2%
+0.5%
21:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+3.2%
+3.3%
+3.5%
21:30 Personal Consumption[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+2.8%
+2.8%
+3.0%
21:30 GDP Price Index[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.4%
+1.4%
+1.4%
21:30 PCE Core[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.7%
+1.7%
+1.7%
21:30 Initial Jobless Claims
254K
257K
275K
21:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
2.018M
2.010M
2.036M
21:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.6%
+0.3%
+1.1%
21:30 Retail Sales Ex-Auto[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
+0.7%
+1.4%
21:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
-0.2%
-0.4%
21:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.5%
+1.4%
+1.2%
22:00 House Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.6%
+0.5%
+0.4%
23:00 Personal Income[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.6%
+0.3%
0.0%
23:00 Personal Spending[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
+0.3%
+0.2%
23:00 PCE Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.4%
+1.5%
+1.4%
23:00 PCE Core Deflator[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.1%
0.0%
23:00 PCE Core Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.7%
+1.7%
+1.6%
23:00 Leading Indicators[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.1%
0.0%
Fri 23 Dec
*** The Emperor''s Birthday
 
 
 
0:00 Kansas City Fed Manf. Activity
+1
+4
+11
16:00 KOF Leading Indicator
102.2
103.0
102.2
17:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.5%
+0.5%
+0.6%
17:30 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.3%
+2.3%
+2.2%
17:30 Current Account Balance
£ -28.7B
£ -28.2B
£ -25.5B
17:30 Index of Services (3mth/3mth)
+0.8%
+0.8%
+1.0%
17:30 Total Business Investment[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.9%
+0.9%
+0.4%
17:30 Total Business Investment[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.6%
-1.6%
-2.2%
21:30 Gross Domestic Product[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
0.0%
-0.3%
23:00 New Home Sales
563K
575K
592K
23:00 New Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.9%
+2.1%
+5.2%
23:00 U. of Michigan Confidence
98.0
98.0
98.2
Sat 24 Dec
 
 
 
 
 
Sun 25 Dec
*** Christmas Day
 
 
 
Mon 26 Dec
*** Substitute Public Holiday for Christmas Day
 
 
 
*** Boxing Day
 
 
 
*** Christmas Day
 
 
 
*** St. Stephen's Day
 
 
 
7:50 Corp Service Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.5%
+0.5%
+0.3%
7:50 Bank of Japan Releases Minutes from Oct30- Nov1 Monetary Policy Meeting
 
 
 
12:00 Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda Press Conference
 
 
 
13:00 Leading Index CI
101.0
 
100.8
13:00 Coincident Index CI
113.9
 
113.5
Tue 27 Dec
*** Substitute Public Holiday for Christmas Day
 
 
 
*** Boxing Day
 
 
 
*** Substitute Public Holiday for Boxing Day
 
 
 
7:30 Unemployment Rate
3.0%
3.0%
3.1%
7:30 Job-To-Applicant Ratio
1.40
1.41
1.41
7:30 Household Spending[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.4%
+0.1%
-1.5%
7:30 National Consumer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.1%
+0.5%
+0.5%
7:30 Natl CPI Ex-Fresh Food[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.4%
-0.3%
-0.4%
7:30 Natl CPI Ex Food, Energy[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.2%
+0.1%
+0.1%
7:30 Tokyo CPI[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.5%
+0.4%
0.0%
7:30 Tokyo CPI Ex-Fresh Food[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.4%
-0.4%
-0.6%
7:30 Tokyo CPI Ex Food, Energy[year-on-year(YoY)]
0.0%
0.0%
-0.2%
9:30 Industry profits[year-on-year(YoY)]
+9.8%
 
+14.5%
13:00 SME Business Sentiment Index
48.3
 
48.8
13:00 Annualized Housing Starts
983K
973K
937K
13:00 Housing Starts[year-on-year(YoY)]
+13.7%
+9.8%
+6.7%
13:00 Construction Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
+15.2%
 
-6.0%
22:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind
191.78
 
191.79
22:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.37%
+0.51%
+0.63%
22:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.08%
+5.00%
+5.10%
23:00 Consumer Confidence
107.1
108.5
113.7
23:00 Richmond Fed Manufact. Index
+4
+5
+8
23:40 Dallas Fed Manf. Activity
+10.2
+10.2
+15.5
Wed 28 Dec
7:50 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
+1.7%
+1.5%
7:50 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.4%
+4.7%
+4.6%
7:50 Retail Sales Value[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.1%
+0.8%
+1.7%
7:50 Department Store and Supermarket Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.0%
-0.5%
-0.3%
12:00 Vehicle Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
-3.9%
 
+6.6%
15:00 UBS Consumption Indicator
1.49
1.50
1.43
17:30 BBA Loans for House Purchase
40851
41400
40659
23:00 Pending Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.5%
-2.5%
23:00 Pending Home Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.2%
 
+1.4%
Thu 29 Dec
7:50 Bank of Japan Releases Minutes from Dec19-20 Monetary Policy Meeting
 
 
 
15:00 Nat''wide House prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.2%
+0.8%
15:00 Nat''wide House prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.4%
+3.8%
+4.5%
16:30 Trade Balance
HK$ -37.2B
HK$ -40.5B
HK$ -34.1B
17:00 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.4%
+4.4%
+4.8%
21:30 Wholesale Inventories[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.4%
+0.2%
+0.9%
21:30 Initial Jobless Claims
275K
265K
265K
21:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
2.036M
2.027M
2.102M
Fri 30 Dec
8:30 Private Sector Credit[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.5%
+0.5%
+0.5%
8:30 Private Sector Credit[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.3%
+5.4%
+5.4%
16:31 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+8.1%
 
+8.7%
22:45 Chicago Purchasing Manager
57.6
56.8
54.6
Sat 31 Dec