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December 2018

Time
Event
Previous
Forecast
Actual
Sat 1 Dec
 
 
 
 
 
Sun 2 Dec
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 3 Dec
5:30 AiG Performance of Mfg Index
58.3
 
51.3
7:50 Capital Spending[year-on-year(YoY)]
+12.8%
+8.5%
+4.5%
7:50 Capital Spending excl Sftwre[year-on-year(YoY)]
+14.0%
+10.7%
+2.5%
8:30 ANZ Job Advertisements[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
 
-0.3%
8:30 Company Operating Profit[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+2.4%
+2.8%
+1.9%
8:30 Building Approvals[month-on-month(MoM)]
+5.5%
-1.5%
-1.5%
8:30 Building Approvals[year-on-year(YoY)]
-12.8%
-14.0%
-13.4%
9:45 Caixin Media Manufacturing PMI
50.1
50.1
50.2
13:00 Vehicle Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+13.0%
 
+8.3%
16:15 Retail Sales (Real)[year-on-year(YoY)]
-2.5%
-0.6%
+0.8%
16:30 PMI Manufacturing
57.4
56.4
57.7
17:00 PMI Manufacturing
51.5
51.5
51.8
17:30 PMI Manufacturing
51.1
51.7
53.1
22:45 PMI Manufacturing
55.4
55.4
55.3
23:00 ISM Manufacturing
57.7
57.5
59.3
23:00 ISM Prices Paid
71.6
70.0
60.7
23:00 Construction Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
+0.4%
-0.1%
Tue 4 Dec
1:30 Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee Member and Chief Economist Andy Haldane, Speech
 
 
 
2:00 Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Robert Steven Kaplan, Speech
 
 
 
7:50 Monetary Base[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.9%
 
+6.1%
8:01 BRC Sales Like-For-Like[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.1%
+0.3%
-0.5%
8:30 Current Account Balance
A$ -12.1B
A$ -10.2B
A$ -10.7B
11:30 RBA Interest Rate Decision
1.50%
1.50%
1.50%
16:15 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
-0.1%
-0.3%
16:15 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.1%
+1.0%
+0.9%
16:15 CPI - EU Harmonised[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
-0.1%
-0.4%
16:15 CPI - EU Harmonised[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.1%
+1.1%
+1.0%
17:15 Bank of England Governor Mark Carney, Confirmation Hearing
 
 
 
17:30 PMI Construction
53.2
52.5
53.4
18:00 Producer Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.6%
+0.5%
+0.8%
18:00 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.6%
+4.5%
+4.9%
21:30 Labor Productivity[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.7%
+0.2%
+0.3%
23:00 IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism
56.4
57.3
52.6
Wed 5 Dec
*** People's day of mourning
 
 
 
0:00 QV House Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.8%
 
+3.5%
2:00 Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee Member Gertjan Vlieghe, Speech
 
 
 
5:30 AiG Performance of Service Index
51.1
 
55.1
8:00 ANZ Commodity Price[month-on-month(MoM)]
-2.4%
 
-0.6%
8:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.9%
+0.6%
+0.3%
8:30 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.1%
+3.3%
+2.8%
8:30 Purchasing Managers Index
48.6
 
47.1
9:45 Caixin Media non-Manufacturing PMI
50.8
50.7
53.8
17:00 PMI Services
53.1
53.1
53.4
17:00 PMI Composite
52.4
52.4
52.7
17:30 PMI Services
52.2
52.5
50.4
18:00 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.5%
+0.2%
+0.3%
18:00 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.3%
+2.0%
+1.7%
20:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
+5.5%
 
+2.0%
23:00 Bank of Canada Rate Decision
1.75%
1.75%
1.75%
23:15 Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Jerome Powell Press Conference
 
 
 
Thu 6 Dec
3:00 Fed''s Beige Book
 
 
 
8:30 Trade Balance
A$ +2.940B
A$ +3.000B
A$ +2.316B
8:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.3%
+0.3%
15:30 Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, Speech
 
 
 
17:05 Reserve Bank of Australia Assistant Governor Guy Debelle Speech
 
 
 
20:30 Challenger Job Cuts[year-on-year(YoY)]
+153.6%
 
+51.5%
21:15 ADP Employment Change
+225K
+195K
+179K
21:30 Nonfarm Productivity[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+2.2%
+2.3%
+2.3%
21:30 Unit Labor Costs[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+1.2%
+1.0%
+0.9%
21:30 Trade Balance
$ -54.6B
$ -55.0B
$ -55.5B
21:30 Initial Jobless Claims
235K
225K
231K
21:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
1.705M
1.690M
1.631M
21:30 International Merchandise Trade
C$ -0.89B
C$ -0.73B
C$ -1.17B
22:45 PMI Services
54.4
54.4
54.7
22:45 PMI Composite
54.4
 
54.7
23:00 ISM Non-Manf. Composite
60.3
59.0
60.7
23:00 Factory Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
-2.0%
-2.1%
23:00 Durable Goods Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
-4.4%
-2.4%
-4.3%
23:00 Durables Goods Orders Ex Transportation[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.1%
+0.2%
23:00 Ivey Purchasing Managers Index
61.8
 
57.2
Fri 7 Dec
0:00 EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report[week-over-week]
+3577kbbl
-1604kbbl
-7323kbbl
1:15 Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic Speech
 
 
 
5:30 AiG Perf of Construction Index
46.4
 
44.5
7:30 Household Spending[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.6%
+1.0%
-0.3%
8:00 Labor Cash Earnings[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.8%
+1.0%
+1.5%
13:00 Climate Leading Index Base Year Change
99.6
 
100.5
13:00 Coincident Index CI Base Year Change
101.6
 
104.5
16:30 Halifax House Price[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.7%
+0.2%
-1.4%
16:30 Halifax House Price[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.5%
+1.0%
+0.3%
18:00 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.2%
+0.2%
+0.2%
18:00 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.7%
+1.7%
+1.6%
18:00 Employed labor force[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.2%
 
+0.2%
18:00 Employed labor force[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.3%
 
+1.3%
21:30 Nonfarm Payrolls
+237K
+198K
+155K
21:30 Unemployment Rate
3.7%
3.7%
3.7%
21:30 Manufacturing Payrolls
+26K
+18K
+27K
21:30 Average Hourly Earnings[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.3%
+0.2%
21:30 Average Hourly Earnings[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.1%
+3.1%
+3.1%
21:30 Net Change in Employment
+11.2K
+10.0K
+94.1K
21:30 Unemployment Rate
5.8%
5.8%
5.6%
21:30 Participation Rate
65.2%
65.2%
65.4%
23:00 U. of Michigan Confidence
97.5
97.0
97.5
23:00 Wholesale Inventories[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.7%
+0.7%
+0.8%
23:00 Wholesale Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
 
-0.2%
23:30 EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report[week-over-week]
-59bcf
-62bcf
-63bcf
Sat 8 Dec
1:00 Federal Reserve Bank Board Member Lael Brainard, Speech
 
 
 
4:00 Net Consumer Credit
$ +11.570B
$ +15.000B
$ +25.384B
11:06 Trade Balance
+2336.3¥ *B
+2265.0¥ *B
+3060.4¥ *B
11:06 Trade Balance
$ +34.02B
$ +34.40B
$ +44.74B
Sun 9 Dec
9:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.5%
+2.4%
+2.2%
9:30 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.3%
+2.7%
+2.7%
Mon 10 Dec
5:45 Manufacturing Activity[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.8%
 
+2.0%
7:50 Real Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-0.3%
-0.5%
-0.6%
7:50 Real Gross Domestic Product[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
-1.2%
-2.0%
-2.5%
7:50 Nominal GDP[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-0.3%
-0.5%
-0.7%
7:50 GDP Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.3%
-0.3%
-0.3%
7:50 Balance of Payments - Current A/C
¥ +1821.6B
¥ +1262.7B
¥ +1309.9B
7:50 Trade Balance - BOP Basis
¥ +323.3B
¥ -265.4B
¥ -321.7B
8:30 Home Loans[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.0%
-0.4%
+2.2%
8:30 Investment Lending[month-on-month(MoM)]
-2.6%
 
+0.6%
12:30 Bankruptcies[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.40%
 
+6.05%
13:00 Economy Watchers Survey: Current
49.5
49.5
51.0
13:00 Economy Watchers Survey: Outlook
50.6
50.8
52.2
14:45 Unemployment Rate
2.4%
2.5%
2.5%
14:45 Unemployment Rate s.a.
2.5%
2.5%
2.4%
17:30 Sentix Investor Confidence
+8.8
+8.3
-0.3
17:30 Index of Services (3mth/3mth)
+0.4%
+0.3%
+0.3%
17:30 Trade Balance
£ -10.681B
£ -10.500B
£ -11.873B
17:30 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
+0.1%
-0.6%
17:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
0.0%
-0.1%
-0.8%
17:30 Manufacturing Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
0.0%
-0.9%
17:30 Manufacturing Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.5%
0.0%
-1.0%
21:15 Housing Starts
206K
198K
215K
21:30 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
-0.3%
-0.2%
23:00 JOLTs Job Openings
6960K
7100K
7079K
Tue 11 Dec
7:50 Japan Money Stock M2[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.7%
+2.6%
+2.3%
7:50 Japan Money Stock M3[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.3%
+2.3%
+2.1%
7:50 BSI Large All Industry[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+3.8
 
+4.3
7:50 BSI Large Manufacturing[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+6.5
 
+5.5
8:30 NAB Business Conditions
+13
 
+11
8:30 NAB Business Confidence
+5
 
+3
8:30 House Price Index[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-0.7%
-1.6%
-1.5%
8:30 House Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.6%
-2.0%
-1.9%
14:00 Machine Tool Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.7%
 
-16.8%
16:30 Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, Speech
 
 
 
17:01 Money Supply M2[year-on-year(YoY)]
+8.0%
+8.0%
+8.0%
17:01 New Bank Lending
6970¥ *B
11500¥ *B
12500¥ *B
17:30 Jobless Claims Change
+23.2K
 
+21.9K
17:30 Unemployment Rate
2.7%
 
2.8%
17:30 ILO Unemployment Rate (3mths)
4.1%
4.1%
4.1%
18:00 ZEW Survey (Econ. Sentiment)
-22.0
 
-21.0
19:00 NFIB Small Business Optimism
107.4
107.0
104.8
21:30 Producer Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.6%
0.0%
+0.1%
21:30 Producer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.9%
+2.5%
+2.5%
21:30 PPI Output Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.5%
+0.1%
+0.3%
21:30 PPI Output Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.6%
+2.5%
+2.7%
Wed 12 Dec
3:15 Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Adrian Orr, Speech
 
 
 
7:30 Westpac Consumer Confidence Index
104.3
 
104.4
7:50 Domestic CGPI[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
-0.1%
-0.3%
7:50 Domestic CGPI[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.0%
+2.4%
+2.3%
7:50 Machinery Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
-18.3%
+9.7%
+7.6%
7:50 Machinery Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
-7.0%
+5.0%
+4.5%
12:30 Indices of Tertiary Industry Activity[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.2%
+0.8%
+1.9%
18:00 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.6%
+0.1%
+0.2%
18:00 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.8%
+0.7%
+1.2%
20:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
+2.0%
 
+1.6%
21:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
0.0%
0.0%
21:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.5%
+2.2%
+2.2%
21:30 CPI Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.2%
+0.2%
21:30 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.1%
+2.2%
+2.2%
21:30 Bank of Finland Deputy Governor Hakkarainen Speech
 
 
 
21:30 House Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.4%
 
-0.3%
21:30 House Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.8%
 
+3.1%
21:30 Capacity Utilization Ratio
84.1%
86.0%
82.6%
23:30 EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report[week-over-week]
-7323kbbl
-3167kbbl
-1208kbbl
Thu 13 Dec
5:45 Food Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.6%
 
-0.6%
8:00 Consumer Inflation Expectation
+3.6%
 
+4.0%
8:01 RICS House Prices
-10%
-10%
-11%
16:15 Producer & Import Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.1%
-0.3%
16:15 Producer & Import Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.3%
+1.7%
+1.4%
16:30 Swiss National Bank Rate Decision
-0.75%
-0.75%
-0.75%
17:00 Swiss National Bank President Thomas Jordan Speech
 
 
 
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%
21:30 Import price index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.5%
-1.0%
-1.6%
21:30 Import price index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.3%
+1.3%
+0.7%
21:30 Initial Jobless Claims
233K
226K
206K
21:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
1.636M
1.649M
1.661M
21:30 ECB President Mario Draghi Press Conference
 
 
 
21:30 New Housing Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
21:30 New Housing Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.2%
+0.1%
+0.1%
23:30 EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report[week-over-week]
-63bcf
-82bcf
-77bcf
Fri 14 Dec
3:00 Budget Statement
$ -100.5B
$ -199.0B
$ -204.9B
4:00 REINZ House Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+15.5%
 
+2.6%
5:30 Business NZ PMI
53.7
 
53.5
7:50 Tankan Large Manufacturers Index
+19
+18
+19
7:50 Tankan Large Manufacturing Outlook
+19
+17
+15
7:50 Tankan Non-Manufacturing
+22
+21
+24
7:50 Tankan Non-Manufacturing Outlook
+22
+20
+20
7:50 Tankan Large All Industry Capital Expenditure[year-on-year(YoY)]
+13.4%
+12.8%
+14.3%
10:00 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+8.6%
+8.8%
+8.1%
10:00 Retail Sales (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+9.2%
+9.1%
+9.1%
10:00 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.9%
+5.9%
+5.4%
10:00 Industrial Production (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.4%
+6.4%
+6.3%
10:00 Investment in Fixed Assets (Excluding Rural Households) (YTD)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.7%
+5.8%
+5.9%
12:30 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
+2.9%
 
+2.9%
12:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.2%
 
+4.2%
12:30 Capacity Utilization Ratio[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.5%
 
+4.0%
15:00 EU 27 New Car Registrations[year-on-year(YoY)]
-7.3%
 
-8.0%
16:15 Luis de Guindos, Vice-President of the ECB, Speech
 
 
 
16:30 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.6%
 
+1.2%
16:30 Producer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.7%
 
+0.1%
17:00 Austria National Bank Governor Ewald Nowotny Speech
 
 
 
17:00 PMI Manufacturing
51.8
51.8
51.4
17:00 PMI Services
53.4
53.4
51.4
17:00 PMI Composite
52.7
52.8
51.3
17:30 ECB Executive Board Member Lautenschlaeger Speech
 
 
 
18:00 Labour Costs[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.3%
 
+2.5%
21:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.1%
+0.1%
+0.2%
21:30 Retail Sales Ex-Auto[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.0%
+0.2%
+0.2%
21:30 ECB Member of the Supervisory Board Ignazio Angeloni Speech
 
 
 
22:15 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.2%
+0.3%
+0.6%
22:15 Capacity Utilization Ratio
78.1%
78.6%
78.5%
22:45 PMI Manufacturing
55.3
55.0
53.9
22:45 PMI Services
54.7
54.6
53.4
22:45 PMI Composite
54.7
 
53.6
23:00 Business Inventories[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.5%
+0.6%
+0.6%
Sat 15 Dec
 
 
 
 
 
Sun 16 Dec
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 17 Dec
8:01 Rightmove House Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.7%
 
-1.5%
8:01 Rightmove House Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.2%
 
+0.7%
12:00 Tokyo Condominium Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.8%
 
+2.8%
18:00 Trade Balance
€ +13.1B
 
€ +14.0B
18:00 Trade Balance sa
€ +13.0B
€ +14.0B
€ +12.5B
18:00 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
-0.2%
-0.2%
18:00 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.0%
+2.0%
+1.9%
18:00 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.0%
+1.0%
+1.0%
21:30 Empire Manufacturing
+23.3
+20.0
+10.9
21:30 International Securities Transactions
C$ +7.76B
 
C$ +3.98B
22:00 Existing Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.6%
 
-2.3%
23:00 NAHB Housing Market Index
60
60
56
Tue 18 Dec
5:00 Net TIC Flows
$ -29.2B
 
$ +42.0B
5:00 Net Long-term TIC Flows
$ +30.8B
 
$ +31.3B
8:00 ANZ Business Conditions
-37.1
 
-24.1
8:30 Meeting Minutes of Reserve Bank of Australia (Dec 4th)
 
 
 
10:00 Non Resident Bond Holdings
57.1%
 
56.2%
16:30 Unemployment Rate
2.8%
2.8%
2.8%
21:30 Housing Starts
1.217M
1.228M
1.256M
21:30 Housing Starts[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.6%
0.0%
+3.2%
21:30 Building Permits
1.265M
1.260M
1.328M
21:30 Building Permits[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.4%
-0.4%
+5.0%
21:30 Manufacturing Shipments[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.4%
-0.1%
Wed 19 Dec
4:00 Westpac Consumer Confidence Index
103.5
 
109.1
5:45 Current Account Balance
NZ$ -1.619B
NZ$ -5.935B
NZ$ -6.149B
5:45 Current Account [Percentage of GDP]
-3.3%
-3.6%
-3.6%
7:30 Westpac-MI Leading Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.08%
 
-0.09%
7:50 Merchnds Trade Balance Total
¥ -450.1B
¥ -630.0B
¥ -737.3B
8:00 DEWR Internet Skilled Vacancies[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
 
-0.1%
17:00 Governor of Bank of Estonia Ardo Hansson, Speech
 
 
 
17:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.2%
+0.2%
17:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.4%
+2.3%
+2.3%
17:30 CPI Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.9%
+1.8%
+1.8%
17:30 Retail Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.1%
0.0%
17:30 Retail Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.3%
+3.2%
+3.2%
17:30 RPI (MoM)[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.2%
+3.2%
+3.1%
17:30 PPI Input[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
-2.8%
-2.3%
17:30 PPI Input[year-on-year(YoY)]
+10.3%
+5.0%
+5.6%
17:30 PPI Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
0.0%
+0.2%
17:30 PPI Output[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.3%
+3.0%
+3.1%
17:30 PPI Output Core[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.2%
+0.1%
17:30 PPI Output Core[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.5%
+2.3%
+2.4%
17:30 ONS House Price[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.0%
+3.4%
+2.7%
18:00 Construction Output[month-on-month(MoM)]
+2.1%
 
-1.6%
18:00 Construction Output[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.8%
 
+1.8%
19:00 CBI Trends Total Orders
+10
+6
+8
20:00 MBA Mortgage Applications[week-over-week]
+1.6%
 
-5.8%
21:30 Current Account Balance
$ -101.2B
$ -125.0B
$ -124.8B
21:30 Consumer Prices[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.3%
-0.4%
-0.4%
21:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.4%
+1.8%
+1.7%
23:00 Existing Home Sales
5.22M
5.20M
5.32M
23:00 Existing Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+1.4%
-0.4%
+1.9%
23:30 EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report[week-over-week]
-1208kbbl
-2854kbbl
-497kbbl
Thu 20 Dec
3:00 FOMC Rate Decision(Upper Bound)
2.25%
2.50%
2.50%
3:00 FOMC Rate Decision(Lower Bound)
2.00%
2.25%
2.25%
3:30 Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Jerome Powell Press Conference
 
 
 
5:45 Trade Balance
NZ$ -1.295B
NZ$ -0.88B
NZ$ -0.861B
5:45 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.0%
+0.6%
+0.3%
5:45 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.8%
+2.8%
+2.6%
8:30 Employed labor force
+32.8K
+20.0K
+37.0K
8:30 Unemployment Rate
5.0%
5.0%
5.1%
8:30 Participation Rate
65.6%
65.6%
65.7%
10:00 Credit Card Spending[year-on-year(YoY)]
+6.3%
 
+6.1%
10:52 BOJ Statement on Monetary Policy
 
 
 
10:52 Bank of Japan interest rate decision (Policy-Rate)
-0.10%
-0.10%
-0.10%
10:52 Bank of Japan announcing 10 years bond target rate
0.00%
0.00%
0.00%
12:30 All Industry Activity Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
-1.0%
+2.0%
+1.9%
14:00 Machine Tool Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
-16.8%
 
-17.0%
14:30 Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda Press Conference
 
 
 
15:00 Convenience Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.5%
 
+0.6%
15:00 Trade Balance
+35.2*B francs
 
+47.4*B francs
16:30 Consumer Prices[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.7%
+2.5%
+2.6%
17:00 Euro-Zone Trade Balance sa
€ +17.6B
 
€ +23.0B
17:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.4%
+0.3%
+1.4%
17:30 Retail Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.4%
+2.0%
+3.6%
17:30 Retail Sales Ex Auto Fuel[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.4%
+0.2%
+1.2%
17:30 Retail Sales Ex Auto Fuel[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.8%
+2.3%
+3.8%
19:00 CBI Reported Sales
+19
+15
-13
20:00 BOE Announces Rates
0.75%
0.75%
0.75%
20:00 BOE Minutes
 
 
 
21:30 Philadelphia Fed.
+12.9
+15.0
+9.4
21:30 Initial Jobless Claims
206K
215K
214K
21:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
1.661M
1.663M
1.688M
21:30 Wholesale Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.7%
+0.4%
+1.0%
23:00 Leading Indicators[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.3%
0.0%
+0.2%
23:30 EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report[week-over-week]
-77bcf
-136bcf
-141bcf
Fri 21 Dec
5:00 ANZ Consumer Confidence Index
118.6
 
121.9
7:30 National Consumer Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.4%
+0.8%
+0.8%
7:30 Natl CPI Ex-Fresh Food[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.0%
+1.0%
+0.9%
7:30 Natl CPI Ex Food, Energy[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.4%
+0.4%
+0.3%
8:01 GfK Consumer Confidence Survey
-13
-14
-14
13:00 Supermarket Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.7%
 
-2.5%
13:30 Nationwide Department Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.6%
 
-0.6%
13:30 Tokyo Dept. Store Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.6%
 
+0.2%
16:00 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.6%
 
+2.8%
16:30 Current Account Balance
HK$ +15.59B
 
HK$ +45.77B
17:30 Public Finances (PSNCR)
£ -3.5B
 
£ +4.4B
17:30 PSNB ex Interventions
£ +6.4B
£ +7.7B
£ +7.2B
17:30 Current Account Balance
£ -20.0B
£ -22.0B
£ -26.5B
17:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+0.6%
+0.6%
+0.6%
17:30 Gross Domestic Product[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.5%
+1.5%
+1.5%
17:30 Total Business Investment[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
-1.2%
-1.2%
-1.1%
17:30 Total Business Investment[year-on-year(YoY)]
-1.9%
-1.9%
-1.8%
21:30 Durable Goods Orders[month-on-month(MoM)]
-4.3%
+1.6%
+0.8%
21:30 Durables Goods Orders Ex Transportation[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.3%
-0.3%
21:30 Gross Domestic Product[quarter on quarter annualized rate]
+3.5%
+3.5%
+3.4%
21:30 Personal Consumption[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+3.6%
+3.6%
+3.5%
21:30 GDP Price Index[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.7%
+1.7%
+1.8%
21:30 PCE Core[quarter-on-quarter (QoQ)]
+1.5%
+1.5%
+1.6%
21:30 Gross Domestic Product[month-on-month(MoM)]
-0.1%
+0.2%
+0.3%
21:30 Retail Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.5%
+0.3%
21:30 Retail Sales Ex-Auto[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.2%
0.0%
23:00 Personal Income[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.5%
+0.3%
+0.2%
23:00 Personal Spending[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.8%
+0.3%
+0.4%
23:00 PCE Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+2.0%
+1.8%
+1.8%
23:00 PCE Core Deflator[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.1%
+0.2%
+0.1%
23:00 PCE Core Deflator[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.8%
+1.9%
+1.9%
23:00 U. of Michigan Confidence
97.5
97.4
98.3
23:00 Consumer Confidence
-3.9
-4.3
-6.2
23:00 Business Outlook Future Sales
+15.00
 
-1.00
Sat 22 Dec
0:00 Kansas City Fed Manf. Activity
+15
+13
+3
Sun 23 Dec
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 24 Dec
*** The Emperor''s Birthday
 
 
 
21:30 Chicago Fed Nat Activity Index
0.00
+0.20
+0.22
Tue 25 Dec
*** Christmas Day
 
 
 
7:50 Corp Service Price Index[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.3%
+1.3%
+1.2%
7:50 Bank of Japan Releases Minutes from Oct 30-31 Monetary Policy Meeting
 
 
 
13:00 Leading Index CI
100.5
 
99.6
13:00 Coincident Index CI
104.5
 
104.9
Wed 26 Dec
*** Boxing Day
 
 
 
*** Christmas Holiday
 
 
 
22:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind
213.91
 
213.89
22:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.73%
+0.30%
+0.41%
22:00 S&P/CaseShiller Home Price Ind[year-on-year(YoY)]
+5.21%
+4.80%
+5.03%
23:00 Richmond Fed Manufact. Index
+14
+15
-8
Thu 27 Dec
9:30 Industry profits[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.6%
 
-1.8%
13:00 Annualized Housing Starts
950K
957K
957K
13:00 Housing Starts[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.3%
-0.1%
-0.6%
13:00 Construction Orders[year-on-year(YoY)]
-16.5%
 
-10.7%
16:30 Trade Balance
HK$ -44.5B
HK$ -40.0B
HK$ -45.0B
17:00 ECB Bulletin
 
 
 
17:00 ZEW - Credit Suisse Switzerland Expectation of Economic Growth
-42.3
 
-22.2
21:30 Initial Jobless Claims
217K
216K
216K
21:30 Continuing Jobless Claims
1.705M
1.675M
1.701M
22:00 House Price Index[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.2%
+0.3%
+0.3%
23:00 Consumer Confidence
136.4
133.5
128.1
Fri 28 Dec
7:30 Unemployment Rate
2.4%
2.4%
2.5%
7:30 Job-To-Applicant Ratio
1.62
1.63
1.63
7:30 Tokyo CPI[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.8%
+0.5%
+0.3%
7:30 Tokyo CPI Ex-Fresh Food[year-on-year(YoY)]
+1.0%
+0.9%
+0.9%
7:30 Tokyo CPI Ex Food, Energy[year-on-year(YoY)]
+0.6%
+0.6%
+0.6%
7:50 Industrial Production[month-on-month(MoM)]
+2.9%
-1.5%
-1.1%
7:50 Industrial Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.2%
+0.6%
+1.4%
7:50 Retail Sales Value[year-on-year(YoY)]
+3.6%
+2.1%
+1.4%
7:50 Department Store and Supermarket Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-0.8%
-0.4%
-2.2%
7:50 Bank of Japan Releases Minutes from Dec19-20 Monetary Policy Meeting
 
 
 
12:00 Vehicle Production[year-on-year(YoY)]
-5.3%
 
+6.3%
16:00 KOF Leading Indicator
98.9
98.8
96.3
17:30 BBA Loans for House Purchase
39640
38925
39403
22:45 Chicago Purchasing Manager
66.4
60.3
65.4
23:00 Pending Home Sales[month-on-month(MoM)]
-2.6%
+1.0%
-0.7%
23:00 Pending Home Sales[year-on-year(YoY)]
-4.7%
 
-7.7%
23:30 EIA Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report[week-over-week]
-141bcf
-48bcf
-48bcf
Sat 29 Dec
0:00 EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report[week-over-week]
-497kbbl
-3393kbbl
-46kbbl
Sun 30 Dec
 
 
 
 
 
Mon 31 Dec
8:30 Private Sector Credit[month-on-month(MoM)]
+0.4%
+0.3%
+0.3%
8:30 Private Sector Credit[year-on-year(YoY)]
+4.6%
+4.4%
+4.4%
9:00 PMI Manufacturing
50.0
50.0
49.4
9:00 PMI Services
53.4
53.2
53.8
17:55 M3 Money Supply[year-on-year(YoY)]
-2.1%
 
+3.5%
23:30 Dallas Fed Manf. Activity
+17.6
+15.0
-5.1