Calendar for the Week of 12/18 Through 12/22
Economic Calendar:
(Events highlighted in bold are those we view as the most important.)
(All times are ET)
Monday:
Germany – IFO Business Climate for December (4 a.m.)
BOE’s Broadbent Speaks (5:30 a.m.)
ECB’s Vujcic Speaks (5:45 a.m.)
ECB’s Wunsch Speaks (7 a.m.)
ECB’s Schnabel Speaks (8:30 a.m.)
Fed’s Goolsbee Speaks (8:30 a.m.)
New York Fed Services Activity for December (8:30 a.m.)
NAHB Housing Market Index for December (10 a.m.)
ECB’s Lane Speaks (10 a.m.)
Treasury Auctions $143 Billion in 13- and 26-Week Bills
Tuesday:
Bank of Japan Policy Announcement
Reserve Bank of Australia Meeting Minutes
ECB’s Simkus Speaks (3 a.m.)
ECB’s Kazimir Speaks (4 a.m.)
ECB’s Vujcic Speaks (5 a.m.)
BOE’s Breeden Speaks (8 a.m.)
Housing Starts, Building Permits for November (8:30 a.m.)
Fed’s Bostic Speaks (12:30 p.m.)
American Petroleum Institute Crude Oil Inventory Data (4:30 p.m.)
Fed’s Goolsbee Speaks (6 p.m.)
Treasury Auctions $70 Billion in 42-Day Bills
Wednesday:
China – 1- and 5-Year Loan Prime Rate
Japan – Trade Balance for November
Germany – PPI for November (2 a.m.)
Germany - GfK Consumer Confidence for January (2 a.m.)
U.K. – CPI, PPI for November (2 a.m.)
MBA Mortgage Applications (7 a.m.)
ECB’s Lane Speaks (9 a.m.)
Existing Home Sales for November (10 a.m.)
Conference Board Consumer Confidence for December (10 a.m.)
Eurozone – Consumer Confidence (Preliminary) for December (10 a.m.)
Energy Information Administration Crude Oil Inventory Data (10:30 a.m.)
Fed’s Goolsbee Speaks (12 p.m.)
Bank of Canada Meeting Minutes (1:30 p.m.)
Treasury Auctions $13 Billion in 20-Year Bonds
Thursday:
France – Business, Manufacturing Confidence for December (2:45 a.m.)
Initial Jobless Claims (8:30 a.m.)
Continuing Claims (8:30 a.m.)
GDP (Third Take) for 3Q (8:30 a.m.)
Philly Fed Business Outlook for December (8:30 a.m.)
Leading Index for November (10 a.m.)
Energy Information Administration Weekly Petroleum Inventories (10:30 a.m.)
Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Activity for December (11 a.m.)
ECB’s Lane Speaks (11 a.m.)
Fed's Balance Sheet Update (4:30 p.m.)
Friday:
Japan – CPI for November
Bank of Japan Meeting Minutes
U.K. – Retail Sales for November (2 a.m.)
France – PPI for November (2:45 a.m.)
Personal Income, Spending for November (8:30 a.m.)
PCE for November (8:30 a.m.)
Durable, Capital Goods Orders (Preliminary) for November (8:30 a.m.)
New Home Sales for November (10 a.m.)
Kansas City Fed Services Activity for December (11 a.m.)
Baker Hughes Rig Count (1 p.m.)
CFTC’s Commitment of Traders Report (3:30 p.m.)
Fed Releases Balance Sheet Updates on Commercial Banks (4:15 p.m.)