Schedule for the current week

On Monday, December 4, a small amount of news will be released. Preliminary on this day the meeting of the Eurogroup is expected.

• At 02:00 – publication of the sales of new housing (HIA) in Australia (m/m).
• At 02:30 – a gross profit of the companies in Australia (q/q) .
• At 11:30 – announcement of the index of business activity in the construction sector of Great Britain.
• At 17:00 – the volume of industrial orders in the US (m/m).

On Tuesday, December 5, the day is full of news, mainly due to statistics on business activity in the service sector. But, also the attention of the market will be riveted to data on Australia, the eurozone and the US.

• At 02:30 – the volume of retail sales in Australia (m/m).
• At 03:45 – publication of the index of business activity in the services sector (PMI) of China by Caixin.
• At 05:30 – announcement of the decision on interest rate of the Reserve Bank of Australia.
• At 10:55 – publication of the index of business activity in the German services sector.
• At 11:00 – a composite index of business activity (PMI) by Markit in the euro area.
• At 11:30 – the index of business activity in the services sector of Great Britain.
• At 12:00 – announcement of the volume of retail sales in the euro area (m/m).
• At 15:30 – the US trade balance and the balance of trade in Canada.
• At 17:00 – announcement of the index of business activity in the non-manufacturing sector (PMI) of the United States by ISM.
• At 11:35 pm – publication of the weekly stocks of crude oil in the US according to the American Petroleum Institute (API).

On Wednesday, December 6, the market will be focused on Australia, Canada and the US.

• At 02:30 –  GDP of Australia.
• At 09:00 – the volume of production orders in Germany (m/m).
• At 15:15 – announcement of the change in the number of employed in the non-agricultural sector of the US by ADP.
• At 15:30 – a performance level in the non-agricultural sector of the United States (q/q)
• At 17:00 – publication of a decision on the interest rate of the Bank of Canada.
• At 17:30 – the reserves of crude oil in the USA.

On Thursday, December 7, the day will also be full of news.

• At 02:30 – a trade balance of Australia.
• At 08:45 – publication of the unemployment rate in Switzerland.
• At 09:00 – announcement of the volume of industrial production in Germany (m/m).
• At 10:30 – a price index for housing in the UK by Halifax.
• At 12:00 – publication of the GDP of the euro area.
• At 15:30 – announcement of the number of initial applications for unemployment benefits in the US and building permits in Canada (m/m).
• At 17:00 – the index of business activity in Canada by Ivey.

On Friday, December 8, all market attention will be focused on the labor market report in the US.

• At 01:50 – account for current operations of Japan’s balance of payments and Japan’s GDP.
• At 02:30 – publication of the housing loans of Australia (m/m).
• At 08:32 – publication of the China’s trade balance (USD).
• At 11:30 – announcement of the volume of production in the manufacturing industry in the UK (m/m) and the trade balance in the UK.
• At 15:15 – the volume of construction of new homes in Canada.
• At 15:30 – publication data on employment in the US: the change in the number of employees in the non-agricultural sector of the United States and the unemployment rate in the US.

Hanzenko Anton