The main events of Thursday!

On Thursday, September 20, it is worthwhile to focus on data on New Zealand’s GDP, retail sales in the UK and US statistics.

At 01:45 – GDP of  New Zealand (q/q) (Q2) , forecast 0.8%,   previous value  0.5%.

At 10:30 – Bank of Switzerland meeting results :
– Swiss Central Bank  interest rate decision, forecast -0.75%,  previous value  -0.75%.
– NBS monetary policy assessment .

At 11:30 –  data on retail sales in the UK:
– Core retail sales  (m / m) (Aug), forecast -0.2%, previous value  0.9%.
– Core retail sales  (y / y) (Aug), forecast 2.5%, previous value 3.7%.
– Retail sales (y / y) (Aug), forecast 2.3%, previous value  3.5%.
– Retail sales (m / m) (Aug),  forecast-0.1%,  previous value 0.7%.

At 15:30 –  data on the US:
– Initial jobless claims, forecast 210K, previous value  204K.
– Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index  (Sept), forecast 17.0, previous value 11.9.
– Philadelphia Fed employment index  (Sept), previous value  14.3.

At 17:00 –  data on secondary US housing  market:
– Existing home sales  (m / m) (Aug), forecast 0.3%, previous value  -0.7%.
– Existing home sales (Aug), forecast 5.35M,  previous value  5.34M.

At 18:15 – the speech of the President of the Bundesbank Weidmann will take place.

Hanzenko Anton