The main events of Thursday!

On Thursday, December 13, the day is full of statistics, among which the ECB meeting minutes deserve special attention.

At 02:00 – HIA new houme  sale (m/m) in Australia,  previous value  -0.8%.

At 02:01 – RICS housing prices balance (November) UK,  forecast -10%,  previous value -10%.

At 09:00 – consumer price index (CPI) of Germany (m/m) (November),  forecast 0.1%,  previous value  0.1%.

At 10:30 – the results of the meeting of the Switzerland National Bank will be published:
– Interest rate decision of the SNB, forecast -0.75%,  previous value -0.75%.
– SNB monetary policy assessment.

At 11:00 – IEA monthly report in the USA will be released.

At 11:00 – the press conference of the SNB will be held.

At 11:15 – Swiss Producer Price Index (PPI) (m/m)  (November),  forecast 0.0%,  previous value  0.2%.

At 14:45 – the results of the ECB meeting will be published:
– Deposit facility rate,  forecast  -0.40%,  previous value  -0.40%.
– ECB marginal lending facility,  forecast  0.25%,  previous value  0.25%.
– Interest rate decision (December),  forecast  0.00%,  previous value 0.00%.

At 15:30 – US data will be released:
– Export price index (m/m) (November), forecast -0.1%, previous value 0.4%.
– Import price index (m/m) (November),  forecast -0.9%, previous value  0.5%.
– Initial jobless claims, forecast 225K,  previous value 231K.
– Price index for new housing (m/ m) (oct), forecast 0.0%, previous value 0.0%.

Also at 15:30 – the ECB will hold a press conference.

At 23:30 – PMI in the manufacturing sector (November) of New Zealand, previous value  53.5.

Hanzenko Anton