The main events of Friday!

On Friday, January 18, the day is full of data on inflation in Japan and Canada, and statistics on retail sales in the UK.

At 01:30 – an inflation data in Japan will be released:
– National Core Consumer Price Index (CPI) (y/y) (December), forecast  0.8%,  previous value 0.9%.
– National CPI (m/m), the previous value of -0.2%.

At 06:30 – industrial production (m/m) (November) of Japan,  forecast  -1.1%,  previous value -1.1%.

At 09:30 – Swiss Producer Price Index (PPI) (m / m) (December),  forecast  -0.2%,  previous value  -0.3%.

At 11:00 – IEA will publish a monthly report.

At 11:30 – data on retail sales in the UK:
– Core retail sales index (y/y) (December),  forecast  3.9%,  previous value  3.8%.
– Core retail sales index (m/m) (December),  forecast -0.6%,  previous value  1.2%.
– Retail sales (y/y) (December), forecast 3.6%, previous 3.6%.
– Retail sales (m/m) (December),  forecast  -0,8%, previous value  1,4%.

At 15:30 –  an inflation report in Canada will be published:
– Core consumer price index (CPI) (m/m) (December),  previous value -0.2%.
– Core consumer price index (CPI) (y/y) (December),  previous value  1.5%.
– Consumer price index (CPI) (m/m) (December), forecast -0.3%, previous value -0.4%.
– The volume of foreign investment in Canadian securities (November),  previous value  3.98B.

At 16:15 –  industrial production (m/m) (December) in the US,  forecast 0.3%,  previous value  0.6%.

At 20:00 – number of Baker Hughes oil rigs in the USA will be released,  previous value 873.

Hanzenko Anton