The main events of the day

Thursday, November 16, promises to be full of data on Australia, Britain, the euro zone, the US and Canada.

At 02:30 – data on employment in Australia:
– Change in employment in Australia, the forecast is 17.5K, the previous value is 19.8K.
– Change in full employment in Australia, the previous value is 6.1K.
– The unemployment rate in Australia, the forecast is 5.5%, the previous value is 5.5%.

At 11:30 – data on retail sales in the UK:
– The base retail sales index in the UK (y/y), the forecast is -0.4%, the previous value is 1.6%.
– The base retail sales index in the UK (m/m), the forecast is 0.1%, the previous value is -0.7%.
– The volume of retail sales in the UK (y/y), the forecast is -0,6%, the previous value is 1,2%.
– The volume of retail sales in the UK (m/m), the forecast is 0.1%, the previous value is -0.8%.

At 12:00 – data on inflation in the euro area:
– Basic consumer price index (CPI) in the euro area (y/y), the forecast is 0.9% , the previous value is 0.9%.
– Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the euro area (y/y), the forecast is 1.4%, the previous value is 1.4%.
– Consumer price index (CPI) in the euro area (m/m), the forecast is 0.1%, the previous value is 0.4%.

At 15:30 – publication of a news block on the US:
– US export price index (m/m), the forecast is 0.4%, the previous value is 0.8%.
– US import price index (m/m), the forecast is 0.4%, the previous value is 0.7%.
– The number of initial applications for unemployment benefits in the US, the forecast is 235K, the previous value is 239K.
– Index of manufacturing activity by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (USA), the forecast is 25.0, the previous value is 27.9.
– The employment index of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (USA), the previous value is 30.6.

Also at 15:30 – release of data on Canada:
– The volume of foreign investment in Canadian securities, the previous value is 9.85V.
– Sales in the manufacturing sector of Canada (m/m), the forecast is -0.3%, the previous value is 1.6%.

At 16:00 – a speech of the head of the Bank of England, Carney.

At 16:15 – publication of the volume of industrial production in the US (m/m), the forecast is 0.5%, the previous value is 0.3%.

Hanzenko Anton