The main events of the day

On Friday, December 15, a relatively small amount of news will be published.

The market assesses the results of the meeting of the US Central Bank and the euro area and adjusts the positions.

At 01:50 – a news block on Japan:
– Tankan index for capital expenditures of large enterprises of all industries in Japan, the forecast is 7.5%, the previous value is 7.7%.
– The index of activity of major producers by Tankan Japan, the forecast is 22, the previous value is 19.
– The sentiment index of major producers in Japan by Tankan, the forecast is 24, the previous value is 22.
– The sentiment index of large non-manufacturing companies in Japan by Tankan, the forecast is 24, the previous value is 23.

At 12:00 – publication of the euro zone’s trade balance, the forecast is 24.6D, the previous value is 26.4D.

At 15:15 – a speech of a member of the Committee for Monetary Policy of the Bank of England Haldane.

At 15:30 – publication of the index of manufacturing activity NY Empire State (USA), the forecast is 18.60, the previous value is 19.40.

Also, at 15:30 – announcement of the volume of sales in the manufacturing sector of Canada (m/m), the forecast is 0.8%, the previous value is 0.5%.

At 16:15 – release of the volume of industrial production in the US (m/m), the forecast is 0.3%, the previous value is 0.9%.

At 20:00 – release of a number of drilling rigs in the US by Baker Hughes, the previous value is 751.

Hanzenko Anton