The main events of Thursday!
On Thursday, October 18, the economic calendar is saturated with events that will have a noticeable impact on the market.
At 02:50 – data on the trade balance of Japan :
– Adjusted trade balance, forecast -0.34T, previous value -0.19T.
– Export volume (y / y) (September), forecast 1.9%, previous value 6.6%.
– Trade balance (September), forecast -50B, previous value -438B.
At 03:30 – an employment data for Australia will be released:
– Employment change (September), forecast 15.2K, previous value 44.0K.
– Full employment change (Sep), previous value 33.7K.
– NAB business confidence (quarterly), previous value 7.
– Unemployment rate (September), forecast 5.3%, previous value 5.3%.
At 11:30 – the UK retail sales report:
– Core retail sales (m / m) (September), forecast -0.4%, previous value 0.3%.
– Core retail sales (y/y) (September), forecast 3.7%, previous value 3.5%.
– Retail sales (m / m) (September), forecast -0.4%, previous value 0.3%.
– Retail sales (y/y) (September), forecast 3.6%, previous value 3.3%.
At 15:30 – the US data:
– Initial jobless claims, forecast 210K, previous value 214K.
– Philadelphia Fed index of production activity (Oct.), forecast 20.0, previous value 22.9.
– Philadelphia Fed employment index (October), previous value 17.6.
Hanzenko Anton