Schedule for the current week

On Monday, January 8, there will be a small amount of news, mostly on Europe.

• At 09:00 – release of the volume of production orders in Germany (m/m).
• At 10:15 – publication of the consumer price index (CPI) of Switzerland (m/m).
• At 10:30 – issue of the price index for housing in the UK.
• At 12:00 – announcement of the volume of retail sales in the euro area (m/m).
• At 17:30 – publication of the review of the economic conditions of the Bank of Canada.

Tuesday, January 9, is full of statistics.

• At 02:30 – release of the building permits in Australia (m/m).
• At 08:45 – announcement of the unemployment rate in Switzerland.
• At 09:00 – announcement of the Germany’s trade balance.
• At 12:00 – release of the unemployment rate in the euro area.
• At 15:15 – publication of the volume of construction of new homes in Canada.
• At 17:00 – release of the number of open vacancies in the labor market (JOLTS) in the United States.
• At 23:30 – weekly stocks of crude oil in the US according to the American Petroleum Institute (API).

Wednesday, January 10, is full of news on China, Britain and the US.

• At 03:30 – release of the index of consumer prices (CPI) in China.
• At 11:30 – publication of the production  volume in the manufacturing industry in the UK (m/m) and the trade balance in the UK.
• At 15:00 – release of the estimate of GDP growth in the UK by NIESR.
• At 15:30 – announcement of the price index for exports and imports in the US (m/m).
• Also, at 15:30 – release of the building permits in Canada (m/m).
• At 17:30 – publication of stocks of crude oil in the United States.

Thursday, January 11, is full of news due to the publication of the ECB report and the US data.

• At 02:30 – the volume of retail sales in Australia (m/m).
• At 14:30 – publication of the minutes of the ECB meeting on monetary policy.
• At 15:30 – data on the United States and Canada: the basic producer price index (PPI) in the US (m/m), the number of initial applications for unemployment benefits in the US, the producer price index (PPI) in the US (m/m ) and the price index for new housing in Canada (m/m).
• At 21:00 – announcement of the report on the implementation of the US federal budget.
• At 23:45 – building permits in New Zealand (m m).

On Friday, January 12, the market will be focused on inflation data in the US.

• At 01:50 – the account of current operations of the balance of payments of Japan.
• At 15:30 – publication of the basic consumer price index (CPI) in the US (m/m), the base retail sales index in the US (m/m), the retail sales in the US (m/m).
• At 17:00 – release of the volume of inventory in the US (m/m).
• At 20:00 – announcement of the number of drilling rigs in the US by Baker Hughes.

Hanzenko Anton