The main events of the day

On Friday, October 20, a small amount of news is expected, the market will be mainly focused on statistics data on the US and Canada.

At 09:00 – Release of the producer price index (PPI) of Germany (m/m), the forecast is 0.1%, the previous value is 0.2%.

At 09:35 – The speech of the head of the Japanese Bank Kuroda will be held.

At 15:30 – Publication of data on inflation in Canada:
– The basic consumer price index (CPI) in Canada (m/m), the previous value is 0.0%.
– The basic consumer price index (CPI) in Canada (y/y), the previous value is 0.9%.
– The basic index of retail sales in Canada (m/m), the forecast is 0.3%, the previous value is 0.2%.
– Consumer Price Index (CPI) in Canada (m/m), the forecast is 0.3%, the previous value is 0.1%.
– The volume of retail sales in Canada (m/m), the forecast is 0.5%, the previous value is 0.4%.

At 17:00 – Announcement of the data on real estate in the US:
– Sales in the secondary housing market in the US, the forecast is 5.30M, the previous value is 5.35M.
– Sales in the secondary housing market in the US (m/m), the forecast is -1.0%, the previous value is -1.7%.

At 20:00 – Publication of the number of drilling rigs in the US from Baker Hughes, the previous value is 743.

Hanzenko Anton