The main events of the day

Thursday, December 28, is full of data on the United States.

Activity in the market is a little bit outgrowth after the Catholic Christmas, but trade volumes are still extremely low.

At 01:50 – data on Japan:
– The volume of industrial production in Japan (m/m), the forecast is 0.5%, the previous value is 0.5%.
– The volume of retail sales in Japan (y/y), the forecast is 1.1%, the previous value is -0.2%.

At 09:00 – announcement of the statistics on real estate in the UK:
– The index of housing prices Nationwide in the UK (m/m), the previous value is 0.1%.
– The index of housing prices Nationwide in the UK (y/y), the previous value is 2.5%.

At 11:00 – publication of the monthly report of the ECB.

At 15:30 – data on the US:
– The balance of foreign trade in the US goods, the forecast is -67.60D, the previous value is -68.10D.
– The number of initial applications for unemployment benefits in the US, the forecast is 241K, the previous value is 245K.

At 16:45 – release of the index of business activity (PMI) in Chicago (USA), the forecast is 62.0, the previous value is 63.9.

At 18:00 – publication of data on oil reserves in the US:
– Reserves of crude oil in the US, the forecast is -3.925M, the previous value is -6.495M.
– Data on excess oil reserves in Cushing (Oklahoma, USA), the previous value is 0.754M.

Hanzenko Anton