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