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Sizable numbers of economic dockets and events scheduled for today and some with high volatility risks associated.
Data released so far:
- United Kingdom: GFK consumer confidence for December marginally improved to -7 from -8 in the previous month.
- New Zealand: M3 money supply rose by 5.9 percent y/y in November.
Upcoming:
- Germany: Import price index data for November will be reported at 7:00 GMT.
- Italy: Industrial sales and orders numbers for October will be declared at 9:00 GMT.
- Eurozone: ECB will publish economic bulletin at 9:00 GMT, followed by retail sales report for October at 10:00 GMT.
- United States: Chicago Fed national activity index for November will be released at 13:30 GMT, along with personal income/spending report, durable goods report, and third quarter GDP report. EIA will release its weekly natural gas inventory report at 15:30 GMT. Kansas Fed will release the manufacturing activity report at 16:00 GMT.
- Canada: Retail sales report for October will be announced at 13:30 GMT, along with consumer price inflation numbers for November.
