RBA Raises Interest Rates to 4.35% Amid Rising Inflation Risks and Middle East Tensions 
Asian Stocks Steady as Iran War Concerns Persist Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit 
Gold Prices Hold Steady as Investors Monitor U.S.-Iran Tensions and Trump-Xi Summit 
Trump Says Iran Ceasefire ‘On Life Support’ as Oil Prices Surge Above $104 
Japan Inflation Expectations Rise as BOJ Rate Hike Timing Faces Uncertainty 
Dollar Surges as Inflation Data Fuels Fed Rate Hike Expectations 
BOJ Rate Hike Expectations Grow as Board Member Signals Hawkish Stance 
Wall Street Futures Rise Ahead of Trump-Xi Summit as Tech Stocks Lead Market Rally 
Asian Currencies Hold Steady as Strong U.S. Inflation Data Boosts Dollar 
Bank of Japan's Ueda Flags Low Real Interest Rates as Key Factor in Rate Hike Timing 
Lots of economic dockets and events scheduled for today and all with low to medium volatility risks associated.
Upcoming:
- Germany: Import price index for October will be released at 7:00 GMT. HICP inflation numbers will be released at 13:00 GMT.
- France: Consumer spending for October and third quarter GDP figure will be released at 7:45 GMT.
- Spain: Flash HICP inflation numbers will be released at 8:00 GMT.
- Switzerland: Third quarter employment numbers will be released at 8:15 GMT.
- Italy: Consumer confidence report for October will be released at 9:00 GMT.
- United Kingdom: Net lending to individuals, consumer credit, and money supply statistics; all will be reported at 9:30 GMT.
- Greece: Third quarter GDP number will be announced at 10:00 GMT.
- Eurozone: November sentiment report will be released at 10:00 GMT.
- United States: Third quarter flash GDP number will be published at 13:30 GMT, followed by Redbook index at 13:55 GMT and S&P-Case/Shiller home prices report at 14:00 GMT. November consumer confidence report will be released at 15:00 GMT. Fed’s William Dudley is scheduled to speak at 14:15 GMT. FOMC member Powell is scheduled to speak at 17:40 GMT.
- New Zealand: RBNZ will release financial stability report at 20:00 GMT.
- Japan: Industrial production figure at 23:50 GMT.
