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Lots of economic dockets and events scheduled for today but all with low to medium volatility risks associated.
Data released so far:
- New Zealand: ANZ commodity prices rose by 2.7 percent in November.
- Australia: TD securities inflation rose by 0.1 percent in November, up 1.5 percent from a year ago. Companies’ gross operating profit rose by 1 percent in the third quarter.
- China: Caixin services PMI rose to 53.1 in November.
Upcoming:
- Japan: Consumer confidence number for December will be reported at 5:00 GMT.
- Spain: Industrial output for October will be announced at 8:00 GMT, followed by Markit services PMI at 8:15 GMT.
- Italy: Markit services PMI report will be released at 8:45 GMT.
- France: Services PMI report is scheduled to be released at 8:50 GMT.
- Germany: Services PMI at 8:55 GMT.
- United Kingdom: Markit services PMI number will be reported at 9:30 GMT.
- United States: Markit services PMI will be released at 14:45 GMT, followed by ISM non-manufacturing PMI at 15:00 GMT. Fed’s Dudley is scheduled to speak at 13:30 GMT, followed by Evans at 14:25 GMT, and Bullard at 19:00 GMT.
