Not many economic dockets scheduled for today and all with low to medium risks associated. Focus is on FOMC minutes
Data released so far -
- Australia - Wages grew by 0.6% in third quarter, up 2.3% from a year ago.
- China - House price index down by -0.1% in October.
Upcoming -
- Euro zone - Construction output to be announced at 10:00 GMT for September.
- Switzerland - Zew Survey expectations to be released at 10:00 GMT.
- US - MBA mortgage applications to be released at 12:00 GMT, followed by housing starts and building permits for October at 13:30 GMT. FOMC will release minutes at 19:00 GMT. EIA will release weekly inventory report at 15:30 GMT. Several FED speaker scheduled for today, Lockhart at 13:00 GMT, along with Mester and Dudley.
- Canada - Housing starts data for October to be released at 13:30 GMT.
- New Zealand - Producer price index to be released 21:45 GMT.
- Japan - Trade balance for October to be released at 23:50 GMT along with investment statistics.
- Auctions - UK will auction 10 year bond today.


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