US 0830 ET Weekly initial unemployment claims expected -38,000 to 815,000, previous +137,000 to 853,000. Weekly continuing claims expected -57,000 to 5.700 million, previous +230,000 to 5.757 million.
0830 ET Dec Philadelphia Fed business outlook survey expected -6.3 to 20.0, Nov -6.0 to 26.3.
0830 ET Nov housing starts expected +0.3% to 1.535 million, Oct +4.9% to 1.530 million. Nov building permits expected +1.0% to 1.560 million, Oct -0.1% to 1.544 million.
1100 ET Dec Kansas City Fed manufacturing activity index expected -2 to 9, Nov -2 to 11.
1100 ET Treasury announces the amount of 20-year T-bonds to be auctioned Dec 21 (previous $27 billion), 5-year TIPS to be auctioned Dec 22 (previous $17 billion), and 2-year floating-rate notes to be auctioned Dec 23 (previous $24 billion).
EUR 0200 ET Eurozone Nov new car registrations, Oct -7.8% y/y.
0500 ET Revised Eurozone Nov CPI, previous -0.3% y/y. Revised Nov core CPI, previous +0.2% y/y.
0500 ET Eurozone Oct construction output, Sep -2.9% m/m and -2.5% y/y.
1230 ET ECB Vice President Luis de Guindos speaks at launch of the book “The Economics of Monetary Unions; Past Experiences and the Eurozone.â€
FRANCE 0245 ET France Dec business confidence expected +2 to 81, Nov -11 to 79.
UK 0700 ET BOE announces interest rate decision and asset purchase target, expected no change to the 0.100% benchmark rate or to the 875 billion-pound asset purchase target.
1901 ET UK Dec GfK consumer confidence expected +2 to -31, Nov -2 to -33.
CANADA 0830 ET Canada Nov Teranet/National Bank composite-11 home price index, Oct +1.3% m/m and +8.1% y/y.
JAPAN 1830 ET Japan Nov national CPI expected -0.8% y/y, Oct -0.4% y/y. Nov national CPI ex-fresh food expected -0.9% y/y, Oct -0.7% y/y. Nov national CPI ex-fresh food & energy expected -0.3% y/y, Oct -0.2% y/y.
