Economic calendar

GMT Event Actual Previous
Thursday, Dec 18
13:30 Consumer Price Index ex Food & Energy (YoY) 2.6% 3.0%
13:30 Consumer Price Index (YoY) 2.7% 3.0%
13:30 Consumer Price Index n.s.a (MoM) 324.122 324.800
13:30 Initial Jobless Claims 4-week average 217.50K 217.00K Revised from 216.75K
13:30 Initial Jobless Claims 224K 237K Revised from 236K
13:30 Continuing Jobless Claims 1.897M 1.830M Revised from 1.838M
15:30 EIA Natural Gas Storage Change -167B -177B
16:00 Kansas Fed Manufacturing Activity -3 18
16:30 4-Week Bill Auction 3.58% 3.61%
18:00 5-year TIPS Auction 1.433% 1.182%
20:00 Westpac Consumer Survey 90.9
21:00 Total Net TIC Flows $190.1B
21:00 Net Long-Term TIC Flows $179.8B
21:00 ANZ – Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence 98.4
21:45 Trade Balance NZD (MoM) $-1,542M
21:45 Trade Balance NZD (YoY) $-2.28B
21:45 Exports $6.5B
21:45 Imports $8.04B
Friday, Dec 19
00:00 ANZ Activity Outlook 53.1
00:00 ANZ Business Confidence 67.1
00:01 GfK Consumer Confidence -19
00:30 Private Sector Credit (MoM) 0.7%
00:30 Private Sector Credit (YoY) 7.3%
02:00 Credit Card Spending (YoY) 1.4%
07:00 Retail Sales (YoY) 0.2%
07:00 Retail Sales (MoM) -1.1%
07:00 Retail Sales ex-Fuel (MoM) -1.0%
07:00 Retail Sales ex-Fuel (YoY) 1.2%
07:00 Public Sector Net Borrowing £17.434B
13:30 New Housing Price Index (YoY) -1.8%
13:30 New Housing Price Index (MoM) -0.4%
13:30 Retail Sales (MoM) -0.7%
13:30 Retail Sales ex Autos (MoM) 0.2%
15:00 Existing Home Sales (MoM) 4.1M
15:00 Existing Home Sales Change (MoM) 1.2%
15:00 UoM 5-year Consumer Inflation Expectation 3.2%
15:00 Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index 53.3
15:00 UoM 1-year Consumer Inflation Expectations 4.1%
15:00 Michigan Consumer Expectations Index 55
18:00 Baker Hughes US Oil Rig Count 414

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