Lots of economic dockets and events scheduled for today and some with high volatility risks associated.
Data released so far:
- Japan: Labor cash earnings rose by 0.1 percent y/y in October.
- United Kingdom: BRC retail sales figure for October rose by 0.6 percent y/y.
- Australia: Third quarter current account deficit came at 11.4 billion. RBA kept interest rate steady at 1.5 percent.
Upcoming:
- Germany: Factory orders for October will be published at 7:00 GMT.
- Switzerland: Consumer price inflation report will be published at 8:15 GMT.
- Eurozone: Third quarter GDP number will be published at 10:00 GMT.
- United States: October trade balance will be published at 13:30 GMT, along with unit labor cost for third quarter and non-farm productivity, followed by factory orders report at 15:00 GMT. TIPP economic optimism report will be published at 15:00 GMT.
- Canada: October trade balance report will be published at 13:30 GMT, followed by IVEY PMI at 15:00 GMT.
- New Zealand: manufacturing sales report for third quarter will be published at 21:45 GMT. Global dairy auction is scheduled today. RBNZ governor Wheeler is scheduled to speak at 22:00 GMT.
- Australia: AiG performance of construction index will be published at 22:30 GMT.