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Not many economic dockets and events scheduled for today and all with low to medium volatility risks associated.
Data Released so far:
- Australia: Consumer inflation expectations declined to 3.2 percent in November from 3.7 percent prior. Home loans rose by 1.6 percent in September and investment lending for homes rose by 4.6 percent.
- United Kingdom: RICS house price balance for October came at 23 percent for October.
Upcoming:
- Japan: Machine tools orders report for October will be published at 6:00 GMT.
- France: Industrial output for September will be published at 7:45 GMT, along with non-farm payroll report for third quarter.
- Italy: Industrial output report for September will be published at 9:00 GMT.
- Greece: Greece will release consumer price inflation numbers for October at 10:00 GMT, along with unemployment report for August.
- Portugal: Consumer price index for October will be released today.
- United States: Weekly jobless claims report will be published at 13:30 GMT. EIA will release weekly natural gas inventory report at 15:30 GMT.
- Canada: New house price report will be published at 13:30 GMT.
- New Zealand: Food price index report for October will be published at 21:45 GMT, followed by Business PMI report at 23:00 GMT.
- Auction: US will auction 30-year bond at 18:00 GMT.
