Things To Look Out For Today - Events & Data (Ldn Times)

Asia
00:00am    - SK Unemployment
00:30am    - AUD Westpac Leading Index
02:10am    - BOJ Outright Bond Purchase 10~25 Years
02:10am    - BOJ Sakurai makes a speech
04:00am    - SK Money Supply


Europe:
09:10am    - ECB President Mario Draghi Speaks in Frankfurt
09:30am    - UK Claimant Count Rate
09:30am    - UK Jobless Claims Change
09:30am    - UK Average Weekly Earnings
09:30am    - UK ILO Unemployment Rate
10:00am    - Eurozone Construction Output
12:30am    - ECB's Angeloni speaks in Berlin
12:45am    - ECB's Praet is chairing a panel in Frankfurt
15:15pm    - ECB's Coeure is chairing a panel in Frankfurt


US
12:00pm    - US MBA Mortgage Applications
13:00pm    - Fed's Dudley and Kaplan Discuss Economic Development
13:30pm    - US Manufacturing Sales
13:30pm    - US Housing Starts
13:30pm    - US Building Permits
19.00pm    - U.S. Federal Reserve Releases Beige Book


Market focus this Morning...
-Dow touches 23,000 for the first time, closes at record. Boeing and Caterpillar were the biggest points contributors on the Dow since Aug. 2, when the index first broke above 22,000.
-China’s holdings of U.S. bonds, notes and bills advanced for the seventh straight month to $1.2 trillion, an increase of $34.5 billion from a month earlier, according to Treasury Department data released Tuesday in Washington. That’s the highest level since July 2016.
-A US federal judge in Hawaii blocked President Trump's latest bid to impose restrictions on citizens from eight countries entering the United States, which had been set to take effect this week.
-US President Trump signalled support for a bipartisan healthcare deal in the US Senate, saying it was a short-term fix to get through a very dangerous little period but not the ultimate answer to healthcare needs.
-White House official said US President Trump has narrowed his choice for Fed Chair down to five and will likely announce his decision before travelling to Asia in early November. Candidates include current Chair Yellen, Gary Cohn, Kevin Warsh, Jeorme Powell and John Taylor.
-Fed Discount Rate minutes showed 11 of the 12 regional Fed banks voted to leave the discount rate unchanged ahead of the September meeting.
-Spanish constitutional court has declared the independence referendum held in September by the Catalan government was void.
-US Industrial Production M/M (Sep) +0.3% versus +0.2% expected, Manufacturing Production M/M +0.1% versus +0.1% expected, Capacity Utilization 76.0% versus 76.2% expected.