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

Asia
00:50am    - Jpn Foreign & Domestic Bond Buying
00:50am    - Jpn Trade Balance Westpac Leading Index
01:30am    - Aud NAB Business Confidence
01:30am    - Aud Unemployment Rate
01:30am    - Aud Employment Change
01:30am    - Aud RBA FX Transactions
03:00am    - Chi GDP
03:00am    - Chi Retail Sales
03:00am    - Chi Industrial Production
05:30am    - Jpn All Industry Activity Index
07:00am    - Jpn Machine Tool Orders


Europe:
05:30am    - Nth Unemployment Rate
07:00am    - Swi Trade Balance
08:30am    - Swe Unemployment Rate
09:30am    - UK  Retail Sales
11:00am    - Por PPI
14:00pm    - Bel Consumer Confidence


US
13:30pm    - US Jobless Claims
13:30pm    - US Philly Fed
14:30pm    - Fed's George Speaks
15:00pm    - US Leading Index


Market focus this Morning...
-Dow rises 160 points to close above 23,000 for the first time as IBM posts best day since 2009
-U.S. government debt yieldsrose Wednesday after the release of key economic data, including the Federal Reserve's Beige Book.
-The Federal Reserve said in its latest edition the Beige Book that the U.S. economy expanded at a modest to moderate pace in September despite the impact of hurricanes on some regions.
-A Catalan government source said Catalonia’s regional president Puigdemont told a meeting of his party he would formally declare independence if Spain starts the process of suspending the region’s autonomy on Thursday.
-Republican Senator Cornyn said Republicans appear to have enough votes to pass a budget measure that advances tax reform.