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

Asia
03:00am    - NZ  Credit Spending
05:00am    - Mal CPI
08:00am    - Jpn Convienience Store Sales
08:30am    - Tha Foreign Reserves


Europe:
05:30am    - Nth Consumer Spending
07:00am    - Nor Industrial Confidence
07:00am    - Nth House Price Index
07:00am    - Ger PPI
08:00am    - Den Retail Sales
09:00am    - EU  ECB Current Account
09:00am    - Ita Current Account
09:00am    - Spa Trade Balance
09:30am    - UK  Public Finances
09:30am    - UK  Public Sector Net Borrowing
09:30am    - EU  ECB Nowotny Speaks
11:00am    - Ire PPI


US
13:30pm    - CA CPI
13:30pm    - CA Retail Sales
15:00pm    - US Existing Home Sales
19:00pm    - US Fed's Mester Speaks

Market focus this Morning...
-Dow ekes out record close, erases 104 point deficit as Street bets on more gains from earnings
-North Korea issue is different this time,' warns Singapore prime minister Current North Korea tensions carry long-term consequences for the region, Singapore's prime minister warned
-EU Council President Tusk said there will be no discussion of the Catalonia situation at EU summit, and that there is not space for the EU to intervene with the matter.
-BoE Deputy Governor Cunliffe said he did not see signs of sustained upward inflation pressure, and described the timing of possible future interest rate increases as an open question.
-Russian President Putin said Russia is ready to develop new weapons systems in response to other countries doing the same, and warned that if the US pulls out of a treaty on intermediate-range nuclear weapons, Moscow will do likewise.
-German Chancellor Merkel says progress has been made in Brexit talks but they are not yet sufficient to start the second phase.