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

Asia
21:45pm    - NZ Retail Sales Ex Inflation
00:00am    - SI GDP
05:00am    - SI CPI


Europe:
07:00am    - GER GDP
07:00am    - GER Private Consumption
07:00am    - GER Government Consumption
07:00am    - GER capital investment
07:00am    - GER Exports
07:00am    - GER Imports
07:45am    - FRA Business Confidence
07:45am    - FRA Manufacturing Confidence
08:00am    - FRA Markit Manuf. PMI
08:00am    - FRA Markit Services PMI
08:00am    - FRA Markit Composite PMI
08:30am    - GER Markit Manuf. PMI
08:30am    - GER Markit Services PMI
08:30am    - GER Markit Composite PMI
09:00am    - EUR Markit Manuf. PMI
09:00am    - EUR Markit Composite PMI
09:00am    - EUR Markit Services PMI
09:30am    - UK GDP
09:30am    - UK Exports
09:30am    - UK Imports
12:00pm    - ECB's Villeroy Speaks at French Chamber of Commerce in London
12:30pm    - ECB account of the monetary policy meeting


US
13:30pm    - CAD Retail Sales
           - US Thanks Giving Day


Market focus this Morning...
-Federal Reserve officials generally believe that it'll soon be time for another increase in the Fed's key interest rate. However, a few felt any further rate hikes should be delayed until they see inflation moving higher, minutes of their last meeting revealed.
-The Nasdaq composite eked out a record close on Wednesday, led by gains in Amazon. The S&P 500 and Dow Jones industrial average, meanwhile, finished lower after Federal Reserve expresses concern about the impact of the market's sharp rise on the economy in a summary of its previous meeting.
-U.S. government debt yieldsfell on Wednesday after consumer sentiment surprised investors and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) released meeting minutes.
-Brexit-bound Britain slashed its economic growth forecasts and ramped up its borrowing plans going into the 2020s, but finance minister Philip Hammond announced a number of spending steps aimed at winning back voters.
-Fitch: Last year’s Brexit vote and subsequent weakening of the pound are beginning to have a visible impact on UK corporates’ credit profiles, albeit mainly for leveraged issuers with other significant operating challenges.
-Slightly more co-operative tone from Germany's SPD leader Schultz on the wires. Saying that the SPD is aware of its responsibilities.
- Oil settled at a two-year high as a drop in U.S. crude stockpiles added optimism to a rally underpinned by hopes for an OPEC deal extension.
- JPY was the second-biggest gainer among G-10 currencies as UST yields fell amid generally lower share prices and a seemingly dovish tilt on inflation in the November FOMC minutes.