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

Things To Look Out For Today - Events & Data (Ldn Times)...
Asia:
00:50am  - JPN BoP Current account balance
00:50am  - JPN Trade balance BoP basis
00:50am  - JPN BoJ Summary of opinions
02:30am  - AUS Home loans MoM
04:00am  - NZ 2yr Inflation expectations
04:05am  - RBA Gov Lowe speech in Sydney
22:00pm  - NZ RBNZ Official cash rate
23:00pm  - RBNZ Gov Orr news conference on MPS
Europe:
07:30am  - BoF Ind sentiment
08:00am  - SPA Industrial output NSA YoY
08:00am  - SPA Industrial output SA YoY
US:
12:00pm  - U.S. MBA Mortgage applications
13:30pm  - CAN Building permits
13:45pm  - FGED's BarkinSpeaks in Roanoke, Virginia
Market Focus this Morning...
 - Bank of England interest rate-setter Ian McCafferty said on Tuesday it was reasonable for financial markets to expect a couple more small rate hikes over the next two years.
 - Tesla shares were halted pending announcement as talk circulated that Musk was looking to bid $420 to take the company private, with the stock trading $340 yesterday.
 - CNH made advances on reports that the PBoC may 'vigorously defend Yuan if USDCNY nears 7', gaining as the session wore on, also benefiting from reports the PBoC had met with Chinese banks and urged them to refrain from herd behaviour.
  - Goldman & Morgan Stanley raise US economic outlooks, The new projections put GDP above 3 percent for the year, a number in line with the Trump administration's hopes.
  - Bank of England interest rate-setter Ian McCafferty said on Tuesday it was reasonable for financial markets to expect a couple more small rate hikes over the next two years.
  - Trump tweeted...The Iran sanctions have officially been cast. These are the most biting sanctions ever imposed, and in November they ratchet up to yet another level. Anyone doing business with Iran will NOT be doing business with the United States. I am asking for WORLD PEACE, nothing less!