Asia:
02:30am - AUS Trade balance (A$1551m)
02:30am - BOJ Kataoka speaks in Yokohama
22:30pm - RBNZ Governor Orr speech
Europe:
07:00am - GER Factory orders MoM
07:00am - GER Factory orders YoY
08:30am - GER Markit Germany construction PMI
08:30am - SWE Riksbank Interest rate
10:00am - SWE Riksbank press conference on rate decision.
US:
13:15pm - U.S. ADP Employment change
13:30pm - CAN Building permits MoM
13:30pm - U.S. Initial jobless claims
13:30pm - U.S. Continuing claims
14:45pm - U.S. Markit US Services PMI
14:45pm - U.S. Markit US Composite PMI
15:00pm - U.S. ISM Non manf index
15:00pm - U.S. Factory orders
15:00pm - U.S. Durable goods orders
15:00pm - U.S. Durables ex Transport.
15:00pm - FED's Williams speech
19:30pm - BOC Wilkins speech
Market Focus this morning...
- Fed's Bostic (Voter, Dove) says US economy is performing quite well, at full employment and with
inflation at 2% goal, while he reiterates that economy is standing on its own and that monetary policy
should be neutral
- North Korea Leader Kim told South Korean envoys his determination remains unchanged to bring his
countrymen better results sooner, adds North and South Korea should increase efforts for
denuclearization of the peninsula
- Senior U.S. and Canadian officials resumed NAFTA talks on Wednesday with the aim of wrapping up by the end of the month, even as their leaders this week reasserted that any compromise would be hard-earned.
- Three of the four major domestic banks in Australia have raised their mortgage rates recently. Westpac and today ANZ and CBA (0.16% and 0.15% respectively) leaving just NAB top fall into line. Conversely this action is a doveish signal to futures markets and helped the strip gain a few tics in today's session.
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