Events for 16th Dec 2015

Economic Events

UK		Forecast	Previous
09:30	Average Earnings Index 3m/y	2.50%	3.00%
09:30	Claimant Count Change	0.9K	3.3K
09:30	Unemployment Rate	5.30%	5.30%
EU		Forecast	Previous
08:00	French Flash Services PMI	50.7	51
08:00	French Flash Manufacturing PMI	50.6	50.6
08:30	German Flash Manufacturing PMI	52.7	52.9
08:30	German Flash Services PMI	55.5	55.6
09:00	Flash Manufacturing PMI	52.8	52.8
09:00	Flash Services PMI	54	54.2
10:00	Trade Balance	22.3B	20.1B
10:00	Final Core CPI y/y	0.90%	0.90%
10:00	Final CPI y/y	0.10%	0.10%
US		Forecast	Previous
13:30	Housing Starts	1.14M	1.06M
13:30	Building Permits	1.16M	1.16M
14:15	Capacity Utilization Rate	77.30%	77.50%
14:15	Industrial Production m/m	0.00%	-0.20%
14:45	Flash Manufacturing PMI	52.7	52.8
19:00	Federal Funds Rate
19:00	FOMC Statement
19:00	FOMC Economic Projections
19:30	FOMC Press Conference
JP		Forecast	Previous
23:50	Trade Balance	-0.21T	-0.20T