Economic Calendar for the Week of 12/22 Through 12/26

Economic Calendar:

(Events highlighted in bold are those I view as the most important.)

(All times are ET)

Monday:

China – PBoC Loan Prime Rate for December

U.K. – Business Investment for Q3 (2 a.m.)

U.K. – GDP for Q3 (2 a.m.)

U.S. – Chicago Fed National Activity for September (8:30 a.m.)

U.S. – PCE for October (8:30 a.m.)

U.S. – Personal Income for October (8:30 a.m.)

U.S. – Personal Spending for October (8:30 a.m.)

Treasury Auctions $86 Billion in 13-Week Bills (11:30 a.m.)

Treasury Auctions $77 Billion in 26-Week Bills (11:30 a.m.)

Treasury Auctions $69 Billion in 2-Year Notes (1 p.m.)

Tuesday:

Australia – RBA Meeting Minutes (12 a.m.)

Germany - Import Price Index for November (2 a.m.)

U.S. – ADP Employment Change Weekly (8:15 a.m.)

U.S. – Building Permits for September (8:30 a.m.)

U.S. – Durable Goods Orders for October (8:30 a.m.)

U.S. – GDP for Q3 (8:30 a.m.)

U.S. – PCE Prices for Q3 (8:30 a.m.)

U.S. – Real Consumer Spending for Q3 (8:30 a.m.)

U.S. – Housing Starts (8:30 a.m.)

Canada – GDP for October (8:30 a.m.)

U.S. – Industrial, Manufacturing Production for November (9:15 a.m.)

U.S. – Capacity Utilization Rate for November (9:15 a.m.)

U.S. – Conference Board Consumer Confidence for December (10 a.m.)

U.S. – Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index for December (10 a.m.)

U.S. – Atlanta Fed GDPNow for Q4 (11:30 a.m.)

Treasury Auctions $75 Billion in 6-Week Bills (11:30 a.m.)

Treasury Auctions $50 Billion in 52-Week Bills (11:30 a.m.)

Treasury Auctions $70 Billion in 5-Year Notes (1 p.m.)

Canada – BOC Summary of Deliberations (1:30 p.m.)

U.S. - CFTC’s Commitment of Traders Report (3:30 p.m.)

U.S. - American Petroleum Institute Crude Oil Inventory Data (4:30 p.m.)

Wednesday:

Markets in Germany, Switzerland, and Sweden are closed

Markets in Australia, France, New Zealand, Spain, the U.K., and the U.S. close early

BOJ Meeting Minutes

U.S. - MBA Mortgage Applications (7 a.m.)

U.S. - Initial Jobless Claims (8:30 a.m.)

U.S. - Continuing Claims (8:30 a.m.)

U.S. – Durable Goods Orders for October (8:30 a.m.)

U.S. - Energy Information Administration Crude Oil Inventory Data (10:30 a.m.)

Treasury Auctions $44 Billion in 7-Year Notes (11:30 a.m.)

Thursday:

Markets in Australia, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, and the U.S. are all closed for Christmas

Fed's Balance Sheet Update (4:30 p.m.)

Friday:

Markets in Australia, Canada, Europe, and New Zealand are closed

BOJ’s Ueda (Governor) Speaks

Japan – Tokyo CPI for December

Japan – Industrial Production for November

Japan – Retail Sales for November

U.S. - Baker Hughes Rig Count (1 p.m.)

Fed Releases Balance Sheet Updates on Commercial Banks (4:15 p.m.)