United States Economic Calendar for December 14, 2018

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Fri., Dec 14				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (M-o-M)	NOV	0.2%	0.1%	1.0 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	NOV	4.2%	-	4.8 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (Y-o-Y)	NOV	4.9%	-	6.0 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	NOV	0.2%	0.30%	1.1 (R)%

	USD	09:15 AM	Industrial Production (M-o-M)	NOV	0.6%	0.3%	-0.2 (R)%

	USD	09:15 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	NOV	3.9%	-	4.1%

	USD	09:15 AM	Capacity Utilization (M-o-M)	NOV	78.5%	-	78.1 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Sales (M-o-M)	OCT	0.3%	-	0.3 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Sales (Y-o-Y)	OCT	6.1%	-	6.6%

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Inventories (M-o-M)	OCT	0.6%	-	0.5 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Inventories - Sales Ratio	OCT	1.35	-	1.34

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Inventories (Y-o-Y)	OCT	5.2%	-	4.4%

	USD	01:00 PM	Baker Hughes - Rig Count	DEC 14	1071	-	1075
Mon., Dec 17				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Empire State Mfr Index - Business Condition	DEC	10.9	-	23.3

	USD	08:30 AM	Empire State Mfr Index - Prices Received	DEC	12.8	-	13.1

	USD	08:30 AM	Empire State Mfr Index - Prices Paid	DEC	39.7	-	44.5

	USD	10:00 AM	NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index	DEC	56	61	60

	USD	04:00 PM	Net Long-term TIC Flows	OCT	31.3B	-	30.8B

	USD	04:00 PM	Total Net TIC Flows	OCT	42.0B	-	-29.2 (R)B
Tue., Dec 18				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Building Permits (M-o-M)	NOV	1328K	-	1265 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Housing Starts (M-o-M)	NOV	1256K	1210K	1217 (R)K
Wed., Dec 19				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Current Account Balance - BoP	Q3	-124.8B	-126B	-101.2 (R)B

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Price	NOV	257.7K	-	255.1 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Inventories	NOV	1.74M	-	1.85M

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Sales	NOV	5.32M	5.15M	5.22M

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	DEC 14	441.5M	-	442.0M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	DEC 14	51.52	-	52.64

	USD	02:00 PM	Interest Rate Decision	-	2.25 - 2.50%	-	2.00 - 2.25%
Thu., Dec 20				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Received	DEC	26.2	-	21.9

	USD	08:30 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Paid	DEC	38.0	-	39.3

	USD	08:30 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Business Condition	DEC	9.4	-	12.9

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	DEC 8	1672.50K	-	1665.75K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	DEC 15	214K	-	206K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	DEC 8	1688K	-	1661K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	DEC 15	222.00K	-	224.75K

	USD	10:00 AM	Coincidence Index	NOV	0.2%	-	0.1 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Leading Index	NOV	0.2%	0%	-0.3 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Lagging Index	NOV	0.4%	-	0.5 (R)%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	DEC 14	2773B	-	2914B
Fri., Dec 21				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Transportation (M-o-M)	NOV	-0.3%	-	0.4 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Defense (M-o-M)	NOV	-0.1%	-	-1.4 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders (M-o-M)	NOV	0.8%	0.15%	-4.3 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q3	3.0%	-	2.9%

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FOREX NEWS

U.S. Dollar Drops Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Slides As Expectations Of A U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Continues To Increase

Euro Rises Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Climbs Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Ticks Higher As Iran Asserts Its Control Over Strait Of Hormuz

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

U.S. Wholesale Inventories Jump Slightly Less Than Expected In March

Slovak Industrial Production Falls 0.9%

U.S. Consumer Sentiment Index Dips To New Record Low In May

U.S. Employment Jumps By 115,000 Jobs In April, Much More Than Expected

Portugal Trade Deficit Widens In March