United States Economic Calendar for December 20, 2019

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Fri., Dec 20				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q3	2.1%	-	2.3%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q3	2.1%	-	2.0%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP Deflator (Q-o-Q)	Q3	1.8%	-	2.4%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Q-o-Q)	Q3	3.2%	-	4.6 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q3	2.6%	-	2.6 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q3	1.7%	-	1.6 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Univ. of Mich. Consumer Confidence Index	DEC	99.3	-	96.8

	USD	10:00 AM	PCE Deflator (M-o-M)	NOV	0.2%	-	0.2%

	USD	10:00 AM	Personal Income (M-o-M)	NOV	0.5%	-	0.1 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Core PCE Deflator (Y-o-Y)	NOV	1.6%	-	1.7 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Personal Spending (M-o-M)	NOV	0.4%	-	0.3%

	USD	10:00 AM	Core PCE Deflator (M-o-M)	NOV	0.1%	-	0.1%

	USD	10:00 AM	PCE Deflator (Y-o-Y)	NOV	1.5%	-	1.4 (R)%

	USD	01:00 PM	Baker Hughes - Rig Count	DEC 20	813	-	799
Mon., Dec 23				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders (M-o-M)	NOV	-2.0%	-	0.2 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Defense (M-o-M)	NOV	0.8%	-	0.0 (R)%

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

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Median Prices	NOV	330.8K	-	316.9 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Units	NOV	719K	-	710 (R)K
Tue., Dec 24				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	DEC	-5	-	-1
Thu., Dec 26				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	DEC 21	222K	-	235 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	DEC 21	228.00K	-	225.75 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	DEC 14	1719K	-	1725 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	DEC 14	1703.50K	-	1684.25 (R)K
Fri., Dec 27				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	DEC 20	3250B	-	3411B

	USD	11:00 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	DEC 20	441.4M	-	446.8M

	USD	01:00 PM	Baker Hughes - Rig Count	DEC 27	805	-	813

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	DEC 20	60.75	-	59.25
Mon., Dec 30				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	09:45 AM	Chicago PMI	DEC	48.9	-	46.3

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales (M-o-M)	NOV	1.2%	-	-1.3 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales (Y-o-Y)	NOV	5.5%	-	4.4%
Tue., Dec 31				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index	OCT	212.43	-	212.20

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-20 (Y-o-Y)	OCT	2.2%	-	2.1%

	USD	09:00 AM	House Price Index (M-o-M)	OCT	0.2%	-	0.6%

	USD	10:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	DEC	126.5	-	126.8 (R)
Thu., Jan 02				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	DEC 28	222K	-	224 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	DEC 21	1728K	-	1723 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	DEC 28	233.25K	-	228.50 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	DEC 21	1711.75K	-	1704.50 (R)K

	USD	09:45 AM	PMI Manufacturing	DEC F	52.4	-	52.6
Fri., Jan 03				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	09:45 AM	ISM NY Business Conditions	DEC	39.1	-	50.4

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing Survey	DEC	47.2	-	48.1

	USD	10:00 AM	ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index	DEC	46.8	-	47.2

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FOREX NEWS

U.S. Dollar Ticks Higher As U.S. Steps Up Threats On Iran While Crude Oil Prices Plunge

Pound Rises After Upbeat UK Retail Sales Data

Pound Rises Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Advances As Soaring Crude Oil Prices, US Labor Department Data

Aussie Rises As Strong Labor Data Boosts RBA Rate Hike

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

U.S. New Home Sales Rebound In June, Annual Rate Exceeds Estimates

UK Private Sector Activity Returns To Growth In July

Eurozone Private Sector Expands For First Time In 4 Months

German Private Sector Returns To Expansion Territory

French Private Sector Contracts Marginally