United States Economic Calendar for December 16, 2020

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Wed., Dec 16				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales (Y-o-Y)	NOV	4.1%	-	5.5 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (Y-o-Y)	NOV	3.6%	-	4.3 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales (M-o-M)	NOV	-1.1%	-0.7%	-0.1 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Retail Sales - Ex. Auto (M-o-M)	NOV	-0.9%	-0.1%	-0.1 (R)%

	USD	09:45 AM	PMI Manufacturing	DEC P	56.5	-	56.7

	USD	09:45 AM	PMI Services	DEC P	55.3	-	58.4

	USD	09:45 AM	PMI Composite	DEC P	55.7	-	58.6

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Inventories - Sales Ratio	OCT	1.31	-	1.32

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Sales (Y-o-Y)	OCT	2.2%	-	0.8%

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Sales (M-o-M)	OCT	0.9%	-	0.9 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Inventories (Y-o-Y)	OCT	-4.0%	-	-4.7%

	USD	10:00 AM	NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index	DEC	86	88	90

	USD	10:00 AM	FOMC Meeting	-	-	-	-

	USD	10:00 AM	Business Inventories (M-o-M)	OCT	0.7%	0.7%	0.8 (R)%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	DEC 11	500.1M	-	503.2M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	DEC 11	46.05	-	45.41

	USD	02:00 PM	Interest Rate Decision	-	-	-	0.0 - 0.25 %%
Thu., Dec 17				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Paid	DEC	27.1	-	38.9

	USD	08:30 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Business Condition	DEC	11.1	15	26.3

	USD	08:30 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Received	DEC	18.0	-	25.4

	USD	08:30 AM	Building Permits (M-o-M)	NOV	1639K	-	1544 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	DEC 12	885K	-	862 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	DEC 5	5726.25K	-	5941.75 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	DEC 5	5508K	-	5781 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	DEC 12	812.50K	-	778.25 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Housing Starts (M-o-M)	NOV	1547K	1530K	1528 (R)K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	DEC 11	3726B	-	3848B
Fri., Dec 18				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Current Account Balance - BoP	Q3	-178.5B	-170B	-161.4 (R)B

	USD	10:00 AM	Coincidence Index	NOV	0.2%	-	0.6 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Lagging Index	NOV	-0.4%	-	0.3 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Leading Index	NOV	0.6%	0.5%	0.8 (R)%

	USD	01:00 PM	Baker Hughes - Rig Count	DEC 18	346	-	338
Tue., Dec 22				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Q-o-Q)	Q3	41.0%	-	-33.2%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q3	-2.8%	-	-9.0%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP Deflator (Q-o-Q)	Q3	3.5%	-	-1.8%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q3	-2.8%	-	-10.2%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q3	33.4%	33.1%	-31.4%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q3	1.4	-	1.0

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Price	NOV	310.8K	-	313.1(R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Inventories	NOV	1.28M	-	1.42M

	USD	10:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	DEC	88.6	100	92.9 (R)

	USD	10:00 AM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	DEC	19	-	15

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Sales	NOV	6.69M	6.6M	6.86 (R)M

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FOREX NEWS

Antipodean Currencies Fall Amid Risk-Off Mood

NZ Dollar Slides Against Most Majors

Australian Dollar Falls Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Ticks Lower As Crude Oil Nosedives Amid Qatar's Push For U.S.-Iran Diplomacy

Dollar Rallied Last Week Amidst Rate Hike Bets

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

Hong Kong GDP Growth Accelerates In Q3

Australia Hikes Key Rate To 4.85%; Highest Since 2008

Swiss Inflation Climbs To 1.5%, Highest Since December 2023

Turkey Inflation Rises Slightly In October

Philippine Manufacturing Downturn Deepens