United States Economic Calendar for December 18, 2021

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UNITED STATES ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Mon., Dec 20				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	Lagging Index	NOV	-0.1%	-	0.4%

	USD	10:00 AM	Leading Index	NOV	1.1%	1%	0.9%

	USD	10:00 AM	Coincidence Index	NOV	0.3%	-	0.5%
Tue., Dec 21				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Current Account Balance - BoP	Q3	-214.8B	-205.5B	-198.3 (R)B
Wed., Dec 22				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q3	7.1%	-	16.2%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Consumption Expenditure (Q-o-Q)	Q3	2.0%	-	12.0%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q3	4.9%	-	12.2%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP Deflator (Q-o-Q)	Q3	6.0%	-	6.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (Y-o-Y)	Q3	3.6%	-	3.4%

	USD	08:30 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q3	2.3%	2.1%	6.7%

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Price	NOV	353.9K	-	352.7 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Inventories	NOV	1.11M	-	1.23 (R)M

	USD	10:00 AM	Existing Home Sales - Sales	NOV	6.46M	6.55M	6.34M

	USD	10:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	DEC	115.8	108	111.9 (R)

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	DEC 17	423.6M	-	428.3M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	DEC 17	71.23	-	71.30
Thu., Dec 23				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders (M-o-M)	NOV	2.5%	4%	0.1 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Defense (M-o-M)	NOV	2.0%	-	1.3 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Durable Goods Orders Ex. Transportation (M-o-M)	NOV	0.8%	0.8%	0.3 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core PCE Deflator (M-o-M)	NOV	0.5%	0.45%	0.5 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Income (M-o-M)	NOV	0.4%	0.2%	0.5%

	USD	08:30 AM	Personal Spending (M-o-M)	NOV	0.6%	-	1.4 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	DEC 11	1859K	-	1867 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	DEC 18	205K	-	205 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	DEC 18	206.25K	-	203.50 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	DEC 11	1919.75K	-	1968.75 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	PCE Deflator (M-o-M)	NOV	0.6%	0.5%	0.7 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	PCE Deflator (Y-o-Y)	NOV	5.7%	5.6%	5.1 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Core PCE Deflator (Y-o-Y)	NOV	4.7%	4.5%	4.2 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Median Prices	NOV	416.9K	-	408.7 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	Univ. of Mich. Consumer Confidence Index	DEC	70.6	-	67.4

	USD	10:00 AM	New Home Sales - Units	NOV	744K	750K	662 (R)K

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	DEC 10	3382B	-	3417B

	USD	01:00 PM	Baker Hughes - Rig Count	DEC 24	586	-	579
Tue., Dec 28				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	09:00 AM	House Price Index (M-o-M)	OCT	1.1%	-	0.9%

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index	OCT	273.76	-	271.18

	USD	09:00 AM	S&P/Case-Shiller Composite-20 (Y-o-Y)	OCT	18.4%	-	19.1%

	USD	10:00 AM	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	DEC	16	-	11
Wed., Dec 29				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales (Y-o-Y)	NOV	-8.5%	-	-1.4%

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales (M-o-M)	NOV	-2.2%	-	7.5%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Crude Oil Inventory (Barrels)	DEC 24	420.0M	-	423.6M

	USD	01:00 PM	EIA Crude Oil Price	DEC 24	71.48	-	71.23
Thu., Dec 30				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	DEC 25	198K	-	206 (R)K

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FOREX NEWS

Canadian Dollar Falls As Oil Prices Slide

Canadian Dollar Falls Against Majors

U.S. Dollar Falls Against Majors

NZ Dollar Slips On Prolonged Middle East War Concerns

Australian Dollar Rises On RBA's Rate Hike Decision

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL NEWS

Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged, Highlights 'Uncertain' Impact Of Iran War

U.S. Crude Oil Inventories Jump Much More Than Expected

U.S. Factory Orders Inch Up In Line With Estimates In January

U.S. Producer Prices Climb 0.7% In February, Much More Than Expected

Bank Of Canada Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged For Third Straight Meeting