A few odds and ends on the calendar today but perhaps not of it much to shove around the forex on the session - we'll see

2145 GMT - New Zealand - Card Spending for November

  • Retail expected +0.5% m/m, prior +0.3%
  • Total, prior +0.4%

2350 GMT - Japan - Quarterly Business Sentiment Index (BSI) survey results for Q4

  • This survey analyses business leaders' assessments of and forecasts for the economy
  • Its purpose is to get basic information for keeping track of economic trends
  • It covers about 15,000 companies that have established their headquarters or principal offices in Japan and have capital stock of 10 million yen or more

The "headlines" are:

  • Large All Industry, expected 5.8,prior was 5.1
  • Large Manufacturing, expected 10.0, prior was 9.4

2350 GMT, also from Japan: Money Stock for November

0001 GMT - UK - Rightmove House Prices for December

Later, due at 0600 GMT - preliminary Machine Tool Orders for November in Japan