Well, that was a quiet overnight for the currencies… Holiday mode continues.
- 2315GMT Markit/JMMA Manufacturing PMI for December, prior was 55.1
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- 2330GMT Overall Household Spending y/y for November, expected is 1.8%, prior was 0.9%
- 2330GMT Jobless Rate for November, expected is 3.9%, prior was 4.0%
- 2330GMT Job-To-Applicant Ratio for November, expected is 0.99, prior was 0.98
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- 2330GMT National CPI y/y for November, expected is 1.5%, prior was 1.1%
- 2330GMT National CPI y/y excluding Fresh Food for November, expected is 1.1%, prior was 0.9%
- 2330GMT National CPI excluding Food, Energy y/y for November, expected is 0.5%, prior was 0.3%
- 2330GMT Tokyo CPI y/y for December, expected is 0.9%, prior was 0.9%
- 2330GMT Tokyo CPI excluding Fresh Food y/y for December, expected is 0.7%, prior was 0.6%
- 2330GMT Tokyo CPI excluding Food, Energy y/y for December, expected is 0.3%, prior was 0.2%
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- 2350GMT Industrial Production m/m for November (preliminary reading), expected is 0.4%, prior was 1.0%
- 2350GMT Industrial Production y/y for November (preliminary), expected is 5.4%, prior was -5.4%
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- 2350GMT Retail Trade for November y/y, expected is 3.0%, prior 2.4% (revised up from 2.3)
- 2350GMT Retail Trade for November m/m, expected is +1.0%, prior -0.9% (revised up from -1.0)
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Also at 2350GMT, International Transactions in Securities data from Japan’s Ministry of Finance, for the week ended December 20:
- Japan Buying Foreign Bonds (previous week was Y 110.5B)
- Japan Buying Foreign Stocks (previous week was Y -212.5B)
- Foreign Buying Japan Bonds (previous week was Y 425.5B)
- Foreign Buying Japan Stocks (previous week was Y 619.3B)
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Later, at 0130GMT:
- Labor Cash earnings y/y for November, expected is 0.3%, prior was -0.1% (revised from +0.1)
At 0400GMT:
- Vehicle production for November, y/y: prior was 10.1%
