FOMC decision. UK election

The big events for the next week include the FOMC rate decision (no change expected - on Wednesday) and the UK election (on Thursday). There is also the ticking clock to the Dec 15 tariff date deadline with China.

Monday:

  • China Trade Balance.

Tuesday:

  • RBA Gov. Lowe speaks. 5:05 PM ET/2205 GMT
  • UK GDP. 4:30 AM ET/0930 GMT

Wednesday:

  • US CPI, 8:30 AM ET/1330 GMT Est 0.2%
  • Core CPI Est 0.2%
  • FOMC rate decision. 2 PM ET/1900 GMT. No change estimate

Thursday:

  • UK Elections
  • SNB rate decision. No change expected. 4 AM ET/0900 GMT.
  • ECB rate decsion. 7:45 AM ET/1245 GMT.
  • ECB Press Conference. First press conference for Christine Lagarde. 8:30 AM ET/1330 GMT
  • BOC Gov Poloz speaks. 12:30 ET/1730 GMT

Friday:

  • US Retail Sale. 8:30 AM ET/1300 GMT. Est 0.4%. Core Retail Sales. Est 0.4%