Key events and releases for the week starting November 18
Monday, November 18
- US NAHB housing market index, 10 AM ET. Estimate 71 versus 71 last
- Fed’s Mester speaks at University of Maryland, 2 PM ET/1700 GMT
Tuesday, November 19
- RBA monetary policy meeting minutes, 7:30 PM ET (Monday)/0030 GMT
- Canada manufacturing sales, 8:30 AM ET/1330 GMT. Estimate -0.5 versus +0.8 last month
- US building permits and housing starts, 8:30 AM ET/1330 GMT. Building permits estimate 1385K. Housing starts 1320K
- FOMC member William’s speaks, 9 AM ET/1400 GMT. Speaking at Capital Market conference
- New Zealand global dairy trade price index, tentative
- BOC member Wilkins speaks, 1 PM ET/1800 GMT
Wednesday, November 20
- Japan trade balance, 6:50 PM ET/2350 GMT (Tuesday). 301.0 billion versus -124.8 billion
- Canada CPI, 8:30 AM ET/1330 GMT. YoY estimate 1.9% versus 1.9%
- FOMC meeting minutes, 2 PM ET/1900 GMT
Thursday, November 21
- ECB monitor policy meeting report, 7:30 AM ET/1230 GMT
- US Philly Fed manufacturing index, 8:30 AM ET/1330 GMT. Estimate 6.6 versus 5.6 last month
- Initial jobless claims, 8:30 AM ET/1330 GMT. Estimate 219K vs 225K last week
- US existing home sales, 10 AM ET/1500 GMT. Estimate 5.5M vs 5.38M last
Friday, November 22
- Australia flash manufacturing/services PMI, 5 PM ET (Thursday)/2200 GMT (Thursday). Last month manufacturing 50.0. Services PMI 50.8 last month
- Japan CPI data, 6:30 PM ET (Thursday)/2330 GMT (Thursday). YoY 0.3% versus 0.2% last
- Japan flash manufacturing PMI, 7:30 PM ET/0030 GMT
- German final GDP 3Q, 2 AM ET/0700 GMT
- ECB Pres. Lagarde speaks, 3 AM ET/0800 GMT
- France PMI data, 3:15 AM ET/0815 GMT
- German PMI data, 3:30 AM ET/0 830 GMT
- EU PMI data, 4 AM ET/0900 GMT
- Canada retail sales, 8:30 AM ET/1330 GMT. Estimate -0.1% versus -0.1% last month
- US Markit manufacturing/services PMI, 9:45 AM ET/1445 GMT. Services estimate 51.5 versus 51.0 last month. Manufacturing 51.5 versus 51.3 last month
- University of Michigan consumer sentiment (final), 10 AM ET/1500 GMT. Estimate 95.7 versus 95.7 preliminary