ECONOMIC DIARY
Monday 7 December
USUnited States Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke is set to speak at Economic Club of Washington lunch (5pm)
October consumer credit (8pm)
New York Fed president William Dudley speaks at Columbia University
Japan
November bank lending (11.50pm)
November money stock (11.50pm)
Tuesday 8 December
UK
BRC November retail sales monitor (12am)
Manpower employment outlook for Q1 (12am)
October industrial production (9.30am)
October manufacturing production (9.30am)
November NIESR GDP estimate (3pm)
Germany
October industrial production (11am)
Japan
Final third-quarter GDP (11.50pm)
Wednesday 9 December
UK
November Nationwide consumer confidence (12am)
October trade balance (9.30am)
BRC November shop price index (10.30am)
CBI December industrial trends orders (11am)
UK Pre-Budget Report published (12.30pm)
Germany
October trade balance (7am)
October consumer prices index (7am)
Thursday 10 December
UK
Bank of England Monetary Policy Decision (12pm)
Eurozone
ECB monthly report (9am)
US
October trade balance (1.30pm)
November monthly budget statement (7pm)
Friday 11 December
UK
November producer prices index (9.30am)
US
November import price index (1.30pm)
November advance retail sales (1.30pm)