This Week: Central Banks

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Tuesday

8:30 AM Retail sales are expected to have risen 0.5% in November

10:00 AM Homebuilder confidence is expected to hold at 46 to end 2024

Wednesday

2:00 AM U.K. Inflation is expected to have risen to 2.5% in November

5:00 AM Euro Area inflation is expected to have risen 2.3% in November

7:00 AM Mortgage demand and rates

8:30 AM Building permits are expected to have risen 0.8% in November

8:30 AM Housing starts are expected to have risen 2.2% in November

2:00 PM The Federal Reserve is expected to lower rates by a quarter of a point to 4.5%

2:30 PM Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference

7:00 PM Bank of Japan is expected to hold rates at 0.25%

Thursday

7:00 AM Bank of England is expected to hold rates at 4.75%

8:30 AM Final GDP growth rates is expected to be 2.8% for the third quarter

8:30 AM Jobless claims are expected to fall to 240k

8:30 AM The Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index is expected to rise 1.9%

10:00 AM Existing-home sales are expected to have risen 0.3% in November

12:00 PM Mortgage rates

6:30 PM Japan’s core inflation rate is expected to have risen 2.6%

Friday

8:30 AM Consumer prices

8:30 AM Personal spending and income are expected to have risen 0.5% and 0.4%, respectively

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