Let’s see what news events could move the FX Markets on the Bank of England monetary policy Thursday.
Swiss trade balance for November opens this agenda at 7 o’clock in the morning. Exports increased by 6.3 percent month on month in October, while imports contracted by 3.6 percent. Watch exports were 7.2 percent up from a year ago.
The UK Retail Sales report for November could then shake up the Sterling at 9:30 in the morning. Sales were down by a half a percent month on month in October due to weak performance in household goods stores.
Then another high importance event follows at noon GMT when the Bank of England will announce their monetary policy decision. The committee voted unanimously to maintain the bank rate at point 75 percent in November.
A couple of reports regarding the US economy will then be available at 1:30 PM GMT, including the weekly jobless claims. Initial claims dropped by 27 thousand during the week ending December 8th to stand near a multi decade low at 206 thousand.
The Philly Fed Survey for December is the other item out at this time. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the diffusion index for current general activity decreased from 22.2 in October to 12.9 in November.
The US Leading Indicator for November is up next at 3 PM GMT. The Conference Board Leading Economic Index increased by one tenth of a percent in October to 112.1. This follows a point 6 percent increase in September.
Japanese National CPI for November will be available at 11:30 PM. The pace of the annual core inflation was unchanged at one percent in October.
The UK Consumer Confidence report for December wraps up this agenda shortly after midnight. The index moved further into the red in November to stand at minus 13. It has stood South of the zero mark since early 2016.
I’m Kiays Khalil and this wraps up the economic calendar for Thursday. Bye for now.

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