Week Ahead - Dec 15th

Next week’s agenda features a delayed US labour market report, including non-farm payrolls for October and November and the November jobless rate. Investors will also watch October retail sales, November inflation data, and the S&P Global PMIs for December. Central bank activity remains in focus with speeches by Fed officials and interest rate decisions from the ECB, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan. Additional highlights include inflation figures from Canada and the UK, as well as flash PMIs for Australia, Japan, India, France, Germany, the Euro Area, and the UK. In Europe, attention will turn to Germany’s ZEW Economic Sentiment and the Ifo Business Climate index.