Schedule for today, Friday, Dec 19’2014:

(time / country / index / period / previous value / forecast)

00:00 New Zealand ANZ Business Confidence December 31.5

00:05 United Kingdom Gfk Consumer Confidence December -2 -1

02:00 New Zealand Credit Card Spending November +6.7%

03:00 Japan Bank of Japan Monetary Base Target 275 275

03:00 Japan BoJ Interest Rate Decision 0.10% 0.10%

03:00 Japan BoJ Monetary Policy Statement

04:30 Japan All Industry Activity Index, m/m October +1.0% +0.2%

06:30 Japan BOJ Press Conference

07:00 Germany Producer Price Index (MoM) November -0.2% -0.2%

07:00 Germany Producer Price Index (YoY) November -1.0% -1.1%

07:00 Germany Gfk Consumer Confidence Survey November 8.7 8.9

09:00 Eurozone Current account, adjusted, bln October 30.0 27.8

09:00 Eurozone EU Economic Summit

09:30 United Kingdom PSNB, bln November 7.1 14.8

11:00 United Kingdom CBI retail sales volume balance December 27 30

13:30 Canada Retail Sales, m/m October +0.8% -0.4%

13:30 Canada Retail Sales ex Autos, m/m October 0.0 +0.2%

13:30 Canada Consumer Price Index m / m November +0.1 -0.2

13:30 Canada Consumer price index, y/y November +2.4% +2.3%

13:30 Canada Bank of Canada Consumer Price Index Core, m/m November +0.3% +0.1%

13:30 Canada Bank of Canada Consumer Price Index Core, y/y November +2.3% +2.4%