Schedule for today, Friday, Jan 8’2016:

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

00:30 Australia Retail Sales, M/M November 0.5% 0.4%

01:30 Japan Labor Cash Earnings, YoY December 0.7%

02:00 China Trade Balance, bln December 54.1

05:00 Japan Coincident Index (Preliminary) November 113.3

05:00 Japan Leading Economic Index (Preliminary) November 104.2

06:45 Switzerland Unemployment Rate (non s.a.) December 3.4% 3.7%

07:00 Germany Current Account November 23.0

07:00 Germany Industrial Production s.a. (MoM) November 0.2% 0.5%

07:00 Germany Industrial Production (YoY) November 0.0%

07:00 Germany Trade Balance (non s.a.), bln November 22.5

07:45 France Industrial Production, y/y November 2.3%

07:45 France Industrial Production, m/m November 0.5% -0.4%

07:45 France Trade Balance, bln November -4.58 -3.95

08:15 Switzerland Consumer Price Index (MoM) December -0.1% -0.3%

08:15 Switzerland Consumer Price Index (YoY) December -1.4% -1.2%

09:30 United Kingdom Total Trade Balance November -4.14

13:30 Canada Building Permits (MoM) November 9.1% -3%

13:30 Canada Unemployment rate December 7.1% 7.1%

13:30 Canada Employment December -35.7 10

13:30 U.S. Average workweek December 34.5 34.5

13:30 U.S. Average hourly earnings December 0.2% 0.2%

13:30 U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls December 211 200

13:30 U.S. Unemployment Rate December 5% 5%

15:00 U.S. Wholesale Inventories November -0.1% -0.1%

20:00 U.S. Consumer Credit November 15.98 18.25