Schedule for today, Wednesday, Dec 18’2013:

00:00 New Zealand ANZ Business Confidence December 60.5

01:30 China Property Prices, y/y November +9.6%

09:00 Germany IFO - Business Climate December 109.3 109.7

09:00 Germany IFO - Current Assessment December 112.2 112.5

09:00 Germany IFO - Expectations December 106.3 106.5

09:30 United Kingdom Average Earnings, 3m/y October +0.7% +0.8%

09:30 United Kingdom Average earnings ex bonuses, 3 m/y October +0.8% +0.9%

09:30 United Kingdom Bank of England Minutes

09:30 United Kingdom Claimant count November -41.7 -35.2

09:30 United Kingdom Claimant Count Rate November 3.9% 3.8%

09:30 United Kingdom ILO Unemployment Rate October 7.6% 7.6%

10:00 Eurozone ECOFIN Meetings December

10:00 Eurozone Construction Output, m/m October -1.3%

10:00 Eurozone Construction Output, y/y October -0.2%

10:00 Switzerland Credit Suisse ZEW Survey (Expectations) December 31.6 36.0

11:00 United Kingdom CBI retail sales volume balance December 1 9

13:30 Canada Wholesale Sales, m/m October +0.2% +0.4%

13:30 U.S. Housing Starts, mln September 0.891 0.910

13:30 U.S. Housing Starts, mln October 0.921

13:30 U.S. Housing Starts, mln November 0.950

13:30 U.S. Building Permits, mln November 1.034 0.990

15:30 U.S. Crude Oil Inventories December -10.6

19:00 U.S. FOMC Economic Projections

19:00 U.S. Fed Interest Rate Decision 0.25% 0.25%

19:00 U.S. FOMC Statement

19:00 U.S. FOMC QE Decision

19:30 U.S. Federal Reserve Press Conference

21:45 New Zealand GDP q/q Quarter III +0.2% +1.1%

21:45 New Zealand GDP y/y Quarter III +2.5% +3.4%