Central banks top the list of events this week but there's plenty of other events to tickle your fancy
The Bank of Canada is the first of the big central bank meeting this week on Wednesday, and one that the market has high hopes of action. Whether they cut rate or not is the question posed for this one. As Canada gets the resource life sucked out of it with falling oil prices, will Poloz & Co pull the trigger on a cut?
The ECB are front and centre on Thursday and there's no expectation for any action. There is rising expectation of what the silver tongued one may say to keep the euro on its knees
The first inkling will come via the final Dec inflation numbers. If they are worse than the flash 0.9% y/y core and 0.2% headline then we could be getting some very dovish tones from the head man. We'll find that out tomorrow
The UK finally has some data that may pull the pound out of its nosedive (don't hold your breath though)
Tomorrow we get pricing data via CPI and PPI, and on Wednesday a look at the latest jobs data (look for seasonal factors in the numbers but unemployment is for Nov so it lags)
Friday we get to see whether all the recent wages increases and jobs market strength translated into bumper holiday spending at the shops. A bad number will be equally bad for the pound and it will have to be super super good to see a real positive reaction
That's the pick of the numbers this week, aside of course from Chinese GDP tonight, which should be big fun
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