Economic calendar (GMT0):

(Time/ Region/ Event/ Period/ Previous/ Forecast/ Actual

00:30 Australia Changing the number of employed October -23.7 [Revised From -29.7] +10.3 +24.1

00:30 Australia Unemployment rate October 6.2% [Revised From 6.1%] 6.1% 6.2%

05:00 Japan Leading Economic Index September 104.4 105.5 105.6

05:00 Japan Coincident Index September 108.3 no forecast 109.7

06:45 Switzerland SECO Consumer Climate Quarter IV -1 -4 -11

07:00 Germany Factory Orders s.a. (MoM) September -5.7% +2.2% +0.8%

07:00 Germany Factory Orders n.s.a. (YoY) September -1.3% no forecast -1.0%

The U.S. dollar traded weaker against the Japanese yen after his 5% rally since last Friday and also against the euro in the wake of today’s ECB monetary politic decisions today. The ECB is expected to leave interest rates at the current level.

The New Zealand dollar and the Australian dollar recovered from their lows against the U.S. dollar. Australian job gains beat estimates. The number of people employed rose by 24,100. A plus of more than 4,000 compared with the forecasts.

EUR/USD: the currency pair rose to USD1.2515

USD/JPY: the U.S. dollar lost against the Japanese yen and is currently trading at Y114.30

GPB/USD: the currency pair increased to USD1.5991

The most important news that are expected (GMT0):

08:00 United Kingdom Halifax house price index 3m Y/Y October +9.6%                

09:00 Eurozone Eurogroup Meetings                                                   

09:30 United Kingdom Industrial Production (MoM) September 0.0% +0.5%    

09:30 United Kingdom Industrial Production (YoY) September +2.5% +1.5%     

09:30 United Kingdom Manufacturing Production (MoM) September +0.1% +0.3%      

09:30 United Kingdom Manufacturing Production (YoY) September +3.9% +2.7%            

10:00 Eurozone European Commission Economic Growth Forecasts                                                    

12:00 United Kingdom Asset Purchase Facility 375 375

12:00 United Kingdom BoE Interest Rate Decision 0.50% 0.50%               

12:00 United Kingdom MPC Rate Statement                                                    

12:45 Eurozone ECB Interest Rate Decision 0.05% 0.05%             

13:30 Eurozone ECB Press Conference                                                

13:30 Canada Building Permits (MoM) September -27.3% +5.2%            

13:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims October 287 285             

13:30 U.S. Nonfarm Productivity, q/q (Preliminary) Quarter III +2.3% [Revised From +2.5%] +0.9%       

13:30 U.S. Unit Labor Costs, q/q(Preliminary) Quarter III -0.1% [Revised From +0.6%] +1.0%       

15:00 United Kingdom NIESR GDP Estimate October +0.7%                       

15:00 Canada Ivey Purchasing Managers Index October 58.6 59.2          

22:30 Australia AiG Performance of Construction Index October 59.1