Japan Capacity Utilization up to 3.3% in October from previous 2.5%

Japan Industrial Production (YoY): 1.6% (October) vs 1.5%

Japan Industrial Production (MoM) came in at 1.5%, above forecasts (1.4%) in October

Japan Industrial Production (MoM) above forecasts (1.4%) in October: Actual (1.6%)

New Zealand Electronic Card Retail Sales (MoM) rose from previous 0.2% to 1.2% in November

New Zealand Electronic Card Retail Sales (YoY) increased to 1.6% in November from previous 0.8%

New Zealand Business NZ PMI: 51.4 (November)

South Korea Import Price Growth (YoY) climbed from previous 0.5% to 2.2% in November

South Korea Export Price Growth (YoY) up to 7% in November from previous 4.8%

Argentina Consumer Price Index (MoM) rose from previous 2.3% to 2.5% in November

The US Dollar attempted a recovery throughout the first half of Thursday, but resumed its decline following the release of worse-than-anticipated employment data. Initial Jobless Claims for the week ended December 6 unexpectedly rose to 236K, well above the previous 192K.

United States 30-Year Bond Auction increased to 4.773% from previous 4.694%

United States 4-Week Bill Auction dipped from previous 3.68% to 3.61%

United States EIA Natural Gas Storage Change below expectations (-170B) in December 5: Actual (-177B)

United States Wholesale Inventories came in at 0.5%, above forecasts (0.1%) in September

The number of US citizens submitting new applications for unemployment insurance went up to 236K for the week ending December 6, according to a report from the US Department of Labour (DOL) released on Thursday.

The number of Americans filing for new unemployment benefits increased to 236,000 in the week ending December 6, the US Department of Labor (DOL) reported on Thursday.

United States Continuing Jobless Claims below expectations (1.95M) in November 28: Actual (1.838M)

United States Initial Jobless Claims came in at 236K, above expectations (220K) in December 5

United States Goods Trade Balance: $-79B (September) vs $-85.6B

Canada Imports down to $64.08B in September from previous $66.91B

United States Initial Jobless Claims 4-week average rose from previous 214.75K to 216.75K in December 5

Canada Exports increased to $64.23B in October from previous $60.58B

United States Goods and Services Trade Balance came in at $-52.8B, above forecasts ($-63.3B) in September

Canada International Merchandise Trade up to $0.15B in October from previous $-6.32B

Russia Central Bank Reserves $ rose from previous $733.4B to $741.5B

Ireland HICP (MoM) in line with expectations (-0.2%) in November

Ireland HICP (YoY) came in at 3.1%, below expectations (3.2%) in November

Ireland Consumer Price Index (YoY) up to 3.2% in November from previous 2.9%

Ireland Consumer Price Index (MoM): -0.2% (November) vs previous 0.5%