Japan Annualized Housing Starts up to 0.803M in October from previous 0.728M

Japan Housing Starts (YoY) registered at 3.2% above expectations (-5.2%) in October

Japan Construction Orders (YoY): -10.1% (October) vs previous 34.7%

Australia Private Sector Credit (YoY) remains unchanged at 7.3% in October

Australia Private Sector Credit (MoM) came in at 0.7%, above forecasts (0.6%) in October

Japan Large Retailer Sales increased to 5% in October from previous 3%

Ireland Consumer Confidence increased to 61 in November from previous 59.9

Japan Retail Trade s.a (MoM) increased to 1.6% in October from previous 0.3%

Japan Retail Trade (YoY) came in at 1.7%, above expectations (0.8%) in October

Japan Foreign Investment in Japan Stocks dipped from previous ¥1020.9B to ¥-348.7B in November 21

Japan Industrial Production (YoY): 1.5% (October) vs previous 3.8%

Japan Industrial Production (MoM) registered at 1.4% above expectations (-0.6%) in October

Japan Tokyo CPI ex Food, Energy (YoY) unchanged at 2.8% in November

Japan Unemployment Rate registered at 2.6% above expectations (2.5%) in October

Japan Tokyo Consumer Price Index (YoY) in line with forecasts (2.7%) in November

Japan Tokyo CPI ex Fresh Food (YoY) above forecasts (2.7%) in November: Actual (2.8%)

Japan Jobs / Applicants Ratio below forecasts (1.2) in October: Actual (1.18)

South Korea Service Sector Output declined to -0.6% in October from previous 1.8%

New Zealand ANZ – Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence increased to 98.4 in November from previous 92.4

External Bank of England (BoE) MPC Member Megan Greene spoke at the Goodbody Annual Equity Conference in Dublin on Thursday. She said that although inflation has stabilized, her big concern is around second-round effects.

The Economist described it as a ‘bodge-it budget’ that doesn’t give Britain what it needs. The FT calls it a ‘Spend now, pay later’ budget, which merely delays fiscal pain. The Guardian calls it a ‘live now, pay later’ budget and wonders what happens when ‘later’ arrives.

Canada Current Account came in at -9.68B, above forecasts (-16.5B) in 3Q

Russia Central Bank Reserves $ down to $729.1B from previous $734.1B

The account of the European Central Bank’s (ECB) monetary policy meeting held in Florence on 29-30 October shows that policymakers judged the economic and inflation outlook to be largely consistent with the September projection baseline, with uncertainty still elevated.

Mexico Trade Balance, $ registered at $0.606B above expectations ($-0.45B) in October

Mexico Trade Balance s/a, $ rose from previous $-0.831B to $1.411B in October

Belgium Consumer Price Index (YoY): 2.4% (November) vs 2%

Belgium Consumer Price Index (MoM): 0.56% (November) vs 0.36%

Italy 5-y Bond Auction fell from previous 2.75% to 2.74%

Italy 10-y Bond Auction: 3.44% vs previous 3.46%