By CountingPips.com
Shaping up to be the most important economic events on the schedule this week for the Forex markets will include important economic data out of China, the United Kingdom, Japan and the Eurozone. We will also see the beginning of Janet Yellin’s confirmation hearings on Thursday to be the next chairman of the US Federal Reserve.
Here’s a quick rundown of the economic highlights.
Please see the week’s highlighted economic events below or our full calendar:
This Week’s Economic Highlights:
Sunday, November 10
China — new loans
China — financing data
New Zealand — retail spending
Japan — trade balance
Monday, November 11
Australia — home loans data
Japan — tertiary industry index
Japan — economy watchers index
United States — FOMC Fisher speaks
Norway — inflation data
United Kingdom — RICS house price balance
Japan — 30 year bond auction
Tuesday, November 12
Australia — NAB business confidence
euro zone — Germany CPI
United Kingdom — consumer price index
United Kingdom — producer price index
United Kingdom — retail price index
United States — Chicago Fed national activity Index
Australia — Westpac consumer confidence
South Korea — unemployment rate
Wednesday, November 13
United Kingdom — jobless claims
euro zone — industrial production
United Kingdom — bank of England inflation report
United States — mortgage applications
United States — monthly budget statement
New Zealand — retail sales data
New Zealand — business manufacturing index
Japan — foreign bonds/stocks buying
Japan — gross domestic product report
Japan — consumer spending
Thursday, November 14
China — foreign direct investment
Australia — consumer inflation
Japan — industrial production
euro zone — Germany GDP report
euro zone — France GDP report
euro zone — GDP report
Switzerland — producer price index
United Kingdom — retail sales
United States — weekly jobless claims
United States — trade balance
United States — confirmation hearing for Janet Yellen
Canada — trade balance
Friday, November 15
Singapore — retail sales
Hong Kong — GDP report
Euro zone — consumer price index
United States — industrial production
United States — manufacturing production
See our full economic calendar here.