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Uber and Twitter to report earnings today
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RBA Governor Lowe and ECB President Lagarde to speak today
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Czech National Bank expected to leave rates unchanged
Economic calendar is exceptionally light today with only some second tier US data scheduled for release. Apart from that, CNB will announce rate decision but no change is expected. Traders should expect today’s moves to be built around news headlines. Earnings may play a role during the US session.
12:00 pm GMT - Czech National Bank rate decision. Expected: 2%. Previous: 2%
1:30 pm GMT - US, nonfarm productivity for Q4. Expected: 1.5% QoQ. Previous: -0.2% QoQ.
1:30 pm GMT - US, initial jobless claims. Expected: 215k. Previous: 216k
Central bankers’ speeches
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8:00 am GMT - ECB President Lagarde
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2:00 pm GMT - ECB’s Villeroy
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2:15 pm GMT - Fed’s Kaplan
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10:30 pm GMT - RBA Governor Lowe
Major US earnings releases
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Activision Blizzard (ATVI.US)
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Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMY.US)
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Cardinal Health (CAH.US)
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Intercontinental Exchange (ICE.US)
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Phillip Morris (PM.US)
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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN.US)
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Twitter (TWTR.US)
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Uber Technologies (UBER.US)
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