Monday

• OECD publishes G20 GDP growth report
• Canada: November consumer price index (CPI) inflation rate data
• EU: October industrial production figures 
• Japan: December Tankan survey of Japanese business sentiment
• UK: Rightmove December House Price Index

Tuesday

• Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem to speak at a Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal event in Quebec
• Eurozone, France, Germany, India, Japan, UK, US: S&P Global flash purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data
• South Africa: Day of Reconciliation. Financial markets closed
• UK: December employment figures. Also, UK Finance publishes card spending statistics
• US: November employment data (revised release date)
• Results: Hollywood Bowl FY, IG Group trading update, SThree FY trading update

Wednesday

• Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams speaks at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York FX Market Structure Conference
• EU: November Eurozone harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) inflation rate data
• UK: November CPI and producer price index (PPI) inflation rate data
• Results: General Mills Q2, IntegraFin FY, Lennar Q4, Micron Technology Q1, Serco pre-close trading update

Thursday

• Alphawave IP acquisition by Qualcomm expected to become effective, if approved at a Sanction Hearing on December 16
• Australia: November labour force data
• EU: European Central Bank’s interest rate announcement
• Mexico: interest rate announcement
• Norway: interest rate announcement
• UK: Bank of England’s interest rate announcement. Also, British Retail Consortium December Consumer Sentiment Monitor
• US: November real earnings and CPI inflation rate data (revised release date). Also, The Conference Board Employment Index
• Results: Accenture Q1, CarMax Q3, Cintas Q2, Currys HY, Darden Restaurants Q2, FedEx Q2, Nike Q2

Friday

• Germany: Q3 services PPI inflation rate data 
• Japan: Interest rate announcement plus November CPI inflation rate data
• UK: Q3 banking sector regulatory capital, plus November retail sales, public sector finances and HM Revenue & Customs’ tax receipts summary
• US: University of Michigan consumer sentiment index
• Results: Carnival Q4, ConAgra Brands Q2, Lamb Weston Q2, PayChex Q2, WHSmith FY