Economics Diary

TODAY: UK – provisional M0 money supply (Nov), manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI) (Nov), BRC retail sales (Nov). Euroland – manufacturing PMI (Nov). US – personal income and consumption (Oct), NAPM (Nov), construction spending (Oct).

TOMORROW: UK – CBI survey of distributive trades (Nov), Nationwide house prices (Nov), construction PMI (Nov). Euroland – unemployment (Oct); EC economic sentiment survey (Nov); French consumer confidence (Nov).

WEDNESDAY: UK – MPC interest rate decision; official reserves (Nov), services PMI (Nov). Euroland – German unemployment.

THURSDAY: UK – Halifax house prices (Nov); housing starts and completions (Oct), industrial production (Oct), REC jobs survey (Nov), BRC shop price index (Nov), NIESR monthly GDP estimate (Nov). Euroland – services PMI, German new order intake (Oct). US – non-farm productivity (Q3), factory orders (Oct).

FRIDAY: Euroland – German production output. US – employment report (Nov).