This Week: Housing Data & Global Inflation

Tuesday

8:30 AM Canada’s inflation is expected to have risen to 3.3% in December

9:00 PM China’s GDP growth rate is expected to have risen to 5.3% in December

Wednesday

2:00 AM UK’s inflation rate is expected to slow to 3.8% in December

5:00 AM The Euroa Area inflation rate is expected to have risen to 2.9% in December

7:00 AM Mortgage demand and rates

8:30 AM Retail sales are expected to have risen 0.4% in December

10:00 AM Homebuilder confidence is expected to rise to 39 in January

Thursday

8:30 AM Building permits are expected to have risen by 0.5% in December and housing starts are expected to fall by 1.1% in December.

8:30 AM Jobless claims are expected to rise to 207k

12:00 PM Mortgage rates

7:00 PM Japan’s inflation rate

Friday

10:00 AM Existing-home sales are expected to have held at 3.82M in December