FYI | Dec 23 2015
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By Greg Peel
Tomorrow the ASX will close at 2.10pm local and the NYSE will close at 1pm local.
All Western markets will be closed on Christmas Day while in Australian and New Zealand, markets will be closed on Monday December 28 in lieu of Boxing Day.
On December 31, the ASX will close at 2.10pm local. Japanese markets will be closed. All Western markets and the Japanese and Chinese markets will be closed January 1.
Next week the US will see house price, consumer confidence, trade and pending home sales numbers and the Chicago PMI. The first week of the new year will bring durable goods, factory orders, and the private sector and non-farm payrolls employment numbers. The week will also see the release of the minutes of the historic December Fed meeting.
Beijing will release official manufacturing and services PMI numbers on New Year’s Day while the rest of the world will deliver manufacturing PMIs on January 4 and services PMIs on January 6, including Caixin’s Chinese PMIs.
New Zealand markets will be closed on January 4.
Australia will see private sector credit numbers on December 31 and the first week of the new year brings house prices, the PMIs, building approvals, retail sales and trade numbers. Monday January 11 sees ANZ’s job ads series and Australia’s unemployment numbers are due on January 14.
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