European session: the euro has grown significantly against the U.S. dollar

Data

00:30 Australia Building Permits m / m in November -1.6% Revised to -1.8% -0.9 % -1.5 %

00:30 Australia Building Permits y / y in November +23.1 % +20.1 % +22.2 %

00:30 Australia Retail Sales m / m +0.5 % in November 0.5% 0.7%

00:30 Australia Retail Sales y / y +3.6 % in November

1:30 China Producer Price Index y / y in December -1.4 % -1.2 % -1.4 %

1:30 China Consumer Price Index y / y in December +3.0 % +2.7 % +2.5 %

7:45 France Trade Balance , Revised -4.8 billion in November from -4.7 -4.6 -5.6

09:30 UK Trade balance -9.7 -9.5 -9.4 November

10:00 Eurozone business sentiment in December 0.18 0.2 0.27

10:00 Eurozone Economic Sentiment 98.5 99.0 100.0 December

10:00 Eurozone business optimism in the industry -3.9 -3.3 -3.4 December

11:00 Germany Industrial Production ( m / m) in November -1.2 % +1.6%  +1.9%

11:00 Germany Industrial Production y / y November +1.0% +3.4%  +3.9%

12:00 UK BoE decision on interest rate 0.50% 0.50 % 0.50%

12:00 UK BoE decision in terms of the program of asset purchases 375 375 375

12:00 UK BoE statement Cover

12:45 Eurozone Interest Rate Decision ECB 0.25% 0.25 % 0.25%

The euro exchange rate against the dollar has grown significantly , due to the expectations of the press conference, ECB head Draghi . It is expected that Mario Draghi will use a balanced tone after the announcement of the decision on the rate , which has remained unchanged - at the level of 0.25 %. Experts say that most likely will not be announced any additional measures to stimulate the economy.

Moreover, the impact on the bidding had data for the euro area , which showed that economic sentiment in the euro zone rose to more than two-year high in December , which is a sign that the economic recovery is starting to gain momentum after a long decline .

Data published by the European Commission , supported by a growing list of statistics, which indicates improvement in business confidence and spending .

The report showed that the index of sentiment in the economy rose in December to a level of 100 points, compared to 98.4 points in November , while reaching its highest level since July 2011 .

Rise was broad-based and in all sectors . It is noteworthy that the trust between providers of the service sector was in the "plus" for the first time since August 2011 , while industrial companies were the second level of confidence.

Furthermore, it became known that the index of German economic sentiment was one of the most positive in December - at the level of 106.0 points. In Spain , the figure rose to 100.0 , while Italy he rose to 96.2 from November's 93.9 .

Pound with a slight rise against the dollar, given the fact that the Bank of England left unchanged interest rate and bond-buying program to support the UK economy. The Bank of England left its key interest rate unchanged at 0.5% and the size of its bond purchase program untouched for 375 billion pounds .

As usual, when there is no change in policy , Monetary Committee is not making a statement explaining its decision . Minutes of committee meetings will be published on January 22.

Economists expect GDP growth in 2014 is 2.5% , the highest since 2007. But despite this growth , some economists expect the central bank to start raising the UK refuses to borrowing costs in the near future .

Bank of England officials headed by Mark Carney pledged to keep its benchmark interest rate at a record low level in order to support the growing recovery in Britain as long as inflation remains subdued .

EUR / USD: during the European session, the pair rose to $ 1.3623

GBP / USD: during the European session, the pair rose to $ 1.6479 , then dropped to $ 1.6450

USD / JPY: during the European session, the pair rose to Y105.06

At 13:30 GMT will be held monthly press conference of the ECB. Also this time, Canada announces the change of volume of building permits issued , and will release the house price index in the primary market in November.