The appetizer, served at 8:30 a.m.
Inflation (Consumer Price Index) in the United States
S. Retail Sales
Existing Home Sales in Canada
The main course, served at 2 p.m.
The Federal Reserve’s key rate decision. A 25-basis point increase is already projected with 100% certainty. The statement and press conference at 2:30 p.m. will be closely followed in order to help forecast the number of additional rate hikes in store in 2017.
Dessert, served this afternoon
Results of Dutch elections. A possible rise in power of the far-right anti-European Freedom Party would be a strong message a few weeks before the French presidential election. The euro is holding up well for the time being in the face of the various political risks on the old continent.
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