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You may be preparing for the main event at the end of the week, but there are still some things to deal with in the next few days.

Emmanuel Macron will turn 44 on Tuesday.Obviously wishing to avoid conflicts with any personal birthday celebrations, he got his own business The re-election campaign that began last weekHowever, in the coming days and months, prepare for more such activities.

You heard that the Financial Times made Elon Musk a Person of the Year? This week, his SpaceX business launched a supply mission to the crew of the International Space Station. Not to be outdone, NASA scientists will individually send the James Webb Space Telescope, which is the largest and most advanced cosmic observatory in the world, which may lead to the discovery of life on distant planets. There is hope.

Economic data

The economic calendar has a pre-Christmas atmosphere. There are US consumer confidence data, home sales data, and a series of surveys in the Eurozone and the UK, and there may be a further decline next month.The inflation debate will begin again after last week Central Bank Committee Meeting Excited, And also reported cost of living data in France and Japan.

company

There is less company news this week, but there are one or two important earnings conference calls. HeinekenThe company that announced its full-year earnings on Wednesday hoped to get better news than the previous quarter, when the reported sales at the time were due to Declining sales in AsiaThe blockade across Europe does not bode well for the Dutch group. Nike Data for the second quarter will be released on Monday.

Major economic and company reports

Below is a more complete list of company reports and economic data this week.

on Monday

• China, policy interest rate decision

• UK, Rightmove Monthly House Price Index and CBI Monthly Industrial Trend Survey, and the National Bureau of Statistics release public sector financial statistics and 2020 foreign direct investment data

• result: Nike Q2

Tuesday

• Canada, monthly retail sales data

• German GfK Consumer Confidence Survey

• Italy, producer price index (PPI) data

• Speech by Oystein Borsum, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Norway, on Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund and Climate Change

• United Kingdom, revised third quarter GDP data plus HMRC tax data

• U.S., real GDP in the third quarter plus consumer confidence data from the Consultative Council

• result: blackberries Q3, General Mills Q2

Wednesday

• France, PPI data

• Bank of Japan Announces Minutes of October Monetary Policy Meeting

• UK, ONS quarterly consumer trends report and quarterly business investment, sector accounts and economic accounts

• result: Heineken Wind and cloud, Alipay Q2

Thursday

• Canada, monthly GDP data

• Japan Consumer Price Index (CPI) data

• Portugal, third quarter budget deficit data

• UK, GfK Consumer Confidence Survey and CBI Monthly Growth Index Report

Friday

World events

Finally, here is a summary of other events and milestones this week.

on Monday

• Bernard Kouchner and a group of journalists celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the international aid organization Médecins Sans Frontières in Paris, France

• British Home Secretary Pritty Patel will rule on whether tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch can be extradited to the United States to face charges of selling his software company Autonomy to HP

Tuesday

• On the anniversary of the Lockerbie disaster in 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 exploded over a small Scottish town, killing 270 people

• French President Emmanuel Macron celebrates his 44th birthday

• SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket launched a dragon cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station

• Announcement of the initial shortlists for the United States and Oscars

• The winter solstice in the northern hemisphere.Those who commemorate this moment include the Stonehenge Druids in England and the Burning Clock Parade in Brighton

Wednesday

• El Gordo (The Fat One) in Spain is the largest and oldest lottery draw in Europe, held in Madrid

• In the United States, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is scheduled to launch, which will become the premier observatory for the next ten years

Thursday

Friday

• Israel, annual celebrations are held in Bethlehem, including a parade in Manger Square

• Libya, general election

• Vatican City, Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica

Saturday

Sunday

• Australia, the third of five ashes tests in Melbourne begins

• UK, Boxing Day sales start