A few busy days ahead with a number of important announcements set for release along with market closures due to public holidays around the world.

Later tonight and tomorrow night, the US is releasing a few important pieces of data. Tonight’s data includes: PPI & Core PPI, Unemployment Claims,, Prelim UoM Consumer Sentiment & Inflation Expectations and Natural Gas Storage. Tomorrow night sees the US publishing a few more pieces of vital information. This includes: CPI & Core CPI, Retail & Core Retail Sales and Business Inventories. Monday night the US is publishing Empire State Manufacturing Index, TIC Long-Term Purchases and NAHB Housing Market Index figures.

Today sees China release crucial Trade Balance data, Friday it publishes Foreign Direct Investment, M2 Money Supply and New Loans. While on Monday, it will report vital GDP, Industrial Production, Fixed Asset Investment and Retail Sales figures.

Elsewhere around the world:

Today – German & French Final CPI, Swiss PPI, UK CB Leading Index, BoE Credit Conditions Survey, Canadian Manufacturing Sales & NHPI.

Friday – Japanese Revised Industrial Production

Monday – German Buba Monthly Report

Meanwhile, it is important that traders are aware that there are quite a few public holidays coming up, which means markets will be closed and liquidity in the markets will be quite low.

Friday – Australian, German, Swiss, UK, Canadian & New Zealand Bank Holidays.

Monday – Australian, German, French, Italian, UK, Swiss & New Zealand Bank Holidays.

It may be prudent for traders to check what other markets will be closed over this time. As the European markets are closed, the European Central Bank’s Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer (TARGET) system will be closed for this holiday, which tends to have a substantial impact on liquidity.