[Important Events and Data Preview: China's Official Manufacturing PMI, Fed Meeting Minutes, and the Approaching New Year's Day Holiday]
1. Monday:
① Data: US November Pending Home Sales Index (MoM), EIA Crude Oil Inventories for the Week Ending December 19, Dallas Fed Business Activity Index for December.
② Events: Bank of Japan releases summary of opinions from December Monetary Policy Committee members; China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) holds its December press conference, introducing the results of organizing a delegation of Chinese entrepreneurs to visit the US, etc.
2. Tuesday:
① Data: US EIA Natural Gas Inventories for the Week Ending December 19; Switzerland's December KOF Leading Economic Index; US October FHFA House Price Index (MoM), October S&P/CS 20-City Composite Home Price Index (YoY), Chicago PMI for December.
② Holiday: German stock market closes early at 21:00 Beijing time due to the approaching New Year's Day holiday.
3. Wednesday: ① Data: US total oil rig count for the week ending January 2nd, EIA and API crude oil inventories for the week ending December 26th, initial jobless claims for the week ending December 27th; China's official manufacturing PMI for December, and RatingDog manufacturing PMI for December. ② Event: Federal Reserve releases monetary policy meeting minutes. ③ Holiday Schedule: Stock markets in Germany, Italy, Japan, and South Korea will be closed for one day; the New Zealand stock market will close early at 08:00 Beijing time; the Australian stock market will close early at 11:10 Beijing time; the French stock market will trade for half a day; the Spanish stock market will close early at 21:00 Beijing time; the UK stock market will close early at 20:30 Beijing time; US Treasury futures contracts on the CME Group will trade from 15:00 to 03:30 Beijing time on the 1st, and Brent crude oil futures contracts on the Intercontinental Exchange will end early at 04:00 Beijing time on the 1st; the Hong Kong stock market will trade for half a day, closing randomly between 12:08 and 12:10; there will be no night trading on the Shanghai Gold Exchange, Shanghai Futures Exchange, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange, and Dalian Commodity Exchange.
4. Thursday: ① Data: US EIA Natural Gas Storage for the week ending December 26. ② Holiday: Stock markets in Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, the United States, Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, Australia, and New Zealand will be closed for one day; trading in US Treasury futures contracts, precious metals, US crude oil, foreign exchange, and stock index futures contracts on the CME Group will be suspended for the entire day, and trading in Brent crude oil futures contracts on the Intercontinental Exchange will be suspended for the entire day; the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, the Beijing Stock Exchange, domestic futures exchanges, and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange will be closed for one day, with northbound and southbound trading in Hong Kong stocks closed, and the Taiwan Stock Exchange will be closed for one day.
5. Friday: ① Data: UK December Nationwide House Price Index (MoM); Final December Manufacturing PMI for Germany, France, the United Kingdom, and the Eurozone; Final December S&P Global Manufacturing PMI for the United States. ② Holiday: Trading in US Treasury futures contracts on the CME Group will begin at 15:00 Beijing time; the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, the Beijing Stock Exchange, domestic futures exchanges, and the stock markets in Japan and New Zealand will be closed for one day, while the Hong Kong Stock Exchange will be open as usual, with northbound and southbound trading closed.
6. Saturday: ① Event: Speech by Paulson, a 2026 FOMC voting member and president of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve.
