Japan: October, Current Account: 1.49T vs 0.78T

Japan: Q3, Final GDP: 0.3% q/q vs -0.2% q/q

Japan: Q3, Final GDP Price Index: 1.8% y/y vs 2.0% y/y

Japan: November, Bank Lending: 2.3% y/y vs 2.5% y/y

UK: BRC Sales like-for-like for November: -0.4% y/y vs -0.2% y/y (expected +0.5%)

Australia: November, NAB Business Confidence: 5 vs 3

Japan: November, Economy Watchers Sentiment: 46.1 vs 48.2

Canada: Nov, Building Permits +9.1%m/m

Gold goes down

USA: IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism 47,2 vs 45.5