📆 Key events of the upcoming week
🇺🇸 Monday, December 8
No events
🇺🇸 Tuesday, December 9
🕕 18:00 – JOLTS: number of job openings
The indicator reflects employers' demand for labor.
A decrease in job openings → cooling of the labor market → easing expectations on rates.
🇺🇸 Wednesday, December 10 – the main day of the week (Fed decision)
🕙 22:00 – Economic forecasts of the FOMC / Fed statement / Rate decision
The key block of the week. If the rate is lower than expected or the rhetoric is softer → support for risk-on.
A more hawkish tone → strengthening of the dollar.
🕤 22:30 – Powell's press conference
The main trigger for volatility. The market reacts to the details: inflation risks, labor market expectations, and signals about the rate trajectory in 2026.
🇺🇸 Thursday, December 11
🕟 16:30 – Initial jobless claims
An increase in claims = cooling of the labor market. A decrease – an argument for a more hawkish Fed stance.
🇺🇸 Friday, December 12
No events
⚠️ Focus of the week:
The Fed's decision and Powell's press conference. This will determine the market tone for the remainder of December.
