US session brought JOLTS Job Openings figures. There were 5.0 million job openings on the last business day of November. This was above expected figure of 4.86 million. The job openings rate was 3.4%. The number of job openings was little changed for total private and increased for government in November. Job openings increased for nondurable goods manufacturing and for state and local government. The number of job openings was little changed in all four regions.
There will be no data releases from Australia tomorrow, so we would be more focused on oil and gold prices. Some support for Aussie could also come from a further decline in oil prices. In the US session Retail Sales data will be released. Analysts are predicting 0.2% increase in Retail Sales and 0.1% rise in Core Retail Sales.
Figures to watch:
Retail Sales (Wednesday 14:30)