It stabilised in industry (0.0%, that is −400 jobs). Year on year, private employment increased by 21,300 in construction, whereas it dipped by 10,000 in industry. In Q4 2017, in market services, private employment increased strongly again: +0.4% (that is +53,200 jobs), as in Q3 2017. Excluding temporary employment, the increase remained pronounced: +0.4%, after +0.3%. Private employment in non-market services decreased by 0.2% over the quarter (after +0.1% in the previous quarter) but still increased over a year (+0.5%, that is +12,900 jobs).
Tomorrow's session will bring Eurozone GDP data. 0.6% growth is anticipated. In the US session CPI and Retail Sales figures will be published. Analysts expect 0.4% increase in CPI and 0.2% incline in CPI.
Figures to watch:
GDP (Wednesday 11:00)
Retail Sales (Wednesday 14:30)
CPI (Wednesday 14:30)