Dec 12 (Reuters) – European Union leaders meet for one last push to secure a deal and fund Ukraine with frozen Russian cash, while the United States releases overdue labour market and retail sales data.

Meanwhile, central banks in the euro area, Japan, Britain, Norway, and Sweden hold their last get-together of the year.

Here’s all you need to know about the coming week in financial markets by Yoruk Bahceli in London, ‍Andy Bruce in Manchester, John O’Donnell in Frankfurt, Kevin Buckland in Tokyo, and Lewis Krauskopf in New York.

1/ A LONG TIME COMING

European Union leaders meet on Thursday to thrash out a deal to use frozen Russian cash on the continent to pay for Ukraine.

The stakes are high: Frozen assets are Europe’s single biggest card to play to get a say in talks chiefly betwee

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