Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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03-Aug  0105/2105       US  New York Federal Reserve Executive Vice President

                              Simon Potter will discuss monetary policy

                              implementation at the "23rd EMEAP Governors'

                              Meeting" in Manila, Philippines.

06-Aug  0130/1130  **   AU  ANZ monthly job ads survey

06-Aug  0600/0800  **   DE  manufacturing orders

06-Aug  0800/1000  *    DE  VDMA machine orders

06-Aug  1400/1000  *    US  employment trends index

06-Aug  1900/1500  *    US  Treasury STRIPS

07-Aug      -      ***  CN  FX Reserves

07-Aug  2230/0830  **   AU  AI Group/HIA construction index

07-Aug  2301/0001  *    UK  BRC-KPMG Shop Sales Monitor

07-Aug  2330/0830  **   JP  Household spending

07-Aug  2330/0930  **   AU  ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence

07-Aug  0000/0900  **   JP  average wages (p)

07-Aug  0430/1430  ***  AU  RBA monthly cash rate decision

07-Aug  0600/0800  **   DE  industrial production

07-Aug  0600/0800  **   DE  trade balance

07-Aug  0645/0845  *    FR  current account

07-Aug  0645/0845  *    FR  foreign trade

07-Aug  1255/0855  **   US  Redbook Retail Sales Index

07-Aug  1400/1000  **   US  IBD/TIPP Optimism Index

07-Aug  1400/1000  **   US  JOLTS jobs opening level

07-Aug  1400/1000  **   US  JOLTS quits Rate

07-Aug  1400/1000  **   CA  Ivey PMI

07-Aug  1900/1500  *    US  Consumer Credit

07-Aug  1900/1500  *    US  Treasury Allotments (final)

08-Aug      -      ***  CN  Trade

08-Aug  0130/1130  ***  AU  Housing finance

08-Aug  0230/1230       AU  RBA Governor Philip Lowe speaks at Anika

                              Foundation Luncheon in Sydney

08-Aug  0300/1500  ***  NZ  RBNZ inflation expectations survey

08-Aug  0630/0830  **   FR  BoF Business survey

08-Aug  0700/0900  **   ES  industrial production

08-Aug  1000/1200  *    EU  OECD Leading Indicator

08-Aug  1100/0700  **   US  MBA weekly applications index

08-Aug  1230/0830  *    CA  Building Permits

08-Aug  1430/1030  **   US  DOE weekly crude oil stocks

08-Aug  1500/1100  **   US  Kansas City Fed LMCI

09-Aug  2100/0900  ***  NZ  RBNZ official cash rate decision

09-Aug  2100/0900  ***  NZ  RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement

09-Aug  2200/1000  ***  NZ  RBNZ monetary policy press conference

09-Aug  2350/0850  *    JP  Machinery orders

09-Aug  0130/0930  ***  CN  CPI

09-Aug  0130/0930  ***  CN  Producer Price Index

09-Aug  0545/0745  **   CH  unemployment

09-Aug  1215/0815  **   CA  Housing Starts - CMHC (Canadian Mortgage and

                              Housing Corp)

09-Aug  1230/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

09-Aug  1230/0830  ***  US  PPI

09-Aug  1230/0830  *    CA  New Housing Price Index

09-Aug  1345/0945  *    US  Bloomberg Comfort Index

09-Aug  1400/1000  **   US  wholesale trade

09-Aug  1430/1030  **   US  Natural Gas Stocks

09-Aug  2030/1630  **   US  Fed Weekly Money Supply Data

10-Aug      -      ***  CN  Money Supply

10-Aug      -      ***  CN  New Loans

10-Aug      -      ***  CN  Social Financing

10-Aug  2350/0850  *    JP  CGPI

10-Aug  2350/0850  ***  JP  GDP (p)

10-Aug  0130/1130  ***  AU  RBA Statement on Monetary Policy

10-Aug  0645/0845  **   FR  non-farm payrolls

10-Aug  0645/0845  *    FR  industrial production

10-Aug  0830/0930  **   UK  Index of Services

10-Aug  0830/0930  **   UK  Output in the Construction Industry

10-Aug  1230/0830  ***  US  CPI

10-Aug  1230/0830  ***  CA  Labour Force Survey

10-Aug  1500/1100  **   US  St. Louis Fed Real GDP Nowcast

10-Aug  1515/1115  **   US  NY Fed GDP Nowcast

10-Aug  1800/1400  **   US  Treasury Budget

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