Global News and Data Calendar

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Date    GMT /Local          Event

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21-Aug  0130/1130  ***  AU  RBA board meeting minutes

21-Aug  0830/0930  ***  UK  Public Sector Finances

21-Aug  1000/1100  **   UK  CBI Industrial Trends

21-Aug  1230/0830  **   US  Philadelphia Fed Nonmanufacturing Index

21-Aug  1230/0830  **   CA  Wholesale Trade

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

22-Aug      -           AU  RBA Deputy Governor Guy Debelle speaks at Economic

                              Society of Australia (QLD) Business Luncheon in

                              Brisbane

22-Aug  2245/1045  **   NZ  Quarterly retail trade

22-Aug  0030/1030  *    AU  Westpac-MI leading index

22-Aug  0130/1130  ***  AU  Quarterly construction work done

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

22-Aug  1230/0830  ***  CA  Retail Trade

22-Aug  1400/1000  ***  US  NAR existing home sales

22-Aug  1400/1000  *    US  QCEW

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

22-Aug  1800/1400       US  The Federal Reserve releases the minutes from the

                              July 31st - August 1st FOMC meeting in Washington

22-Aug  1900/1500  *    US  Treasury Allotments (preliminary)

23-Aug      -           US  Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank will host its

                              2018 Annual Economic Symposium on the topic of

                              "Changing Market Structure and Implications for

                              Monetary Policy," in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

23-Aug  2301/0001  *    UK  XpertHR pay deals for whole economy

23-Aug  0645/0845  *    FR  Services Sentiment

23-Aug  0645/0845  *    FR  Business Climate Indicator

23-Aug  0645/0845  **   FR  Manufacturing Sentiment

23-Aug  0700/0900  **   FR  Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

23-Aug  0700/0900  **   FR  Markit Services PMI (p)

23-Aug  0730/0930  **   DE  Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

23-Aug  0730/0930  **   DE  Markit Services PMI (p)

23-Aug  0800/1000  **   EU  Markit Manufacturing PMI (p)

23-Aug  0800/1000  **   EU  Markit Composite PMI (p)

23-Aug  0800/1000  **   EU  Markit Services PMI (p)

23-Aug  1000/1100  **   UK  CBI Distributive Trades

23-Aug  1230/0830  **   US  Jobless Claims

23-Aug  1300/0900  **   US  FHFA Home Price Index

23-Aug  1300/0900  **   US  FHFA Quarterly Price Index

23-Aug  1345/0945  ***  US  Markit Services Index (flash)

23-Aug  1345/0945  ***  US  Markit Manufacturing Index (flash)

23-Aug  1345/0945  *    US  Bloomberg Comfort Index

23-Aug  1400/1000  ***  US  new home sales

23-Aug  1400/1000  *    US  Building permits revisions

23-Aug  1400/1600  **   EU  consumer confidence indicator (p)

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

23-Aug  1500/1100  **   US  Kansas City Fed Manufacturing Index

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

24-Aug      -           US  Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank will host its

                              2018 Annual Economic Symposium on the topic of

                              "Changing Market Structure and Implications for

                              Monetary Policy," in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

24-Aug  2245/1045  **   NZ  Monthly trade balance

24-Aug  2330/0830  ***  JP  CPI

24-Aug  0600/0800  ***  DE  GDP (f)

24-Aug  0600/0800  *    DE  construction orders

24-Aug  0700/0900  **   ES  PPI

24-Aug  1230/0830  **   US  durable goods new orders

24-Aug  1300/1500  **   BE  BNB Business Sentiment

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

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

24-Aug  1900/1500       US  Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to speak about

                              "Monetary Policy in a Changing Economy" at the

                              Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Economic

                              Policy Symposium in Jackson Hole, WY.

25-Aug      -           DE  BBK Board member Claudia Buch participation in

                              42nd Economic Policy Symposium Fed Kansas City, in

                              Jackson Hole, USA.

25-Aug      -           US  Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank will host its

                              2018 Annual Economic Symposium on the topic of

                              "Changing Market Structure and Implications for

                              Monetary Policy," in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

25-Aug  1625/1225       CA  BOC Gov Stephen Poloz participates in a panel

                              discussion at the Kansas City Fed, Jackson Hole,

                              WY

27-Aug  0800/1000  ***  DE  IFO Business Climate Index

27-Aug  0800/1000  ***  DE  IFO Business Climate Index Direction

27-Aug  1430/1030  **   US  Dallas Fed manufacturing survey

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

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