*** Thursday US Data/speaker calendar.......>

OUTLOOK: *** Thursday US Data/speaker calendar (prior, MNI median estimate):

- Jul 27 ** 22-Jul initial weekly jobless claims --/240K   08:30am ET

- Jul 27 ** Jun durable goods new orders -0.8%/+4.0%       08:30am ET

- Jul 27 ** Jun durable new orders ex transport +0.3%/0.4% 08:30am ET

- Jul 27 ** Jun advance goods trade gap -$67.5B/$--B USD   08:30am ET

- Jul 27 ** Jun advance wholesale inventories --/-- %      08:30am ET  

- Jul 27 ** Jun advance retail inventories --/-- %         08:30am ET

- Jul 27 * 23-Jul Bloomberg comfort index --/--            09:45am ET

- Jul 27 Sen Bkg Comm nom hearing on Fed Gov Nom Randal Quarles 10:00am ET

- Jul 27 ** Q2 housing vacancies rate 1.7%/-- %            10:00am ET

- Jul 27 * Jun bldg permits revision --/-- m               10:00am ET

- Jul 27 ** 21-Jul natural gas stocks w/w --/-- Bcf        10:30am ET   

- Jul 27 ** Jul Kansas City Fed Mfg Index 11/--            11:00am ET

- Jul 27 US Tsy $28.0B 7-Year Note auction                 13:00pm ET

- Jul 27 ** 26-Jul Fed weekly securities holdings --/-- t USD 16:30pm ET