(Note: all times HKT)
Good morning everyone. China’s inflation figures are set to kick off this week’s data deluge while U.S. retail sales are slated to grab all the attention mid-week. European GDP growth numbers meanwhile will be capping the week with a fury.
Here’s what else you should look out for:
Sunday:
10:00 am – China July YoY Inflation Rate – forecast: unchanged at 1.4%
10:00 am – China July MoM Inflation – forecast: 0.1% from 0%
Monday:
1:00 pm – Japan July Consumer Confidence – forecast: 41.43 from 41.7
11:25 pm – Atlanta Fed President Lockhart Speech
Tuesday:
8:00 am – Singapore Final Q2 QoQ GDP Growth Rate – forecast: -4.6% from 4.2%
8:00 am – Singapore Final Q2 YoY GDP Growth Rate – forecast: 1.7% from 2.8%
5:00 pm – Germany August Zew Economic Sentiment Index – forecast: 31.6 from 29.7
Wednesday:
8:30 am – Australia August Westpac Consumer Confidence Index – forecast: 94.56 from 92.3
8:30 am – RBA Deputy Governor Lowe Speech
1:30 pm – China July YoY Industrial Production – forecast: 5.74% from 6.8%
1:30 pm – China July YoY Retail Sales – forecast: 10.43% from 10.6%
4:30 pm – U.K. July Claimant Count Change – forecast: 5,000 from 7,000
4:30 pm – U.K. June Unemployment Rate – forecast: 5.5% from 5.6%
7:30 pm – New York Fed President Dudley Speech
Thursday:
7:50 am – Japan June MoM Machinery Orders – forecast: -0.54% from 0.6%
2:00 pm – Germany July Final Inflation Rate – forecast: 0.2% from 0.3%
2:45 pm – France July Inflation Rate – forecast: 0.2% from 0.3%
5:00 pm – Greece Preliminary Q2 QoQ GDP Growth Rate – forecast: -0.3% from -0.2%
5:00 pm – Greece Preliminary Q2 YoY GDP Growth Rate – forecast: -0.7% from 0.2%
7:30 pm – ECB Monetary Policy Meeting Accounts
8:30 pm – U.S. July MoM Retail Sales – forecast: 0.48% from -0.3%
8:30 pm – U.S. July YoY Retail Sales – forecast: 1.53% from 1.4%
Friday:
1:30 pm – France Preliminary Q2 QoQ GDP Growth Rate – forecast: 0.2% from 0.6%
1:30 pm – France Preliminary Q2 YoY GDP Growth Rate – forecast: 0.7% from 0.8%
2:00 pm – Germany Preliminary Q2 QoQ GDP Growth Rate – forecast: 0.4% from 0.3%
2:00 pm – Germany Preliminary Q2 YoY GDP Growth Rate – forecast: 1.4% from 1.1%
4:00 pm – Italy Preliminary Q2 QoQ GDP Growth Rate – forecast: 0.2% from 0.3%
4:00 pm – Italy Preliminary Q2 YoY GDP Growth Rate – forecast: unchanged at 0.1%
4:30 pm – Hong Kong Q2 QoQ GDP Growth Rate – forecast: 0.77% from 0.4%
4:30 pm – Hong Kong Q2 YoY GDP Growth Rate – forecast: 2.4% from 2.1%
5:00 pm – Eurozone Preliminary Q2 QoQ GDP Growth Rate – forecast: unchanged at 0.4%
5:00 pm – Eurozone Preliminary Q2 YoQ GDP Growth Rate – forecast: 1.31% from 1%
5:00 pm – Eurozone July Final YoY Inflation Rate – forecast: unchanged 0.2%
5:00 pm – Eurozone July MoM Inflation Rate – forecast: -0.55% from 0%
8:30 pm – U.S. July MoM Core PPI
8:30 pm – U.S. July MoM PPI
9:15 pm – U.S. July MoM Industrial Production – forecast: 0.3% from 0.2% (revised)
10:00 pm – U.S. Preliminary August Michigan Consumer Sentiment – forecast: 94 from 93.1
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