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12:30am CAD CPI m/m
Forecast 0.40% Previous 0.10%
12:30am CAD Median CPI y/y
Forecast 3.10% Previous 3.10%
12:30am CAD Trimmed CPI y/y
Forecast 3.00% Previous 3.00%
12:30am CAD Common CPI y/y
Forecast 2.70% Previous 2.60%
1:00pm CNY 1-y Loan Prime Rate
Forecast 3.00% Previous 3.00%
1:00pm CNY 5-y Loan Prime Rate
Forecast 3.50% Previous 3.50%
2:00pm NZD Official Cash Rate
Forecast 3.00% Previous 3.25%
2:00pm NZD RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement
2:00pm NZD RBNZ Rate Statement
3:00pm NZD RBNZ Press Conference
6:00pm GBP CPI y/y
Forecast 3.70% Previous 3.60%
3:00am USD FOMC Member Waller Speaks
6:00am USD FOMC Meeting Minutes
7:15pm EUR French Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 48.5 Previous 48.2
7:15pm EUR French Flash Services PMI
Forecast 48.6 Previous 48.5
7:30pm EUR German Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 48.8 Previous 49.1
7:30pm EUR German Flash Services PMI
Forecast 50.5 Previous 50.6
8:00pm EUR Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 49.6 Previous 49.8
8:00pm EUR Flash Services PMI
Forecast 50.8 Previous 51
8:30pm GBP Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 48.2 Previous 48
8:30pm GBP Flash Services PMI
Forecast 51.9 Previous 51.8
12:30am USD Unemployment Claims
Forecast 227K Previous 224K
12:30am USD Philly Fed Manufacturing Index
Forecast 5.9 Previous 15.9
1:45am USD Flash Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 49.9 Previous 49.8
1:45am USD Flash Services PMI
Forecast 53.3 Previous 55.7
2:00am USD Existing Home Sales
Forecast 3.92M Previous 3.93M
Day 1 All Jackson Hole Symposium
6:00pm GBP Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.50% Previous 0.90%
12:30am CAD Core Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 0.80% Previous -0.20%
12:30am CAD Retail Sales m/m
Forecast 1.00% Previous -1.10%
2:00am USD Fed Chair Powell Speaks
Day 2 All Jackson Hole Symposium
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A slow start to the week, on the economic data front, so markets were heavily focused on the Ukraine peace negotiations. Following the iconic summit in Alaska between Presidents’ Trump and Putin, Trump meets with Zelensky and other European leaders in the Whitehouse.
Read more →Equity markets closed up for the week, following reassuring inflation data from both sides of the Atlantic, although US PPI did send a couple of warning signals. US Retails Sales were positive, while the University of Michigan Economic Sentiment report, was slightly weaker than expected.
Read more →A hotter than expected PPI number, out in the US overnight, showed wholesale prices hotter than expected. This dampened enthusiasm for rate cuts from the Fed, hinting that inflation may not be completely under control. Equities hit a minor speed bump and the US Dollar rebounded strongly.
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