Next Week’s Menu: August 12- 18, 2023

August 11, 2023

Central Banks: Monetary policies will be reviewed in New Zealand, Norway and the Philippines. Minutes from the last Reserve Bank of Australia board and FOMC meetings will be published.

Holidays and Special Event: Assumption Day will be observed Tuesday in France and Italy. Argentinian presidential primaries will be held Sunday.

U.S. Data Releases: Retail sales, import prices, existing home sales, National Association of Homebuilders housing index, housing starts, building permits, industrial production, capacity usage, Treasury-compiled capital flows, Empire State and Philly Fed manufacturing surveys, and index of leading economic indicators. Weekly jobless insurance claims, chain store sales, energy inventories, and mortgage applications.

Euroland Releases: Quarterly GDP and employment growth. Monthly ZEW expectations index, industrial production and index of leading economic indicators.

Members of the Euro Area: German ZEW expectations index and wholesale prices. Dutch and Cypriot GDP. Finnish and Austrian CPI. Greek, Belgian, Irish and Dutch trade balances. Irish construction PMI, Dutch unemployment, Portuguese producer prices and France’s index index of leading economic indicators.

U.K. and Switzerland: British labor statistics, consumer prices, producer prices, retail sales, consumer confidence and index of leading economic indicators. Swiss industrial production and combined PPI/import price index.

Eastern Europe: Romanian, Hungarian and Bulgarian GDP. Polish and Bulgarian CPI. Russian, Polish and Czech producer prices. Polish industrial production.

Nordic Europe: Danish GDP and PPI. Swedish consumer prices and Norwegian trade balance.

Japanese and Chinese Releases: Japanese quarterly GDP and monthly CPI, industrial production, capacity usage, tertiary index of service sector activity, machinery orders and trad balance. Chinese industrial production, retail sales, fixed asset investment, unemployment, and home prices.

Selected Other Asian Releases: Indian, Malaysian, Singaporean, and Indonesian trade balances. Indian CPI and wholesale prices. Thai GDP, South Korean import prices, Hong Kong unemployment, and Indonesia’s current account.

Australia, New Zealand and South Africa: Australian quarterly wage price index, unemployment, jobs growth, and index of leading economic indicators. South African retail sales and business confidence. New Zealand service sector purchasing managers survey.

Canada  and Brazil: Canadian PPI, housing starts, and consumer prices. Brazil’s index of leading economic indicators.

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