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August 2020 Economic
Statistics
and Other Economic Influences |
TUESDAYS:
Weekly Chain Store Sales*
Average Hourly Earnings*
API Weekly Gas/Oil Stockpiles Report* ** (4:30p.m.)
WEDNESDAYS:
Mortgage Applications Data
EIA Weekly Report on Gas & Oil Stockpiles* (10a.m.)
THURSDAYS:
Weekly Unemployment Report*
Weekly Mutual Fund Flows*
Natural Gas Storage Levels* (a.m.)
*Except Holidays ** As of 1/09
All Dates Subject to Change: |
| Sunday, Aug 09 |
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OVERNIGHT
into US Mon. a.m. et:
Singapore (F) Q2 GDP
China Jul CPI, PPI
Swiss July Unemployment Rate
Mexico Jun Industrial Production
Brazil BCB Focus Market Readout
Separate Holidays in Singapore & Japan
08/10
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| Monday, Aug 10 |
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US June JOLTS (Job
Openings/Quits)
US Treasury Auctions $54B 3-, & $51B 6-month Bills (11:30am et)
Chicago Fed's Evans: Workforce Challenees During Chicago's
Recovery (3pm et)
OVERNIGHT into US Tues. a.m. et:
New Zealand July Electronic Card SPending
Japan July Bank Lending, June Current Account
Aussie NAB Jul Business Confidence
UK Jun Unemployment Rate/Jul Claims/Avg
Earnings, BRC July Retail Sales
German ZEW Aug Current Condtions/Expectations
Eurozone ZEW Aug. Economic Sentiment/Current
Conditions/Expectations
Brazil BCB Coupon Meeting Minutes
So. Africa Jun Manufacturing Production, Q2
Unemployment Rate/Change
India Jun Industrial/Manufacturing Production
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| Tuesday, Aug 11 |
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NFIB July US Optimism Index
US July PPI/Core PPI
Canada July Housing Starts, June Building Permits
Redbook weekly store sales snapshot (w/e 08/08)
Russia Q2 GDP, Jun Balance of Trade
Cleveland
FRB Small Business Resources Beyond PPP: SBA, Fed, USDA (9am)
US Treasury Auctions $30B reopened 119-, & $30B reopened 42-day Bills (11:30am)
US Treasury Auctions $48B 3-year Notes & $34B 52-week Bills (1pm et)
API weekly Petroleum-related data
OVERNIGHT into US Wed. a.m. et:
New Zealand Jun Visitor Arrivals
So. Korea Jul Unemployment Rate
Aussie HIA Jul New Home Sales, Q2 Wage Price
Index, Westpac Consumer Confidence
RBNZ (New Zealand) Interest Rate
Decision, post-Meeting Press Conference
UK Holiday--Queen's Birthday Celebrated
China July Vehicle Sales
UK June/Q2 GDP/Business
Investment/Construction Orders/Labour Productivity, Jun Balance of Trade,
Construction Output, Trade Balance, Industrial & Manufacturing Production
China July Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), New
Yuan Loans, Total Social Financing
Italy Jul CPI/HICP
Eurozone Jun Industrial Production
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| Wed.
Aug 12 |
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MBA US weekly Mortgage
Purchase/Refinance Applications (w/e 08/07)
OPEC Monthly Report
Brazil Jun Retail Sales
India July CPI
US July CPI/Core CPI
UK NIESR July Monthly GDP Tracker
EIA weekly Petroleum/Gasoline/Distillates/Refineries Report (w/e 08/087;
10:30am)
Fed's Kaplan Global Perspectives
with (Houston virus Czar) Marvin E. Odum
US WASDE Report
US Treasury Auctions $38B 10-year Notes (1pm et)
US Treasury July Budget Statement
OVERNIGHT into US Thurs. a.m. et:
Japan July PPI
Aussie Jul Unemployment
Rate/Change/Participation, Consumer Inflation Expectations
UK RICS July House Price
Balance
France Q2 Unemployment Rate
Eurozone, Germany, Spain
July CPI/HICP, Wholesale Prices
Japan Jul Machine Tool Orders
IEA monthly Oil Market
Report
So. Africa Jun Mining/Gold
Production
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| Thurs,
Aug 13 |
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US weekly Jobless
Claims/Continuing Claims (w/e 08/07)
US July Import/Export Prices
Breakfast with the (St. Louis) Fed: How
Automation Can Affect Jobs (8:30am et) + Regional Economic Briefing (11:30am ct)
EIA weekly Natural Gas Report (10:30am et)
US Treasury Auctions 4-, & 8-week Auctions (values not announced at post)
Starkville Regional Economic Briefing
(St. Louis FRB) (11:30am ct)
US Treasury Auctions $25B 30-year Bonds (1pm et)
Banco de Mexico Interest Rate Decision
OVERNIGHT into US Fri. a.m. et:
So. Korea July Import/Export Prices
New Zealand July Business PMI
RBA (Aussie) Gov Lowe speaks
Japan Foreign Investments in Japan Stocks &
Bonds/vice versa
China July Unemployment Rate, House
Price Index, Fixed Asset Investment, Industrial Production, Retail Sales, Nat'l Statistics
Bureau Press Conference/Data Dump
Swiss July Producer & Import Prices
France July CPI/HICP
Taiwan Q2 GDP
Hong Kong Q2 DP
Eurozone Q2 (P)
Unemployment/Chane, GDP, Jun Balance of Trade
India July Bank Loan & Deposit
Growth, Fx Reserves Trade Balance
Brazil IBC-BR Jun Economic Activity
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| Friday, Aug
14 |
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US July Retail Sales
Q2 US Non-Farm Productivity & Labor Costs
US Jul Manufacturing+Industrial Production /Capacity Utilization
Canada Jun Manufacturing Sales
U.M. (P) Consumer Sentiment/Current Conditions/Inflation Expectations
US June Business Inventories
Baker-Hughes US/No.Am. Total/Oil Rig Count (1pm et)
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| Sat,
Aug 15 |
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US-China teleconference
Assessing Phase I Trade Deal Compliance
India Independence Day Holiday
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| Sunday, Aug 16 |
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OVERNIGHT
into US Mon. a.m. et:
New Zealand Jul Services PSI
Japan Q2 GDP/CapEx/Prices/Private Consumption
Singapore Jul Trade Balance (ex-oil)
Thailand Q2 GDP
Indonesia July Motorbike Sales, Q2 Current
Account
Japan June (F) Industrial
Production/Capacity Utilization
BoJ (Japan) July Current Account Balances by
Sector
UK Rightmove House Price Index
Eurogroup Meetings
ECB July Reserve Assets, ECB+Eurosystem
templates on Int'l Reserves & Fx Currency Liquidity (12:00 cet)
OPEC+ Jt Ministerial Monitoring
Committee teleconference
Brazil BCB Focus Market Readout
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| Monday, Aug 17 |
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NY Fed/Empire State Aug
Manufacturing Index
NAHB Aug Housing Market Index
Canada June Foreign Securities Purchases by Canadians & vice versa
Russia July Industrial Production
Project Hometown:
'Fed Role of Urban Planning, Architecture & Trans;portation in Chicago's Future' (10am
ct)
US Treasury Auctions $54B 3-, & $51B 6-month Bills
MBA Q/o/Q Deliqnency Rates
US Jun TICS
Democratic National Convention speakers include B Snaders., Gov Cuomo, M. Obama (thru
20th)
South Korea Holiday--Liberation Day
OVERNIGHT into US Tues. a.m. et:
Japan Reuters Aug Tankan Index, 30-year JGB
Auction
RBA (Aussie) Meeting Minutes
EU FinMins Meet
UK 30-year GILT Auction
ECB's de Guindos virtual "Consecuencieas
economicas de la crisis y medidas de recuperacion en Espana y en la Union Europea"
(via Univ. Int'l Menendez Pelayo (10cet)
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| Tuesday Aug 18 |
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US July Housing
Starts/Building Permits (8:30am et)
Redbook weekly store sales snapshot (w/e 08/15)
Russia July PPI
US Treasury Auctions $30B reopened 119-day, & $30B reopened 42-day Bills
API weekly Crude Report
Democratic Nat'l Convention speakers include AOC, Pres Clinton, Jill biden
OVERNIGHT into US Wed. a.m. et:
Japan July Trade Balance, Jun Machinery Orders
UK Jul CPI/Core CPI, PPI/Core PPI for Inputs
& Outputs, Retail Price Index
Indonesia Aug Interest Rate Decision, Lending
& Deposit Rate
Eurozone June Current Account
South Africa July CPI/Core CPI
Hong Kong Jul Unemployment Rate
Eurozone July CPI/Core CPI/HICP
German 30-year Bund Auction
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| Wed.
Aug 19 |
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MBA weekly Mortgage
Purchase/Refinance Applications (w/e 08/14; 7am et)
Canada July CPI/Core CPI , June Wholesale Sales
EIA Petroleum/Gasoline/Distillates/Refineries Report (w/e 08/14; 10:30am
et)
US Treasury Auctions $25B 20-year Bonds
FOMC Minutes of July 28--29th Meeting (2pm et)
Democratic Nat'l Converntion speakers H. Clinton, Sen. E Warren, VP Designate Harris,
Prres Obama
OVERNIGHT into US Thurs. a.m,. et:
PBoC (China) Sets Aug 1-yr & 5-yr
Prime Loan Rates
German July PPI
Swiss July Trade Balance, Q2 Industrial
Production
Norges (Norway) MPC Interest Rate
Decision
Philippines MPC Interest Rate Decision
Taiwan Q2 Current Account
Hong Kong July CPI
Eurozone Jun Construction Output
UK Aug CBI Industrial Trends/Orders
ECB Account of 15--16 July 2020
MPC Meeting (13:30 cet)
Germany's Merkel visits France's
Macron, as his summer residence
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| Thurs.
Aug 20 |
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US weekly Initial Jobless
Claims/Continuing Claims (8:30am et)
Philly Fed Aug Manufacturing Index
Minneapolis Fed (9th District) 'Regional Economic Conditions: General business survey'
conversation with Outreach Director Ron Wirtz (9am)
Russia July Unemployment Rate, Jun Wage Growth, July Retail Sales, GDP
EIA weekly Natural Gas Report
US Treasury Auctions 4-, & 8-week Notes (values not announced at post)
Int'l Journal of Central Banking virtual Annual Conference: Structural
changes in the financial system: new theory & evidence (thru 21st)
US Treasury Auctions $7B reopened 30-year TIPS
SF Fed's Daly, Ariana Huffington, NBER's Nick Bloom discuss of "The
Future of Work" (10am pt)
Democratic Nat'l Convention speakers Sen. C. Booker, Sen T Duckworth, Joe Biden
OVERNIGHT unto US Fri. a.m. et:
So. Korea July PPI
Aussie CommBank Aug Mnftg/Services/Composite
PMI
UK GfK Aug Consumer Confidence
Japan July CPI/Core CPI, Jibun Bk Mnftg
Flash Aug PMI
New Zealand July Credit Card Spending
UK July Retail Sales, Public
Sector Net Borrowing
Eurozone, French, German Aug Markit
Mnftg/Services/Composite Flash PMI
UK Aug Markit/CIPS Mnftg/Services/Composite PMI
Mexico Jun Retail Sales, Mid-Aug CPI
Brazil Jul Fed. Tax Revenue
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| Friday,
Aug 21 |
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US Markit Aug
Manufacturing/Services/Composite Flash PMI
Canada June Retail Sales
Breakfast with the St Louis Fed webinar 'Hot
Money for Cold Economy' (8am ct, Memphis branch)
US July Existing Home Sales
Baker-Hughes weekly US/No. Am, Total/Oil Rig Count (w/e 08/14; 1pm et)
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| Saturday,Aug 22 |
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India Hoiliday |
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WEEKS AHEAD: 08/24
Richmond Fed Sovereign Debt online
Workshop (thru 28th)
08/27 Atlanta Fed webinar
on (2008) Check Sample Survey (2pm et)
08/27--28 K.C. Fed virtual 44th
Annual Economic Policy Symposium: "Navigating the Decade Ahead: Implications
for Monetary Policy"
09/17--18 Atlanta Fed Virtual Conf. on Racial Justice & Finance
Keynote: FRB Pres Bostic
09/18 Richmond FRB DivEc Diverse Economics Conference
(10am)
09/26 S.F. Fed's Daly & Clarida
keynote "A Hot Economy: Sustainability & Trade-offs"
10/08--09 Federal Reserve Stress Testing Research Virtual Conference
focus on resilience
*FOMC 2020 Voting Members: Chairperson
Jerome Powell, as of 02/05/18, and ALL members of the FOMC Board of
Governors are permanent voters: That includes Randall Quarles, & Lael
Brainard, Richard Clarida, Gov Bowman, (Senate confirmed
09/12/19), plus New York Fed Pres, currently John Williams
(Formerly of the San Francisco Fed) who replaced William Dudley, who retired from the bank
on June 15, 2018.:New, revolving Regional Fed Bank leaders who are voters for
2020: MN Fed's Kashkari, Dallas Fed's Kaplan, Philly Fed's Harker, Cleveland Fed's Mester.
Other Fed Presidents include: Atlanta Fed's Raphael Bostic, new in August 2017
(replaced Dennis Lockhart), former McKinsey exec Thomas Barkin, who
assumed the title of Pres of Richmond Fed on 01/01/18. San
Francisco Fed named Mary Daly Pres/CEO as of 10/1/2018, who was
a voter until Feb. 2020, completing her predecessor's term (NY Fed CEO Wiliams). 2019
Hawks dissenting against 2019 rate cuts were K.C. Fed's George, Boston's
Rosengren, and St. Louis' Bullard but he wanted a bigger cut,
earlier, who was backed by Chicago's Evans.
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* HICP used in Europe, means Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices |
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