Summary 8/4 – 8/8 – Action Forex

GMT Ccy Events Consensus Previous 01:30 AUD Trade Balance (AUD) Jun 3.25B 2.24B 03:00 CNY Trade Balance (USD) Jul 107.9B 114.8B 03:00 NZD RBNZ Inflation Expectations Q3 2.29% 05:00 JPY Leading Economic Index Jun P 104.8 06:00 EUR Germany Industrial Production M/M Jun -0.60% 1.20% 06:00 EUR Germany Trade Balance (EUR) Jun 18.3B 18.4B 06:45 EUR France Trade Balance (EUR) Jun -7.5B -7.8B 07:00 CHF Foreign Currency Reserves (CHF) Jul 713B 07:00 CHF Unemployment Rate Jul 2.90% 2.90% 08:00 EUR ECB Economic Bulletin 11:00 GBP BoE Interest Rate Decision 4.00% 4.25% 11:00 GBP MPC Official Bank Rate Votes 0–8–1 0–3–6 12:30 USD Initial Jobless Claims (Aug 1) 220K 218K 12:30 USD Nonfarm Productivity Q2 P 1.90% -1.50% 12:30 USD Unit Labor Costs Q2 P 1.40% 6.60% 14:00 USD Wholesale Inventories Jun F 0.20% 0.20% 14:00 CAD Ivey PMI Jul 55.2 53.3 14:30 USD Natural Gas Storage 48B 23:30 JPY Household Spending Y/Y Jun 2.80% 4.70% 23:50 JPY Bank Lending Y/Y Jul 2.70% 2.80% 23:50 JPY BoJ Summary of Opinions 23:50 JPY Current Account (JPY)) Jun 2.76T 2.82T