Busy day for markets, RBA interest rate decision looms

August 1, 2017

A really busy Tuesday ahead for markets, with plenty of announcements from around the world set to keep traders occupied throughout the trading day and into the early hours of tomorrow morning.

Among today’s announcements:

Australia – Reserve Bank of Australia interest rate meeting & Rate Statement, Commodity Prices

China – Caixin Non-Manufacturing PMI

UK – Manufacturing PMI, Nationwide HPI

US – Core PCE Price Index, Personal Spending, Personal Income, Final Manufacturing PMI, ISM Manufacturing PMI, Construction Spending, ISM Manufacturing Prices

Europe – Spanish & Italian Manufacturing PMI’s, European, German & French Final Manufacturing PMI’s, German Unemployment Change, European Flash GDP

Japan – BoJ Core CPI

Canada – Manufacturing PMI