A look at the week ahead

August 7, 2017

A quiet start to the week allows us to take at the look at the most significant economic events during the week ahead.

Announcements from around the world today include: Leading Indicators from Japan, German Industrial Production, European Sentix Investor Confidence, Swiss CPI & Foreign Currency Reserves and Halifax HPI from the UK.

Tuesday – Trade Balance from China and Germany. Fed Reserve Member Neel Kashkari speaks.

Wednesday – JOLTS Job Openings, Mortgage Delinquencies, Prelim Non-Farm Productivity & Prelim Unit Labour Costs from the US, CPI & PPI from China.

Thursday – US Crude Oil Inventories, PPI & Unemployment Claims, UK Manufacturing Production & Goods Trade Balance.

Friday – US CPI & Core CPI, German & French Final CPI. Fed Reserve Members, William Dudley, Robert Kaplan and Neel Kashkari speak. Finally, there is a bank holiday in Japan