The main events of Friday!

On Friday, August 10, the calendar is full of events on the GDP of Japan and the UK, employment in Canada. But the main event of the day and week can be considered the publication of inflation  report in the US.

At 01:30  – index of business activity in the manufacturing sector PMI (July) of New Zealand,  previous value  52.8.

At 01:45 – volume of retail sales by electronic cards (m / m) (July) of New Zealand, forecast 0.5%,  previous value  0.8%.

At 02:50 – data on Japan’s GDP:
– GDP (q / q) (Q2.), forecast 0.3%,  previous value -0.2%.
– GDP (y / y) (Q2.),  forecast  1.4%,  previous value  -0.6%.

At 04:30 – monetary policy report of the RBA will be held.

At 07:30 – index of business activity in the services sector (m / m) of Australia, forecast -0.1%,  previous value  0.1%.

At 11:30 – a block of news on the UK:
– Business investment (q / q) (Q2), forecast 0.3%, previous value -0.4%.
– Exports (q / q),  previous value  -0.5%.
– GDP (y / y) (Q2.), Forecast 1.3%, previous value  1.2%.
– GDP (q / q) (Q2.), Forecast 0.4%,  previous value 0.2%.
– GDP (m / m), forecast 0.2%, previous value of 0.3%.
– Imports (q / q),  previous value  -0.6%.
– The volume of industrial production (m / m) (June), forecast 0.4%,  previous value  -0.4%.
– Production volume in the manufacturing industry (m / m) (June), forecast 0.3%, previous value 0.4%.
– Trade balance (June), forecast -12.05B,  previous value -12.36B.
– Trade balance without regard to EU countries (June), forecast -3,60B, previous value -3,49B.

At 15:30 – an inflation  report in the US:
– Core consumer price index (CPI) (m / m) (July), forecast 0.2%, previous value 0.2%.
– Core consumer price index (CPI) (y / y) (July), forecast 2.3%, previous value 2.3%.
– Consumer price index (CPI) (m / m) (July), forecast of 0.2%,  previous value  0.1%.

Also at 15:30 – employment  data in Canada:
– Employment change (July), forecast 17.0K, previous value  31.8K.
– Unemployment rate (July), forecast 5.9%, previous value 6.0%.

At 19:00 – WASDE report will be published.

At 20:00 – number of oil rigs from Baker Hughes in the US,  previous value 859.

Hanzenko Anton