The main events of Friday!

On Friday, August 17, the saturation of the economic calendar will decrease, but the released data will continue to influence on the market. So, the main events of the day will be inflation reports in the eurozone and Canada.

At 01:45 –  producers purchasing prices index  (q / q) (Q2.) in New Zealand,  previous value 0.6%.

At 02:30 – the speech of the head of the RBA Louie will be held.

At 12:00 – inflation  report in the euro area:
– Core consumer price index (CPI) (y / y) (July), forecast 1.1%, previous value 1.1%.
– Consumer price index (CPI) (m / m) (July), forecast -0.3%,  previous value  0.1%.
– Consumer price index (CPI) (y / y) (July), forecast 2.1%,  previous value 2.1%.

At 15:30 – inflation data in Canada:
– Core consumer price index (CPI) (y / y) (July), forecast 1.3%, previous value  1.3%.
– Core consumer price index (CPI) (m / m) (July),  previous value  0.1%.
– Consumer price index (CPI) (m / m) (July), forecast 0.1%,  previous value  0.1%.
– Foreign securities purchases  in Canada (June),  previous value 2.18B.

At 20:00 –  number of oil rigs from Baker Hughes,  previous value  869.

Hanzenko Anton