The main events of Friday!

On Friday, August 24, the economic calendar remains eventful, among which Germany’s GDP and USA data  deserve special attention.

At 01:45 –  data on the  trade balance of New Zealand:
– Trade balance (m / m) (July), forecast -400M, previous value  -113M.
– Trade balance (y / y) (July),  previous value -4.030M.

At 02:30 –  inflation data in Japan:
– National core consumer price index (CPI) (y / y) (July), forecast 0.9%, previous value 0.8%.
– National CPI (m / m),  previous value 0.1%.

At 09:00 – data on Germany’s GDP:
– Germany’s GDP (y / y) (Q.2), forecast 2.3%,  previous value 2.3%.
– Germany’s GDP (q / q) (Q.2), forecast 0.5%,  previous value  0.5%.

At 11:30 – Gross mortgage approvals in Great Britain,  forecast  40.6K, previous value 40.5K.

At 15:30 –  data on the US:
– The volume of supply of civilian means of production (without aircraft) (m / m),  previous value 0.8%.
– Core durable goods orders (m / m) (July), forecast 0.5%,  previous value  0.2%.
– Durable goods orders (m / m) (July), forecast -0.5%,  previous value 0.8%.

At 17:00 –  speech of the head of the Federal Reserve, Mr. Powell.

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

Hanzenko Anton