The main events of Friday!

On Friday, August 31, the end of the week and month will be saturated with data on Japan, China and the euro area.

At 02:30 –  data on Japan:
– Jobs/application  ratio  (July), forecast 1.62,  previous value 1.62.
– Core consumer price index (CPI) in Tokyo (y / y) (Aug), forecast 0.8%, previous value 0.8%.

At 02:50 – volume of industrial production (m / m) (July), forecast of 0.2%,  previous value -1.8%.

At 04:00 –  data on business activity in China:
– Index of business activity in the manufacturing sector (PMI) (Aug), forecast 51.0,  previous value 51.2.
– Index of business activity in the non-manufacturing sector (PMI) (Aug), forecast 53.8,  previous value  54.0.

At 04:30 – private sector credit in Australia (m / m)  (July), forecast 0.3%,  previous value  0.3%.

At 09:00 – retail sales in Germany (m / m) (July), forecast -0.2%,  previous value  1.2%.

At 12:00 – inflation and employment data in the euro area:
– Core consumer price index (CPI) (y / y), forecast 1.1%,  previous value  1.1%.
– Consumer price index (CPI) (y / y) (Aug), forecast 2.1%,  previous value  2.1%.
– Unemployment rate (July), forecast 8.2%, previous value 8.3%.

At 15:30 –  price index for raw materials (RMPI) (m / m) (July) in Canada,  previous value  0.5%.

At 16:45 –  index of business activity (PMI)  in Chicago (Aug),  forecast 63.0,  previous value  65.5.

At 20:00 –  number of oil rigs from Baker Hughes in the US,  previous value  860.

Hanzenko Anton