The main events of Thursday!

Thursday, August 2, is saturated with data. Now the main focus of the market will shift to the results of the  Bank of England meeting.

At 04:30 –  trade balance (June) in Australia, forecast 0.910B, previous value 0.827B.

At 08:45 – SECO consumer climate in Switzerland  (Q3), forecast 2,  previous value  2.

At 10:15 –  the volume of retail sales in Switzerland (y / y) (June), forecast 0,0%, previous value -0,1%.

At 10:30 –  SVME  index of business activity PMI of Switzerland (July), forecast 61.0,  previous value 61.6.

At 11:30 –  index of business activity in the construction sector (July) of Great Britain, forecast 52.8,  previous value  53.1.

At 14:00 – the results of the meeting of the Bank of England will be published:
– Bank of England’s inflation report.
– The total volume of the QE program of the Bank of England (Aug), forecast 435B,  previous value 435B.
– Decision on interest rate (Aug), forecast 0.75%, previous value 0.50%.

At 14:30 – the speech of the head of the Bank of England Karni will take place.

At 15:30 –  the number of initial jobless claims, forecast 221K,  previous value 217K.

At 17:00 – data on the US:
– The volume of supply of civilian means of production (without aircraft) (m / m),  previous value 1.0%.
– The volume of industrial orders (m / m) (June), forecast 0.7%,  previous value 0.4%.

Hanzenko Anton