The main events of Wednesday!

On Wednesday, August 15, the day is saturated with  inflation data in the UK and US statistics.

At 03:30 – Westpac consumer sentiment  (Aug) of Australia,  previous value of 3.9%.

At 04:30 – Wage price index (q / q) (Q2 ) in Australia, forecast 0.6%, previous value  0.5%.

At 11:30 –  inflation report in the UK:
– Consumer Price Index (CPI) (m / m) (July), forecast -0.1%,  previous value 0.0%.
– Consumer Price Index (CPI) (y / y) (July), forecast 2.5%,  previous value  2.4%.
– CPI (y / y), forecast 2.3%, the previous value of 2.3%.
– Purchasing Producer Price Index (m / m) (July), forecast 0.1%, previous value 0.2%.

At 15:30 –  news block on the US:
– Core retail sales index (m / m) (July), forecast 0.4%,  previous value  0.4%.
– Nonfarm productivity (q / q) (Q2),  forecast 2.3%,  previous value 0.4%.
– NY Empire State Manufacturing Activity Index (Aug), forecast  20.30,  previous value  22.60.
– The volume of retail sales (m / m) (July), forecast 0.2%, previous value 0.5%.
– Labor costs (q / q) (Q2), forecast 0.3%, previous value 2.9%.

At 16:15 – data on industrial production in the US:
– The volume of industrial production (y / y),  previous value  3.8%.
– The volume of industrial production (m / m) (July), forecast 0.3%, previous value  0.6%.

At 17:00 – Business inventories (m / m) (June) in the US,  forecast  0.2%,  previous value 0.4%.

At 17:30 – data on oil  inventories in the US:
– Crude oil inventories, forecast -2.667M,  previous value -1.351M.
– Cushing Crude oil inventories, Oklahoma,  previous value -0.590M.

At 19:00 – the speech of the President of the Bundesbank Weidmann will take place.

At 23:00 –  TIC Net long-term transactions (June) USA, forecast 32.3B,  previous value  45.6B.

Hanzenko Anton