What key economic releases and events are on the schedule for the week starting on August 15.
Monday, August 15
- Empire State manufacturing index, 8;30 AM ET, Est 5.1 vs 11.1 last month
Tuesday, August 16
- Reserve Bank of Australia monetary policy meeting minutes, 9:30 PM ET Monday
- Canada CPI, 8:30 AM ET.
Wednesday, August 17
- Australia which price index QoQ, 9:30 PM ET (Tuesday in US), 0.8% estimate vs. 0.7% last quarter
- Reserve Bank of New Zealand monetary policy statement and interest rate decision. 10 PM ET Tuesday in US). Expectations are for Verizon 50 basis points to 3.0%
- RBNZ press conference. 11 PM ET (Tuesday in US).
- UK CPI YoY. 2 AM ET. Estimate 9.9% vs. 9.4% last monnth
- US retail sales. 8:30 AM ET. Estimate 0.2% vs. 1.0% last month. Core retail sales. Estimate 0.1% vs. 1.0% last month