Economic Calendar for the Week of 8/17 Through 8/21

Economic Calendar:

(Events highlighted in bold are those I view as the most important.)

(All times are ET)

Monday:

Earnings: BHP, DVLT

South Korean markets are closed

China – Industrial Production, Retail Sales for July

Japan – GDP for Q2

Japan – Industrial Production, Capacity Utilization for June (12:30 a.m.)

ECB’s Lane (Chief Economist) Speaks (5:30 a.m.)

U.S. – Empire State Manufacturing Index for August (8:30 a.m.)

Canada – CPI for July (8:30 a.m.)

U.S. – NAHB Housing Market Index for August (10 a.m.)

Treasury Auctions $92 Billion in 13-Week Bills (11:30 a.m.)

Treasury Auctions $79 Billion in 26-Week Bills (11:30 a.m.)

U.S. – Treasury International Capital Net Long‑Term Transactions for June (4 p.m.)

Tuesday:

Earnings: JKHY, LZB, MRCY

U.K. – Unemployment Rate for June (2 a.m.)

Eurozone – ZEW Economic Sentiment for August (5 a.m.)

ECB’s Lane (Chief Economist) Speaks (7:45 a.m.)

U.S. – Building Permits, Housing Starts for July (8:30 a.m.)

U.S. – Export, Import Price Index for July (8:30 a.m.)

U.S. – Industrial Production for July (9:15 a.m.)

U.S. – Industrial, Manufacturing Production for July (9:15 a.m.)

U.S. – Pending Home Sales Index for July (10 a.m.)

Treasury Auctions $95 Billion in 6-Week Bills (11:30 a.m.)

U.S. - American Petroleum Institute Crude Oil Inventory Data (4:30 p.m.)

Wednesday:

Earnings: ADI, TJX, WOLF

U.K. – CPI for July (2 a.m.)

ECB’s Lagarde (President) Speaks (3:10 a.m.)

U.S. - MBA Mortgage Applications (7 a.m.)

U.S. - Energy Information Administration Crude Oil Inventory Data (10:30 a.m.)

Treasury Auctions $16 Billion in 20-Year Bonds (1 p.m.)

FOMC Meeting Minutes (2 p.m.)

Japan – Exports, Imports for July (7:50 p.m.)

China – PBoC Loan Prime Rate for August (9 p.m.)

Thursday:

Earnings: DE, FLO, HOV, NTES, ROST, WMT

Riksbank (Sweden) Monetary Policy Announcement (3:30 a.m.)

ECB Publishes Account of Monetary Policy Meeting (7:30 a.m.)

U.S. - Initial Jobless Claims (8:30 a.m.)

U.S. - Continuing Claims (8:30 a.m.)

Treasury Auctions $8 Billion in 30-Year TIPS (1 p.m.)

U.S. – Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index for August (8:30 a.m.)

Fed's Balance Sheet Update (4:30 p.m.)

Japan – CPI for July (7:30 p.m.)

Japan – Au Jibun Bank Japan Manufacturing, Services, Composite PMI (Preliminary) for August (8:30 p.m.)

Friday:

Earnings: BJ, BKE

U.K. – Retail Sales for July (2 a.m.)

Eurozone – HCOB Eurozone Manufacturing, Services, Composite PMI (Preliminary) for August (4 a.m.)

U.K. – S&P Global U.K. Manufacturing, Services, Composite PMI (Preliminary) for August (4:30 a.m.)

U.S. – S&P Global U.S. Manufacturing, Services, Composite PMI (Preliminary) for August (9:45 a.m.)

Eurozone – Consumer Confidence for August (10 a.m.)

U.S. - Baker Hughes Rig Count (1 p.m.)

U.S. - CFTC’s Commitment of Traders Report (3:30 p.m.)

Fed Releases Balance Sheet Updates on Commercial Banks (4:15 p.m.)