Monday — China releases July retail sales, industrial production (above‑scale)
and total electricity consumption; PBOC overnight reverse repo operations
scheduled Aug 17–19; Canada July CPI; US NY Fed manufacturing and NAHB housing
index. Bessent warned this week of “unprecedented” US economic measures against
Iran. Earnings: Geely. Tuesday — UK three‑month ILO unemployment and July
jobless claims; Germany and eurozone ZEW surveys; US ADP payrolls, housing
starts, building permits, import PPI, industrial production, pending home‑sales
index. Earnings: China Unicom, Xiaomi (results call), Baidu (results call).
Wednesday — US API and EIA crude inventories; UK July CPI and RPI; eurozone June
current account and final July CPI. ECB President Lagarde speaks at WEF.
Earnings: Kuaishou (results call), ZTO, Kingsoft, HKEX, Weibo. Thursday — China:
July Swift RMB share of global payments and one‑year LPR; Australia July
unemployment; Germany July PPI; Swiss trade balance; UK CBI industrial orders;
US initial jobless claims, Philly Fed index, Conference Board leading
indicators, EIA gas stocks. Fed minutes released. Earnings: Ping An, China
Telecom, NetEase, Alibaba, AIA, Li‑Ning, Pop Mart, Futu. Friday — UK consumer
confidence, July retail sales, public sector net borrowing, Aug services PMI
prelim; Japan July core CPI; preliminary Aug manufacturing PMIs for France,
Germany, eurozone and UK; Canada June retail sales; US preliminary Aug S&P
Global manufacturing and services PMIs; eurozone consumer confidence prelim.
Events: Hang Seng index quarterly review results; NYMEX September crude roll.
Earnings: ZTE, Sinopec, Beike. Saturday — US Baker Hughes rig count for week to
Aug 21.
