Key Economic Data and Events to Watch Today: Thursday, August 20, 2026
① TBD: Alibaba releases earnings report
② 02:00: Federal Reserve releases monetary policy meeting minutes
③ 09:00: China's July SWIFT RMB share in global payments
④ 09:00: China's one-year loan prime rate (LPR) as of August 20
⑤ 09:30: Australia's July seasonally adjusted unemployment rate
⑥ 14:00: Germany's July PPI month-on-month
⑦ 14:00: Switzerland's July trade balance
⑧ 15:00: Ministry of Commerce holds regular press conference
⑨ 18:00: UK's August CBI Industrial Orders Balance
⑩ 20:30: US Initial Jobless Claims for the week ending August 15
⑪ 20:30: US August Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index
⑫ 22:00: US July Conference Board Leading Economic Index month-on-month
⑬ 22:30 US EIA Natural Gas Storage for the Week Ending August 14
⑭ 23:10 Federal Reserve's Mohammed gives an interview
⑮ 02:30 the following day, US oil futures rollover