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