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'

2026-08-20

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