Key Economic Data and Events to Watch Today: Wednesday, August 26, 2026 ① 16:00 Switzerland August ZEW Investor Confidence Index ② 18:00 UK August CBI Retail Sales Balance ③ 20:30 US July Core PCE Price Index YoY ④ 20:30 US July Personal Spending

2026-08-26

Key Economic Data and Events to Watch Today: Wednesday, August 26, 2026 ① 16:00 Switzerland August ZEW Investor Confidence Index ② 18:00 UK August CBI Retail Sales Balance ③ 20:30 US July Core PCE Price Index YoY ④ 20:30 US July Personal Spending MoM ⑤ 20:30 US Q2 Real GDP Annualized QoQ (Revised) ⑥ 20:30 US July Core PCE Price Index MoM ⑦ 20:30 US July Durable Goods Orders MoM ⑧ 22:30 US EIA Crude Oil Inventories for the Week Ending August 21 ⑨ 22:30 US EIA Cushing Crude Oil Inventories for the Week Ending August 21 ⑩ 22:30 US EIA Strategic Petroleum Reserves for the Week Ending August 21 ⑪ 23:45 Fed's Barkin Attends Symposium ⑫ 04:00 (Next Day) Nvidia will release its earnings report after the US stock market closes. ⑬ Nvidia will hold an earnings call at 05:00 the following day.

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Hyundai Motor targets an EV mix of 60% by 2030 and 23% in 2025. It plans to raise global production capacity to 1.27 mln vehicles by 2030. A 100 MW AI data center with more than 50,000 GPUs will be operational in 2029.

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