Monday — US Treasury Secretary BESSENT holds a press conference on stepped-up
Iran sanctions; PDD hosts earnings call; Chinese auto results due from
Leapmotor, PDD and XPeng. Tuesday — German Q2 GDP final and IFO, ADP payrolls
(week to Aug 8), FHFA house prices, S&P/Case‑Shiller 20‑city, July new‑home
sales, US consumer confidence (Aug), Richmond Fed manufacturing; RBA releases
Aug policy minutes; Richmond Fed president Barkin (a 2027 FOMC voter) speaks;
earnings from Lao Pu Gold and WuXi Biologics. Wednesday — US weekly API and EIA
oil stock updates (week to Aug 21), Australia July CPI, Swiss ZEW, UK CBI
retail; US core PCE (y/y and m/m), personal spending, Q2 GDP final (annualized),
durable goods, and related US data; Barkin on a panel; Li Auto reports and
NVIDIA reports after US close. Thursday — German GfK consumer confidence, Canada
Q2 current account, initial US jobless claims, EIA gas stocks; Jackson Hole
central bank symposium runs Aug 27–29; NVIDIA conference call; ECB minutes;
earnings from Vanke, Bilibili and MARVELL (after US close). Friday — Japan July
unemployment, France Aug CPI preliminary and Q2 GDP final, Swiss KOF, German Aug
unemployment, euro‑area sentiment and industrial confidence, Canada June GDP, US
Chicago PMI, prelim 2026 US nonfarm employment benchmark revision, final
Michigan consumer sentiment and one‑year inflation expectations; China opens a
new domestic retail fuel price window; Fed Chair KEVIN WARSH speaks at Jackson
Hole (first appearance there). Corporate calendar includes BYD, Meituan, ICBC
and PetroChina. Saturday — US weekly rotary rig count (week to Aug 28).
