US
0830 ET Weekly initial unemployment claims expected +3,000 to 213,000, previous -2,000 to 210,000. Weekly continuing claims expected +3,000 to 1.730 million, previous -2,000 to 1.727 million.
0830 ET Jul personal spending expected +0.4%, Jun +0.4%. Jul personal income expected +0.4%, Jun +0.4%.
0830 ET Jul PCE deflator expected +0.1% m/m and +2.3% y/y, Jun +0.1% m/m and +2.2% y/y. Jul core PCE deflator expected +0.2% m/m and +2.0% y/y, Jun +0.1% m/m and +1.9% y/y.
0830 ET USDA weekly Export Sales.
GER
0200 ET German Jul import price index expected unch m/m and +5.2% y/y, Jun +0.5% m/m and +4.8% y/y.
0355 ET German Aug unemployment change expected -8,000, Jul -6,000. Aug unemployment rate expected unch at 5.2%, Jul unch at 5.2%.
0800 ET German Aug CPI (EU harmonized) expected +0.2% m/m and +2.1% y/y, Jul +0.4% m/m and +2.1% y/y.
UK
0430 ET UK Jul net consumer credit expected +1.5 billion pounds, Jun +1.6 billion pounds.
0430 ET UK Jul mortgage approvals expected 65,000, Jun 65,600.
0430 ET UK Jul M4 money supply, -0.3% m/m and +1.7% y/y.
1901 ET UK Aug GfK consumer confidence expected unch at -10, Jul -1 to -10.
EUR
0500 ET Eurozone Aug economic confidence expected -0.2 to 111.9, Jul -0.2 to 112.1. Aug business climate indicator expected -0.03 to 1.26, Jul -0.09 to 1.29.
0500 ET Revised Eurozone Aug consumer confidence, prelim-Aug -1.4 to -1.9.
CAN
0830 ET Canada Q2 GDP expected +3.1% (q/q annualized), Q1 +1.3% (q/q annualized).
JPN
1930 ET Japan Jul jobless rate expected unch at 2.4%, Jun +0.2 to 2.4%. Jul job-to-applicant ratio expected +0.01 to 1.63, Jun +0.02 to 1.62.
1950 ET Japan Jul industrial production expected +0.2% m/m and +2.7% y/y, Jun -1.8% m/m and -0.9% y/y.
CH
2100 ET China Aug manufacturing PMI expected -0.2 to 51.0, Jul -0.3 to 51.2. Aug non-manufacturing PMI expected -0.2 to 53.8, Jul -1.0 to 54.0.
Commodity Calendar – Thursday 8/30/2018
Date Time Event Survey Prior
8/30/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Corn-Total 23-Aug — 1228
8/30/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Corn-Old Crop 23-Aug — 173.4
8/30/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Soybeans-Total 23-Aug — 1301.3
8/30/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Soybeans-Old 23-Aug — 152.7
8/30/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Wheat-Total 23-Aug — 239.8
8/30/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Wheat-Old 23-Aug — 239.8
8/30/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Cotton-Total 23-Aug — 192.4
8/30/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Cotton-Old 23-Aug — 188
8/30/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Soy Meal-Total 23-Aug — 321.8
8/30/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Soy Meal-Old 23-Aug — 212.5
8/30/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Soy Oil-Total 23-Aug — 6.3
8/30/2018 8:30 Net Export Sales Soy Oil-Old 23-Aug — 5.2
8/30/2018 10:30 EIA Working Natural Gas Implied Flow 24-Aug — 48
8/30/2018 10:30 EIA Natural Gas Storage Change 24-Aug — 48