The Week Ahead

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The Week Ahead - the right way to start the week. This briefing keeps you in touch with the week's key scheduled economic events in Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, the US and eurozone.

For more information on what some of these economic announcements mean and their potential impact, please see our Economic Indicators section.

For the week commencing 30/08/2010

Monday 30/08/2010 Country Time (Singapore) Description
Economic Announcements US 20:30 July core PCE price index
US 20:30 July personal spending
US 20:30 July personal income
EZ 17:00 August business climate
EZ 17:00 August business climate
EZ 17:00 August selling price expectation
Tuesday 31/08/2010 Country Time (Singapore) Description
Economic Announcements SG 10:00 July bank lending
HK 16:30 July retail sales
JP 07:15 August manufacturing PMI
JP 07:50 July preliminary industrial production
JP 07:50 July retail sales
JP 09:30 July average cash earnings
JP 13:00 July housing starts
US 21:00 June S&P/CS Composite-20 HPI
US 21:45 August Chicago PMI
US 22:00 August CB Consumer Confidence
EZ 17:00 August flash inflation
EZ 17:00 July unemployment rate
Wednesday 01/09/2010 Country Time (Singapore) Description
Economic Announcements US 17:30 August Challenger job cuts
US 20:15 ADP non-farm employment change
US 22:00 August ISM manufacturing PMI
US 22:00 July construction spending
US 22:30 Weekly crude oil inventories
EZ 16:00 August Markit manufacturing PMI
Thursday 02/09/2010 Country Time (Singapore) Description
Economic Announcements SG 21:30 August PMI
JP 07:50 August monetary base
US 20:30 Weekly unemployment claims
US 20:30 Revised non-farm activity
US 22:00 July pending home sales
US 22:00 July factory orders
US 22:30 Weekly natural gas storage
EZ 17:00 Q2 revised GDP
EZ 17:00 July producer prices
EZ 19:45 September ECB rate decision
Friday 03/09/2010 Country Time (Singapore) Description
Economic Announcements HK 16:30 August purchasing managers' index
JP 07:50 Capital spending
US 20:30 Non-farm employment change
US 20:30 September unemployment rate
US 20:30 September average hourly earnings
US 22:00 August ISM non-manufacturing PMI
EZ 16:00 August Markit services PMI
EZ 17:00 July retail sales

Key:

  • SG: Singapore
  • HK: Hong Kong
  • JP: Japan
  • US: United States
  • EZ: Eurozone

Please note the information in this table is for guidance only and no liability is accepted for its accuracy or otherwise.