Key economic releases and events next week

What key economic releases and events are on the schedule for the week starting on August 15.

Monday, August 15

Tuesday, August 16

Wednesday, August 17

Australia which price index QoQ, 9:30 PM ET (Tuesday in US), 0.8% estimate vs. 0.7% last quarter
Reserve Bank of New Zealand monetary policy statement and interest rate decision. 10 PM ET Tuesday in US). Expectations are for Verizon 50 basis points to 3.0%
RBNZ press conference. 11 PM ET (Tuesday in US).
UK CPI YoY. 2 AM ET. Estimate 9.9% vs. 9.4% last monnth
US retail sales. 8:30 AM ET. Estimate 0.2% vs. 1.0% last month. Core retail sales. Estimate 0.1% vs. 1.0% last month
FOMC meeting minutes from the July meeting

Thursday, August 18

Australia employment. 9:30 PM ET. Estimate 26.5K vs 88.4K last. Unemployment rate 3.5% vs. 3.5%
US initial jobless claims, 8:30 AM ET. Estimate 263K
Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing index, 8:30 AM ET, Est -6.2 vs -12.3 last.
Existing home sales, 10 AM ET. Estimate 4.85M vs 5.12M last month
FOMC George speaks, 1:30 PM ET

Friday, August 19