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The most important dates, data and forecasts from 17.08.2026 – 21.08.2026
| Date | Time | Country | Event | Period | Importance |
Last Value (1) |
Consensus (2) | LBBW (3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, 17-Aug-2026 | 01:50 | JPN | GDP (Q/Q) (prelim.) | Q2 | ⚑⚑ 2 of 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Mon, 17-Aug-2026 | 04:00 | CHN | Industrial Production (Y/Y) | Jul | ⚑⚑ 2 of 3 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| Mon, 17-Aug-2026 | 04:00 | CHN | Retail Sales (Y/Y) | Jul | ⚑⚑ 2 of 3 |
1.0 | 1.5 | 0.5 |
| Mon, 17-Aug-2026 | 11:30 | EMU | ECB Chief Economist Lane speaks | - no information | ⚑⚑ 2 of 3 | - no information |
| Mon, 17-Aug-2026 | 14:30 | USA | Empire Manufacturing Index | Aug | ⚑⚑ 2 of 3 | 15.6 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Mon, 17-Aug-2026 | 16:00 | USA | NAHB Index | Aug | ⚑⚑ 2 of 3 | 34 | 33 | 33 |
| Tue, 18-Aug-2026 | 11:00 | GE | ZEW Index | Aug | ⚑⚑ 2 of 3 | 26.3 | 30.0 | 30.0 |
| Tue, 18-Aug-2026 | 14:30 | USA | Housing Starts (thous.) | Jul | ⚑⚑ 2 of 3 | 1427 | 1350 | 1350 |
| Tue, 18-Aug-2026 | 14:30 | USA | Building Permits (thous.) (prelim.) | Jul | ⚑⚑ 2 of 3 | 1374 | 1370 | 1390 |
| Tue, 18-Aug-2026 | 15:15 | USA | Industrial Production (M/M) | Jul | ⚑⚑ 2 of 3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Wed, 19-Aug-2026 | 20:00 | USA | Fed publishes Minutes of July 28/29 Meeting | - no information | ⚑⚑⚑ 3 of 3 | - no information |
| Thu, 20-Aug-2026 | 14:30 | USA | Philadelphia Fed Index | Aug | ⚑⚑ 2 of 3 | 41.4 | 25.0 | 28.0 |
| Fri, 21-Aug-2026 | 09:30 | GE | PMI Manufacturing (prelim.) | Aug | ⚑⚑⚑ 3 of 3 | 52.2 | 52.5 | 52.5 |
| Fri, 21-Aug-2026 | 09:30 | GE | PMI Services (prelim.) | Aug | ⚑⚑⚑ 3 of 3 | 49.8 | 50.2 | 50.0 |
| Fri, 21-Aug-2026 | 09:30 | GE | PMI Composite (prelim.) | Aug | ⚑⚑⚑ 3 of 3 | 51.3 | 51.1 | 51.5 |
| Fri, 21-Aug-2026 | 10:00 | EMU | PMI Manufacturing (prelim.) | Aug | ⚑⚑⚑ 3 of 3 | 51.9 | 52.0 | 52.2 |
| Fri, 21-Aug-2026 | 10:00 | EMU | PMI Services (prelim.) | Aug | ⚑⚑⚑ 3 of 3 | 51.7 | 51.5 | 51.5 |
| Fri, 21-Aug-2026 | 10:00 | EMU | PMI Composite (prelim.) | Aug | ⚑⚑⚑ 3 of 3 | 52.0 | 51.5 | 52.0 |
| Fri, 21-Aug-2026 | 10:00 | EMU | ECB publishes Consumers' Inflation Expectations (1 Year, 3 Years) | - no information | ⚑⚑ 2 of 3 | - no information |
| Fri, 21-Aug-2026 | 11:00 | EMU | ECB publishes Negotiated Wages Indicator (Y/Y) | Q2 | ⚑⚑ 2 of 3 | 2.5 | - | 2.7 |
| Fri, 21-Aug-2026 | - no information | IRL | Rating Review Ireland (Moody's®) | - no information | ⚑⚑ 2 of 3 | - no information |
(1) Should a provisional estimate be available, it is stated instead of the reference figure of the previous period; (2) Consensus forecast according to Bloomberg/Reuters; (3) LBBW forcast
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