US Q2 GDP … FOMC meeting … yeah, yeah.
NFP on Friday.
Whatever. (Do the kids still say that?)
The really big news this week is tomorrow – China’s official manufacturing PMI release for July!
Reuters have a good preview here, saying their poll of economists have the consensus forecast dipping into contraction at 49.9 (June’s reading was 50.1 – woot! … do they still say that?)
The HSBC flash reading came in at a very poor 47.7, an eleven-month low
China’s official July manufacturing is due for release at 0145GMT on the 1st of August