What's on the economic calendar today?
CHF Bank Holiday
- "The Swiss National Day is the national holiday of Switzerland, set on 1 August. Although the founding of the Swiss Confederacy was first celebrated on this date in 1891 and annually since 1899, it has only been an official holiday since 1994."
- Heads up for CHF traders. Won't have too much of an impact on the EUR though.
Low Impact and PMI Releases:
- GBP Nationwide HPI m/m: ** v 0.1% expected and 0.5% previous
- AUD Commodity Prices y/y: ** v 6.6% previous
- EUR Spanish Manufacturing PMI: ** v 53.1 expected and 53.4 previous
- EUR Italian Manufacturing PMI: ** v 53.0 expected and 53.3 previous
- EUR French Final Manufacturing PMI: ** v 53.1 expected and 53.1 previous
- EUR German Final Manufacturing PMI: ** v 57.3 expected and 57.3 previous
- EUR Final Manufacturing PMI: ** v 55.1 expected and 55.1 previous
- GBP Manufacturing PMI: ** v 54.2 expected and 54.4 previous - The GBP sensitive high impact release
The GBP Nationwide HPI release kicks things off at 6:00 GMT, but I'll run some heads up posts as we get into the PMI numbers so you're on the ball.
