Week inAdvance

Monday | Aug 5, 2024

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Mon Aug 5 BOJ policy meeting minutes. | Tue Aug 6 AUSMIN in Annapolis. Australia rate decision. | Wed Aug 7 Playday in the UK, annual celebration of children’s right to play. | Thu Aug 8 ASEAN Day in Southeast Asia. India rate decision. | Fri Aug 9 National Day in Singapore; financial markets closed. China PPI, CPI. | Sat Aug 10 Divest for Palestine conference in London. | Sun Aug 11 33rd Olympiad closing ceremony in Paris.

All times are Eastern and subject to change.

Thursday, Aug 8

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10:30 - 11 am ET

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Monday, Aug 5

FEDERAL RESERVE

Fed issues senior loan officer opinion survey on bank lending practices.

House out of session until Sept. 9th.

Senate out of session until Sept. 5th.

Monday, Aug 5

TOKYO, Japan

Bank of Japan issues minutes of June’s policy meeting.

Tuesday, Aug 6

SYDNEY, Australia

Reserve Bank of Australia sets interest rates; no change anticipated. Governor Michele Bullock holds a news conference.

Wednesday, Aug 7

BANGKOK, Thailand

Thailand’s top constitutional judges will rule on whether to disband the nation’s largest opposition party.

Wednesday, Aug 7

ONTARIO, Canada

Bank of Canada issues Summary of Deliberations for July interest-rate decision.

Thursday, Aug 8

SOUTHEAST ASIA

ASEAN Day marks the signing, 57 years ago, of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations by its five founding members, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.

Thursday, Aug 8

MUMBAI, India

Reserve Bank of India rate decision; likely to maintain hawkish bias following an increase in June inflation.

Friday, Aug 9

BEIJING, China

Chinese inflation figures may show whether domestic demand is improving in the world’s second-largest economy.

Tuesday, Aug 6

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland

AUSMIN, the 34th Australia-US Ministerial Consultations, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin hosting their Australian counterparts.