Schedule for today, Thursday Aug 1’2013:

01:00 Australia HIA New Home Sales, m/m June +1.6% +3.4%

01:00 China Manufacturing PMI July 50.1 49.8 50.3

01:30 Australia Import Price Index, q/q Quarter II 0.0% +1.9% -0.3%

01:30 Australia Export Price Index, q/q Quarter II +2.8% +0.3% -0.3%

01:45 China HSBC Manufacturing PMI (Finally) July 47.7 47.7 47.7

06:30 Australia RBA Commodity prices, y/y July -10.5%

07:00 United Kingdom Halifax house price index July +0.6% +0.3%

07:00 United Kingdom Halifax house price index 3m Y/Y July +3.7%

07:00 Switzerland Bank holiday

07:50 France Manufacturing PMI       (Finally) July 49.8 49.8

07:55 Germany Manufacturing PMI       (Finally) July 50.3 50.3

08:00 Eurozone Manufacturing PMI       (Finally) July 50.1 50.1

08:30 United Kingdom Purchasing Manager Index Manufacturing July 52.5 52.8

11:00 United Kingdom BoE Interest Rate Decision 0.50% 0.50%

11:00 United Kingdom Asset Purchase Facility 375 375

11:00 United Kingdom MPC Rate Statement

11:45 Eurozone ECB Interest Rate Decision 0.50% 0.50%

12:30 Eurozone ECB Press Conference

12:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims July 343 346

13:00 U.S. Manufacturing PMI       (Finally) July 53.2 53.2

14:00 U.S. Construction Spending, m/m June +0.5% +0.4%

14:00 U.S. ISM Manufacturing July 50.9 52.1

23:50 Japan Monetary Base, y/y July +36.0% +43.2%