Schedule for today, Thursday, Aug 21’2014:

(time / country / index / period / previous value / forecast)

00:00 Australia Conference Board Australia Leading Index June +0.2%

01:35 Japan Manufacturing PMI August 50.5 51.5

01:45 China HSBC Manufacturing PMI August 51.7 51.5

03:00 New Zealand Credit Card Spending July +7.0%

06:00 Switzerland Trade Balance July 1.38 1.91

06:58 France Manufacturing PMI August 47.8 47.9

06:58 France Services PMI August 50.4 50.3

07:28 Germany Manufacturing PMI August 52.4 51.8

07:28 Germany Services PMI August 56.7 55.5

07:58 Eurozone Manufacturing PMI August 51.8 51.4

07:58 Eurozone Services PMI August 54.2 53.6

08:30 United Kingdom Retail Sales (MoM) July +0.1% +0.4%

08:30 United Kingdom Retail Sales (YoY) July +3.6%

08:30 United Kingdom PSNB, bln July 9.5 10.1

12:00 U.S. Jackson Hole Symposium

12:30 U.S. Initial Jobless Claims August 311 299

13:45 U.S. Manufacturing PMI August 55.8 55.7

14:00 U.S. Leading Indicators July +0.3% +0.6%

14:00 U.S. Consumer confidence August -8 -9

14:00 U.S. Existing Home Sales July 5.04 5.01

14:00 U.S. Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Survey August 23.9 20.3