The US CPI and Retail sales will dominate the economic releases next week. The RBNZ will announce their interest rate decision on Wednesday in NZ.

Tuesday August 13

• 9:30 PM ET: AUD Wage Price Index q/q (Estimate: 0.9%, Prior: 0.8%)
• 2 AM ET: GBP Claimant Count Change (Estimate: 14.5K, Prior: 32.3K), GBP Average Earnings Index 3m/y (Estimate: 6.5%, Prior: 6.9%)
• 8:30 AM ET USD Core PPI m/m (Estimate: 0.2%, Prior: 0.1%);USD PPI m/m (Estimate: 0.2%, Prior: 0.1%)

Wedneday August 14

• 10 PM ET NZD NZD Official Cash Rate (Estimate: 5.50%, Prior: 5.50%) RBNZ Monetary Policy Statement, Rate Statement, and
• 11 PM ET NZD Press Conference
• 2 AM ET GBP CPI y/y (Estimate: 3.0%, Prior: 3.0%)
• 8:30 AM meeting USD Core CPI m/m (Estimate: 0.2%, Prior: 0.1%);USD CPI m/m (Estimate: 0.2%, Prior: 0.1%)
• 3:30 PM ET: NZD RBNZ Gov Orr Speaks (Estimate: N/A, Prior: N/A)

Thursday August 15

• 9:30 PM ET AUD Unemployment Rate (Estimate: 4.1%, Prior: 4.1%); Employment Change (Estimate: 26.0K, Prior: 50.2K)
• 10 PM to CNY Industrial Production y/y (Estimate: 5.4%, Prior: 5.3%)
• 10 PM meeting CNY Retail Sales y/y (Estimate: 2.6%, Prior: 3.1%)
• 2 AM ET GBP GDP m/m (Estimate: 0.1%, Prior: 0.4%); GBP Prelim GDP q/q (Estimate: 0.6%, Prior: 0.7%)
• 8:30 AM ET USD Retail Sales m/m (Estimate: 0.3%, Prior: 0.0%); USD Core Retail Sales m/m (Estimate: 0.3%, Prior: 0.0%)
• 8:30 AM ET USD Unemployment Claims (Estimate: 239K, Prior: 233K)
• 8:30 AM ET USD Empire State Manufacturing Index (Estimate: -5.9, Prior: -6.6)
• 8:30 AM ET USD Philly Fed Manufacturing Index (Estimate: 6.6, Prior: 13.9)

Friday August 16

• 7:30 PM ET AUD RBA Gov Bullock Speaks
• 2 AM to GBP Retail Sales m/m (Estimate: 0.8%, Prior: -1.2%)
• 30 Amy to USD Building Permits (Estimate: 1.44M, Prior: 1.45M)
• today meeting USD Prelim UoM Consumer Sentiment (Estimate: 67.3, Prior: 66.4); USD Prelim UoM Inflation Expectations (Estimate: 2.9%, Prior: 2.9%)

As for the earnings calendar, HomeDepot, and Cisco highlight as most of the big names have already reported. Nvidia is still to come but won’t announce until August 28th.

Monday

Tuesday

• Before Open: ON Holding, The Home Depot

Wednesday

• Before Open: Dole, UBS
• After Close: Cisco

Thursday

• Before Open: Alibaba, Walmart, JD.com, John Deere
• After Close: Applied Materials, H&R Block

This article was written by Greg Michalowski at www.forexlive.com.