Forex Economic Calendar for August 18, 2026

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Tue., Aug 18				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	GBP	02:00 AM	Avg Earnings ex bonus (3M-o-Y)	JUN	3.5%	3.3%	3.4%

	GBP	02:00 AM	Jobless Claims Change	JUN	-11K	-	6.7K

	GBP	02:00 AM	Avg Earnings Inc bonus (3M-o-Y)	JUN	4.1%	4.2%	4.4 (R)%

	GBP	02:00 AM	ILO Unemployment Rate	JUN	4.9%	4.7%	4.9%

	EUR	05:00 AM	ZEW Survey (Econ. Sentiment)	AUG	34.2	-	26.3

	EUR	05:00 AM	ZEW Survey (Current Situation)	AUG	-61.1	-	-77.6

	EUR	05:00 AM	ZEW Survey (Econ. Sentiment)	AUG	31.4	-	23.4

	EUR	05:00 AM	ZEW Survey (Current Situation)	AUG	-21.5	-	-37.7

	EUR	06:00 AM	Imports	JUN	14.7B	-	13.1B

	EUR	06:00 AM	Exports	JUN	18.1B	-	16.5B

	EUR	06:00 AM	Trade Balance	JUN	3.4B	-	3.4B

	EUR	06:00 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL	5.8%	-	5.1 (R)%

	EUR	06:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	JUL	0.8%	-	0.9 (R)%

	CAD	08:15 AM	Housing Starts (M-o-M)	JUL	229.1K	-	240.8 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Exports (M-o-M)	JUL	-1.3%	0%	-0.7 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Import Price Index (Y-o-Y)	JUL	5.9%	7.2%	7.1%

	USD	08:30 AM	Exports (Y-o-Y)	JUL	8.2%	10.1%	10.2%

	USD	08:30 AM	Import Price Index (M-o-M)	JUL	-0.4%	0.1%	-0.3 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Housing Starts (M-o-M)	JUL	1239K	1350K	1415 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Building Permits (M-o-M)	JUL	1443K	1370K	1374 (R)K

	USD	09:15 AM	Industrial Production (M-o-M)	JUL	0.2%	0.3%	0.3 (R)%

	USD	09:15 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	JUL	1.1%	-	1.1%

	USD	09:15 AM	Capacity Utilization (M-o-M)	JUL	76.3%	76.3%	76.2 (R)%

	EUR	09:30 AM	CB Leading Index	JUL	-0.1%	-	-0.2 (R)%

	EUR	09:30 AM	CB Coincidence Index	JUL	0.1%	-	0.0 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales (Y-o-Y)	JUL	-2.2%	-	-0.3%

	USD	10:00 AM	Pending Home Sales (M-o-M)	JUL	-2.3%	0.3%	-5.4%

	JPY	07:50 PM	Core Machinery Orders (M-o-M)	JUN	9.7%	-	-12.4%

	AUD	09:30 PM	Wage Cost Index (Y-o-Y)	Q2	3.2%	-	3.2 (R)%

	AUD	09:30 PM	Wage Cost Index (Q-o-Q)	Q2	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%
Wed., Aug 19				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	GBP	02:00 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL	2.9%	3%	2.6%

	GBP	02:00 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	JUL	0.3%	0.1%	0.1%

	GBP	02:00 AM	PPI Output (M-o-M)	JUL	0.2%	-	0%

	GBP	02:00 AM	PPI Input (M-o-M)	JUL	-1.7%	-	-1.9 (R)%

	GBP	02:00 AM	Core CPI (M-o-M)	JUL	0.2%	-	0.3%

	GBP	02:00 AM	PPI Input (Y-o-Y)	JUL	4.9%	-	7.4 (R)%

	GBP	02:00 AM	PPI Output (Y-o-Y)	JUL	3.1%	-	3.5%

	GBP	02:00 AM	Core CPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL	2.6%	2.6%	2.6%

	CHF	02:30 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	Q2	5.5%	-	-7.6 (R)%

	EUR	03:00 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL F	2.8%	-	3.2%

	EUR	03:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (Y-o-Y)	JUL F	2.7%	-	3.2%

	EUR	03:00 AM	CPI (M-o-M)	JUL F	-	-	0%

	EUR	03:00 AM	CPI - EU Harmonised (M-o-M)	JUL F	-0.4%	-	-0.3(R)%