Forex Economic Calendar for August 20, 2026

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Thu., Aug 20				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	SGD	12:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (Y-o-Y)	Q2	20.3%	-	-1.4 (R)%

	MYR	12:00 AM	Imports	JUL	171.14B	-	162.14 (R)B

	MYR	12:00 AM	Exports	JUL	193.60B	-	177.92B

	MYR	12:00 AM	Trade Balance	JUL	22.46B	-	15.78 (R)B

	SGD	12:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (Q-o-Q)	Q2	13.5%	-	-7.3 (R)%

	EUR	12:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	JUL	4.0%	-	3.8%

	EUR	02:00 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL	3.0%	-	1.8%

	EUR	02:00 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	JUL	1.1%	-	-0.3%

	CHF	02:00 AM	Trade Balance	JUL	8.14B	-	3.83 (R)B

	CHF	02:00 AM	Imports	JUL	19.65B	-	20.58 (R)B

	CHF	02:00 AM	Exports	JUL	27.79B	-	24.41 (R)B

	DKK	02:00 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q2 P	0.3%	0.5%	1.5%

	DKK	02:00 AM	GDP (Y-o-Y)	Q2 P	4.6%	5%	6.2%

	PLN	03:30 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	JUL	5.1%	-	7.4 (R)%

	PLN	03:30 AM	Manufacturing Production (M-o-M)	JUL	-1.7%	-	2.3 (R)%

	PLN	03:30 AM	Manufacturing Production (Y-o-Y)	JUL	4.4%	-	6.2 (R)%

	PLN	03:30 AM	Industrial Production (M-o-M)	JUL	-1.8%	-	1.8 (R)%

	PLN	03:30 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL	2.8%	-	1.9 (R)%

	PLN	03:30 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	JUL	0.6%	-	0.1 (R)%

	PLN	03:30 AM	Wages (M-o-M)	JUL	1.1%	-	2.5%

	SEK	03:30 AM	Interest Rate Decision	-	1.75%	1.75%	1.75%

	PLN	03:30 AM	Wages (Y-o-Y)	JUL	6.8%	-	5.9%

	HKD	04:30 AM	Unemployment Rate	JUL	3.7%	-	3.7%

	HKD	04:30 AM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL	1.7%	-	2.0%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Construction Output (M-o-M)	JUN	-1.3%	-	0.2 (R)%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Construction Output (Y-o-Y)	JUN	-0.7%	-	0.7 (R)%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Unemployment Rate	JUL	6.3%	-	6.4%

	GBP	06:00 AM	CBI Monthly Industrial Trends	AUG	-25	-	-45

	ZAR	07:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (M-o-M)	JUN	-3.4%	-	-7.4%

	ZAR	07:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (Y-o-Y)	JUN	-6.8%	-	-7.1 (R)%

	USD	08:30 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Paid	AUG	40.9	-	53.9

	USD	08:30 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Prices Received	AUG	17.7	-	27.4

	USD	08:30 AM	Philly Fed's Mfr Index - Business Condition	AUG	47.4	25	41.4

	CAD	08:30 AM	Industrial Product Price (M-o-M)	JUL	0.6%	-	-1.4%

	CAD	08:30 AM	New Housing Price Index (M-o-M)	JUL	-0.1%	-	-0.1%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Raw Materials Price Index (Y-o-Y)	JUL	18.1%	-	20.7%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Raw Materials Price Index (M-o-M)	JUL	-2.2%	-	-6.9%

	CAD	08:30 AM	Industrial Product Price (Y-o-Y)	JUL	12.4%	-	12.4%

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	AUG 08	1789.00K	-	1786.50 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	AUG 15	204.00K	-	199.75K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	AUG 15	206K	208.5K	212 (R)K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	AUG 08	1799K	1750K	1781 (R)K

	USD	10:00 AM	Leading Index	JUL	0.2%	0.1%	-0.1 (R)%

	USD	10:00 AM	Lagging Index	JUL	0.2%	-	0.0%

	USD	10:00 AM	Coincidence Index	JUL	0.2%	-	0.2%

	USD	10:30 AM	EIA Natural Gas Inventory (Cubic Feet)	AUG 14	3169B	-	3153B

	KRW	05:00 PM	PPI (M-o-M)	JUL	-0.4%	-	0%

	KRW	05:00 PM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL	7.7%	-	8.6%

	NZD	06:45 PM	Imports	JUL	9.34B	-	8.07B

	NZD	06:45 PM	Trade Balance	JUL	-1949M	-	-237 (R)M

	NZD	06:45 PM	Exports	JUL	7.39B	-	7.83 (R)B

	AUD	07:00 PM	PMI Manufacturing	AUG P	52.0	-	52.0

	AUD	07:00 PM	PMI Composite	AUG P	52.5	-	53.2

	AUD	07:00 PM	PMI Services	AUG P	52.9	-	53.6

	GBP	07:01 PM	GfK Consumer Confidence Survey	JUL	-14	-	-17

	JPY	07:30 PM	CPI (M-o-M)	JUL	0.4%	-	0.3%

	JPY	07:30 PM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL	1.9%	-	1.6 (R)%

	JPY	07:30 PM	Core CPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL	1.8%	-	1.6%

	JPY	08:30 PM	PMI Manufacturing	AUG P	55.1	-	54.5

	JPY	08:30 PM	PMI Services	AUG P	52.3	-	51.2

	JPY	08:30 PM	PMI Composite	AUG P	53.4	-	52.7

	NZD	11:00 PM	Credit Card Spending (Y-o-Y)	JUL	5.3%	-	3.2 (R)%