Forex Economic Calendar for August 20, 2026

ECONOMIC CALENDAR

FOREX GLOBAL ECONOMIC CALENDAR

Thu., Aug 20				Period	Actual	Forecast	Previous

	MYR	12:00 AM	Imports	JUL	-	-	164.0B

	MYR	12:00 AM	Exports	JUL	-	-	177.9B

	MYR	12:00 AM	Trade Balance	JUL	-	-	13.9B

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

	EUR	12:30 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	AUG	-	-	-35

	NOK	02:00 AM	GDP (Q-o-Q)	Q2	-	-	0.4%

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

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

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

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

	CHF	02:00 AM	Trade Balance	JUL	-	-	3.8B

	CHF	02:00 AM	Imports	JUL	-	-	20.45B

	CHF	02:00 AM	Exports	JUL	-	-	24.25B

	CHF	02:30 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	Q2	-	-	-7.1%

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

	PLN	03:30 AM	Industrial Production (Y-o-Y)	JUL	-	-	7.6%

	PLN	03:30 AM	Manufacturing Production (M-o-M)	JUL	-	-	2.5%

	PLN	03:30 AM	Manufacturing Production (Y-o-Y)	JUL	-	-	6.4%

	PLN	03:30 AM	Industrial Production (M-o-M)	JUL	-	-	2.0%

	PLN	03:30 AM	PPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL	-	-	1.7%

	PLN	03:30 AM	PPI (M-o-M)	JUL	-	-	-0.2%

	PLN	03:30 AM	Wages (Y-o-Y)	JUL	-	-	-0.9%

	PLN	03:30 AM	Wages (M-o-M)	JUL	-	-	0.0%

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

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

	EUR	05:00 AM	Construction Output (M-o-M)	JUN	-	-	0.4%

	EUR	05:00 AM	Construction Output (Y-o-Y)	JUN	-	-	1.2%

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

	EUR	05:00 AM	Consumer Confidence Index	AUG P	-	-	-15.9

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

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

	ZAR	07:00 AM	Wholesale Sales (Y-o-Y)	JUN	-	-	-6.9%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	CAD	08:30 AM	New Housing Price Index (Y-o-Y)	JUL	-	-	-2.3%

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims - 4 Wk Average	AUG 08	-	-	1785.50K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims - 4 Wk Average	AUG 15	-	-	199K

	USD	08:30 AM	Continuing Claims	AUG 08	-	1750K	1777K

	USD	08:30 AM	Initial Jobless Claims	AUG 15	-	208.5K	209K

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

	JPY	07:30 PM	CPI (Y-o-Y)	JUL	-	-	1.7%

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

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

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

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

	NZD	11:00 PM	Credit Card Spending (Y-o-Y)	JUL	-	-	3.1%