Main scheduled daily economic news and data most likely to move markets today, 2nd August 2019
Main market moving events
Trump announces new tariffs of 10% on $300 billion of imports from China
Japan – Bank of Japan monetary policy meeting minutes released
Australia – retail sales data
Switzerland – consumer price index data due at: 07:30 BST
UK – construction PMI data due at: 09:30 BST
EU – retail sales data due at: 10:00 BST
U.S. – non-farm payroll data due at: 13:30 BST
U.S. – factory orders and consumer sentiment data due at: 15:00 BST
Note
Items highlighted in red are more likely to move markets, amber and blue less so. Only what I regard as the ‘main’ scheduled events are listed here.