We had terrible data out of China over the weekend:
China August: Retail sales +2.1% y/y (expected +2.5) Industrial production +4.5% y/y (4.8)
There won’t be a response from Chinese stocks as markets are closed there today and tomorrow:
Chinese and Japanese markets are closed today, Monday, September 16, 2024, for holidays
As for today’s calendar … m’eh:
This snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access it here.The times in the left-most column are GMT.The numbers in the right-most column are the ‘prior’ (previous month/quarter as the case may be) result. The number in the column next to that, where there is a number, is the consensus median expected.
This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.
