Economic forecast for September 19 – Forex
The balance-of-payments data and Westpac consumer sentiment survey will be released in the third quarter of this year. Japan will present import and export data and an adjusted trade balance. In addition, Japan will hold a meeting of the National Bank, publish a decision on the interest rate and a position on monetary policy, as well as a press conference of the head of the Bank. Deputy head of the Reserve Bank Christopher Kent will speak in Australia.
Switzerland will publish the economic forecast from SECO, and in the Eurozone – the balance of the current account and the volume of production in the construction sector. In the evening, the head of the European Central Bank Mario Draghi will speak. The UK will release a large block of inflation data for August, including the basic and basic consumer price indices, the producer price index and the retail price index.
The U.S. will present the current account balance, changes in the number of building permits and data on the construction of homes. The Energy Information Administration will publish changes in commercial oil inventories over the past week.