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| Time (GMT) | Event | Forecast |
Previous |
| 0700 | Swiss GDP (YoY) (Q2) | 3.0% | 4.4% |
| 0700 | Swiss GDP (QoQ) (Q2) | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| 0715 | Spanish Services PMI (Aug) | 52.9 | 53.8 |
| 0745 | Italian Services PMI (Aug) | 48.3 | 48.4 |
| 0750 | French Services PMI (Aug) | 51.0 | 51.0 |
| 0755 | German Services PMI (Aug) | 48.2 | 48.2 |
| 0800 | OPEC Meeting | ||
| 0800 | Eurozone S&P Global Composite PMI (Aug) | 49.2 | 49.2 |
| 0800 | Eurozone Services PMI (Aug) | 50.2 | 50.2 |
| 0830 | UK Composite PMI (Aug) | 50.9 | 50.9 |
| 0830 | UK Services PMI (Aug) | 52.5 | 52.5 |
| 0830 | Eurozone Sentix Investor Confidence (Sep) | -27.5 | -25.2 |
| 0900 | Eurozone Retail Sales (MoM) (Jul) | 0.4% | -1.2% |
| 0900 | Eurozone Retail Sales (YoY) (Jul) | -0.7% | -3.7% |
| 1000 | OPEC Meeting | ||
| 1030 | Spanish Consumer Confidence | - | 55.5 |
| 1530 | BoE MPC Member Mann speaks | ||
| 2301 | UK BRC Retail Sales Monitor (YoY) (Aug) | - | 1.6% |
| 2330 | Japan Household Spending (YoY) (Jul) | 4.2% | 3.5% |
| 2330 | Japan Household Spending (MoM) (Jul) | -0.6% | 1.5% |
