FxWirePro: The Day Ahead- 1st September, 2016

Lots of economic dockets and events are scheduled for today and all with low to medium volatility risks associated.

Data released so far:

• Australia: Retail sales growth for July remained flat. Private capital expenditure down -5.4 percent in the second quarter.
   
• Japan: Nikkei manufacturing PMI for August came at 49.5.
   
• China: Non-manufacturing PMI marginally declined to 53.5 and NBS manufacturing PMI improved to 50.4 in August. Caixin manufacturing PMI came at 50 for August.

Upcoming:

• Spain: Markit manufacturing is scheduled for release at 7:15 GMT.
   
• Switzerland: Real retail sales for August and SVME PMI report will be released at 7:15 and 7:30 GMT respectively.
   
• Italy: Markit manufacturing is scheduled for release at 7:45 GMT.
   
• France: Markit manufacturing is scheduled for release at 7:50 GMT.
   
• Germany: Markit manufacturing is scheduled for release at 7:55 GMT.
   
• Greece: Markit manufacturing is scheduled for release at 8:00 GMT.
   
• Eurozone: Markit manufacturing is scheduled for release at 8:00 GMT
   
• UK: Markit manufacturing is scheduled for release at 8:30 GMT.
   
• United States: Weekly jobless claims report will be released at 12:30 GMT along with unit labor costs and non-farm productivity for the second quarter. Markit manufacturing is scheduled for release at 13:45 GMT. ISM manufacturing PMI report will be released at 14:00 GMT. EIA will release weekly natural gas inventory report at 14:30 GMT.
   
• Canada: RBC manufacturing PMI report will be released at