Venezuela Nears Deal to Move $4 Billion in Gold to New York Fed 
Bolivia Approves $1.9 Billion IMF Financing Deal 
Strait of Hormuz Oil Shipments Hit Six-Month High as U.S. Clears Mines 
Mexico Pushes for US Trade Deal Before Midterms 
Australia GDP Beats Forecast, Boosting RBA Rate Hike Bets 
Asian Gold Stocks Rise as Bullion Rebounds on Softer Dollar 
Japanese Yen Retreats as Dollar Rises Ahead of Fed, BOJ Rate Decisions 
US Stock Futures Rally as Markets Digest Fed Rate Hike 
Asian Stocks Rise as Oil Falls, BOJ Rate Decision in Focus 
Add as a preferred source on Google
Lots of economic dockets and events scheduled for today and some with high volatility risks associated.
Data released so far:
- Australia: Second quarter GDP grew by 0.5 percent on quarterly basis, up 3.3 percent from a year ago.
Upcoming:
- Germany: Industrial production data for July will be reported at 6:00 GMT.
- France: Trade balance for July will be announced at 6:45 GMT.
- Switzerland: FX reserve details will be reported at 7:00 GMT.
- United Kingdom: Halifax house prices report will be released at 7:30 GMT, along with manufacturing and industrial production at 8:30 GMT. BoE governor Mark Carney will testify before congress beginning at 9:00 GMT. NIESR will release its GDP estimate at 14:00 GMT. RICS house price balance report is set to be released at 23:00 GMT.
- United States: MBA mortgage applications report is scheduled at 11:00 GMT, followed by Redbook index at 12:55 GMT, and JOLTS jobs report at 14:00 GMT Fed will release Beige book at 18:00 GMT. EIA will release crude inventory data at 14:30 GMT.
- Canada: BoC will announce rate decision at 14:00 GMT, along with IVEY PMI release.
- Japan: Second quarter GDP figure will be released at 23:50 GMT along with current account for July.
