Guide to today’s important data and events

Not many economic dockets scheduled for today. Focus is on BOE interest rate decision.

Data released so far -

• Australia - Investment lending for homes dropped by -3.2% in May, with home loans dropping by -6.1%.

• Germany - Wholesale price index dropped -0.5% in June from a year ago.

• Japan - Consumer confidence index rose to 41.7 in June from 41.4 prior.

• France - Industrial output rose 0.4% in May on monthly basis. Current account came at € 0.3 billion in May.

Upcoming -

• Italy - Industrial output scheduled at 8:00 GMT.

• UK - Trade balance for May to be released at 8:30 GMT.

• India - Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will release FX reserve details at 11:00 GMT. Industrial and manufacturing output to be released at 12:00 GMT.

• US - Two FED presidents are scheduled to speak today. Boston FED president Rosengren at 15:35 GMT and FED chair Janet Yellen at 16:00 GMT.

• Canada - Employment statistics to be released at 12:30 GMT.