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Not many economic dockets and events scheduled for today but some with very high volatility risks associated.
Data released so far:
- Japan: Labor cash earnings rose by 1.3 percent in June from a year ago.
Upcoming:
- Japan: Coincident and leading economic index for June will be released at 5:00 GMT.
- Germany: Factory orders for June will be released at 6:00 GMT. Prior -0.2 percent y/y.
- France: Trade balance data for June along with budget will be released at 6:45 GMT.
- Spain: Industrial output details for June will be released at 7:00 GMT.
- Switzerland: FX reserve for July will be released at 7:00 GMT.
- United Kingdom: Halifax house prices data for July will be released at 7:30 GMT.
- Italy: Industrial output for June will be released at 8:00 GMT.
- United States: NFP report will be released at 12:30 GMT, along with trade balance.
- Canada: Trade balance for June will be released at 12:30 GMT, along with employment report and followed by IVEY PMI at 14:00 GMT.
