Iraq PM Visits Washington as U.S. Oil, Gas Deals Take Center Stage 
Dollar Ends Week Higher as Yen Jumps on Japan Pension Fund Investment Plans 
Gold Price Climbs Over 1% as Dollar Weakens, Fed Rate Debate and Iran Tensions Remain in Focus 
European Regulators Clash With U.S. Treasury Over Private Credit Transparency 
Asian Stocks Rise as AI Chip Rally Offsets Middle East Tensions 
BOJ May Raise Japan Growth Forecast While Keeping Focus on Inflation Risks 
US Stock Futures Slide as Iran Conflict Escalates Ahead of Key Q2 Earnings Week 
Fed Reaffirms 2% Inflation Goal, Vows Forceful Action to Anchor Price Expectations 
Oil Prices Slip but Stay on Track for Weekly Gains as U.S.-Iran Conflict Persists 
Gold Prices Fall as US-Iran Conflict, Rising Oil Prices Fuel Fed Rate Concerns 
Lots of data and events scheduled for today and some with high volatility risks associated.
Data released so far:
- China: Caixin manufacturing PMI for August improves to 51.6 in August.
- Japan: Nikkei manufacturing PMI declines to 52.2 in August.
Upcoming:
- Japan: Vehicle sales and consumer confidence reports will be published at 5:00 GMT.
- Spain: Markit Manufacturing PMI report will be published at 7:15 GMT.
- Switzerland: Retail sales report will be published at 7:15 GMT, followed by PMI report at 7:30 GMT.
- Italy: Markit manufacturing PMI report will be published at 7:45 GMT, followed by second quarter GDP report at 8:00 GMT.
- France: Markit Manufacturing PMI report will be published at 7:50 GMT.
- Germany: Markit manufacturing PMI report will be published at 7:55 GMT.
- Greece: Markit manufacturing report will be released at 8:00 GMT, followed by second quarter GDP report at 9:00 GMT.
- Eurozone: Manufacturing PMI report will be published at 8:00 GMT.
- United Kingdom: Markit manufacturing PMI report will be published at 8:30 GMT.
- United States: NFP report will be published at 12:30 GMT, followed by Markit manufacturing PMI at 13:45 GMT, and ISM manufacturing PMI at 14:00 GMT, along with Michigan consumer sentiment report.
- Canada: Manufacturing PMI report will be released at 12:30 GMT.
- New Zealand: Terms of trade report will be published at 22:45 GMT.
- Australia: Performance of manufacturing index will be updated at 23:30 GMT.
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