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Lots of economic dockets scheduled for today and some with high risks associated.
Data released so far:
- Australia: Westpac leading index remained flat for August.
Upcoming:
- Japan: Bank of Japan (BoJ) will announce monetary policy sometime during Asian hours.
- Eurozone: ECB will hold non-monetary policy today at 7:00 GMT.
- United Kingdom: Public sector net borrowing data for August will be reported at 8:30 GMT. BoE will release quarterly bulletin at 11:00 GMT.
- United States: MBA mortgage applications data will be reported at 11:00 GMT, followed by FOMC interest rate decision at 18:00 GMT. EIA will announce monetary policy decision at 14:30 GMT.
- Switzerland: SNB will release third quarter economic bulletin at 13:00 GMT.
- Canada: Wholesale sales report will be published at 12:30 GMT, for the month of July.
- New Zealand: RBNZ will announce interest rate decision at 21:00 GMT.
