Global markets are mixed as investors await earnings from some of the world’s biggest companies as well as any new developments from the FOMC meeting in the US.
Date
Region
Event
Actual/Expected/Prior
Implications
29/07
SA
CPI
–/2.2%/2.1%
Headline inflation forecast to remain below SARB lowest target band of 3%.
30/07
US
GDP
–/8.3%/12%
Economy expected to have slowed by 35%, attributed to slowing consumer spending and low trade levels.
31/07
EZ
GDP
–/-12.0%/-3.6%
Expected that the economy will contract by 12% at the back of covid-19 containment measures.
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