Key economic events this week
(July 21-25, 2025)
Monday - July 21
04:00 UTC - Benchmark lending rate of the People's Bank of China (July)
1-year: 3.50%
5-year: 3.00%
17:00 UTC - Leading index in the US (month, June)
Expected: -0.1% | Previous: -0.1%
Tuesday - July 22
16:30 UTC - Speech by Fed Chair Powell
20:00 UTC - Speech by FOMC member Bowman
23:30 UTC - Weekly report on US crude oil inventories API
Previous: 19.1 million.
Wednesday - July 23
17:00 UTC - Sales of existing homes in the US (June)
Expected: 4.00 million | Previous: 4.03 million
17:00 UTC - Monthly sales of existing homes in the US
Previous: +0.8%
17:30 UTC - US crude oil inventories as estimated by EIA
Expected: -3.859 million
17:30 UTC - Crude oil inventories in Cushing, Oklahoma, USA
Expected: +0.213 million
20:00 UTC - Auction of 20-year US bonds
Previous yield: 4.942%
🗓 Additional events this week
(July 24-25, 2025)
Thursday - July 24
1-week REPO: Expected: 43.50% | Previous: 46.00%
Overnight lending rate: Expected: 43.50% | Previous: 44.50%
Overnight lending rate: Expected: 49.00%
15:30 UTC - Building permits in the US (June)
Expected: 1.390 million | Previous: 1.394 million
15:30 UTC - Initial and continuing claims for unemployment benefits in the US
Previous: 221 thousand | 1.956 million
16:45 UTC - Global index of asset managers (S&P) USA (services sector and composite sector, July)
Expected: 52.9
17:00 UTC - New home sales in the US (June)
Expected: 650 thousand | Previous: 623 thousand | Month: -13.7%
20:00 UTC - Auction of 10-year US TIPS bonds
Previous yield: 2.220%
23:30 UTC - Balance of the US Federal Reserve
Previous: $6.659 thousand.
Friday - July 25
15:30 UTC - Orders for durable goods in the US (June)
Expected: -0.2% | Previous: +0.5%
15:30 UTC - Durable goods orders in the US (June)
Expected: -11.0% | Previous: +16.4%
18:30 UTC - US GDP Fed (forecast for Q2)
Expected: +2.4%
20:00 UTC - Baker Hughes rig count in the US
22:30 UTC - CFTC positioning report in the US
Crude oil: 162.4 thousand | Gold: 213.1 thousand.
Nasdaq: 34.9 thousand | S&P 500: -167.8 thousand
Weekly summary report:
This week brings a busy data calendar. In the US, watch for housing data, durable goods orders, and Powell's speech for clues on growth.