📌 Highlights at a Glance
Date Event Importance / Focus
Aug 1 Employment Situation, ISM PMI, H.15 interest rates Jobs, manufacturing, rates
Aug 5 Trade deficit & PMIs International trade data & service sector health
Aug 7 Jobless claims, productivity, credit Post-July labor slowdown, credit trends
Aug 12–15 CPI, PPI, retail sales, sentiment Inflation, consumption, regional surveys
Aug 22–28 GDP estimate, durable goods, confidence, housing data GDP trajectory, consumer spending & housing activity
Aug 7–8 FOMC minutes release Insight into Fed policy deliberation