📰 Key Events — August 21–23, 2025

📅 Aug 21 (Thu)

▪️ 15:30 — US Initial Jobless Claims (Forecast: 227K | Previous: 224K)

▪️ 15:30 — US Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index (Aug) (Forecast: 5.9 | Previous: 15.9)

▪️ 15:30 — US Philadelphia Fed Employment Index (Aug) (Previous: 10.3)

▪️ 16:45 — US Manufacturing PMI (Aug) (Forecast: 49.9 | Previous: 49.8)

▪️ 16:45 — US Composite PMI (Aug) (Previous: 55.1)

▪️ 16:45 — US Services PMI (Aug) (Forecast: 53.3 | Previous: 55.7)

▪️ 17:00 — US Existing Home Sales (Jul) (Forecast: 3.92M | Previous: 3.93M)

$GALA — VEXI Villages update

$VIC — Atlas Hard Fork goes live on mainnet

$FLUX — DePIN & More X Spaces event

📅 Aug 22 (Fri)

▪️ 17:00 — Fed Chair Powell speaks (Jackson Hole)

▪️ 20:00 — US Baker Hughes Oil Rig Count (Previous: 412)

▪️ 20:00 — US Baker Hughes Total Rig Count (Previous: 539)

▪️ 22:30 — CFTC Weekly Positions:

Crude Oil (Prev: 116.7K)

Gold (Prev: 229.5K)

Nasdaq 100 (Prev: 33.8K)

S&P 500 (Prev: -139.6K)

📅 Aug 23 (Sat)

▪️ Jackson Hole Symposium

📌 The most critical focus this week will be the Jackson Hole Symposium and Powell’s speech. US PMI data and jobless claims will also play a key role in setting market direction.