Economic data due from China over the weekend -
- Due at 0200GMT (or thereabouts) on 8 August 2015
China trade balance for July:
- expected is $55.00bn, prior was $46.54bn
Exports y/y:
- expected is -1.5%, prior was +2.8%
Imports y/y:
- expected is -7.9%, prior was -6.1%
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In yuan terms ...
Trade balance
- expected is 353.11bn, prior was 284.20bn
Exports % y/y
- expected is -0.3%, prior was +2.1%
Imports % y/y
- expected is -6.6%, prior was -6.7%
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Also ... China CPI and PPI for July due 0130GMT on 9 August
CPI for July
- expected is +1.5% y/y, prior was 1.4%
PPI
- expected is -5.0% y/y, prior was -4.8%
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And .... also ... watch out for this over the weekend ...
- Typhoon Soudelor will bring both flooding rainfall and damaging winds to Taiwan
- The storm remains on a collision course with the island
- Has weakened, but remains a powerful typhoon
- Will restrengthen prior to making landfall
- Impacts will begin on Friday
- Conditions will worsen across northern and eastern Taiwan Friday afternoon with the worst of the weather expected Friday night and Saturday
