Next week, the U.S. heavyweight macro data & officials' speech preview

The Federal Reserve and inflation-related data will be intensively released, which may affect the market's expectations for the timing of interest rate cuts. Pay close attention to 👇

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📅 Tuesday (July 16)
• 20:30: June CPI data from the US, July New York Fed Manufacturing Index
• 21:15: Federal Reserve Governor Bowman will deliver a welcome speech at the Federal Reserve meeting.

📅 Wednesday (July 17)
• 00:45: Federal Reserve Governor Barr will deliver a speech.
• 20:30: US June PPI data

📅 Thursday (July 18)
• 20:30: Announce multiple important data at once:
• June Retail Sales MoM
• The number of initial unemployment claims for the week ending July 12
• July Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index
• June Import Price Index MoM

📅 Friday (July 19)
• 22:00：
• U.S. July one-year inflation expectation preliminary value
• Preliminary Consumer Confidence Index for July from the University of Michigan

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📌 This week, the market is highly focused on CPI/PPI and retail sales data. Combined with the frequent statements from Federal Reserve officials, it is expected to provide short-term guidance on interest rate cut expectations, dollar trends, gold, and risk assets. Investors need to pay close attention ⚠️.