- 🇺🇸The White House is set to host a major crypto meeting Wednesday, with Trump, the SEC and CFTC chairs, and executives from Coinbase, Ripple and Kalshi expected.
- FOMC minutes land Wednesday, with markets pricing less than a 40% chance of a September hike.
- 🇯🇵 Japan reports GDP Monday and CPI Friday, the two key tests before a BOJ hike that Reuters reports could come as soon as September.
Monday Aug 17 - Japan Q2 GDP - US Treasury flows data, showing whether Japan cut its massive Treasury holdings again in June
Tuesday Aug 18 - US Housing Starts and Industrial Production
Wednesday Aug 19 - FOMC Minutes - White House crypto meeting - UK CPI
Thursday Aug 20 - CFTC's first Innovation Advisory Committee meeting on crypto and prediction markets - Philadelphia Fed Index