Week Ahead: G20 Ministers Gathering; BoC and RBNZ Meetings; Fed Beige Book; U.S. and Canada Employment Reports; Eurozone, Switzerland and South Korea CPIs

From the G20 finance chiefs gathering to the central bank decisions in Canada and New Zealand to the U.S. and Canadian employment reports, here’s what you need to know for the week ahead.

Monday

🇨🇳 The Shanghai Cooperation Organization holds its annual summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to attend, along with China’s Xi Jinping. Through Sept. 1 – Bloomberg

🇨🇳 August China manufacturing PMI, non-manufacturing PMI ⚠

🇦🇺 Australia August Melbourne Institute inflation

🇯🇵 Japan July industrial production, retail sales and housing starts

🇮🇳 India Q2 GDP

🇺🇸 🇨🇳 🇪🇺 G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meet in Asheville, North Carolina, for talks on key global economic and financial issues, through Sept. 1 – Bloomberg ⚠

🇬🇧 UK financial markets closed for a bank holiday – Bloomberg

🇩🇪 Germany August CPI ⚠

🇹🇷 Turkey Q2 GDP

🇸🇪 Riksbank Deputy Governor Per Jansson attends the Swedish Bankers’ Association’s staff conference in Vasterhaninge to discuss the economy and interest rates – Bloomberg

Tuesday

🇭🇰 Fast-fashion retailer Shein is set to debut in Hong Kong, targeting a market cap of about $26 billion – Bloomberg

🌎 Worldwide August manufacturing PMI ⚠

🇰🇷 South Korea August trade data

🇮🇩 Indonesia August CPI

🇯🇵 Japan Q2 capital spending

🇮🇹 Italy August CPI ⚠

🇮🇹 Italy July unemployment rate

🇮🇹 Italy Q2 GDP ⚠

🇪🇺 Eurozone August CPI ⚠

🇪🇺 Eurozone July unemployment rate

🇬🇧 U.K. August Nationwide house prices

🇬🇧 U.K. July mortgage approvals

🇭🇺 Hungary Q2 GDP

🇪🇺 ECB Governing Council member Martin Kocher speaks on a finance panel in Alpbach, Austria – Bloomberg

🇪🇺 🇩🇪 Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel and German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil give press conference at G20 in Asheville, North Carolina – Bloomberg

🇪🇺 ECB Vice President Boris Vujcic delivers the keynote speech at the European School of Management and Technology in Berlin – Bloomberg

🇮🇱 Israel rate decision

🇺🇸 U.S. August ISM manufacturing ⚠

🇺🇸 U.S. July JOLTS job openings ⚠

🇺🇸 U.S. July construction spending

🇺🇸 U.S. August Omdia total vehicle sales

🇺🇸 Fed Governor Michael Barr speaks about economic outlook and financial inclusion at the Second Chance Lending Forum – Bloomberg

🇧🇷 Brazil Q2 GDP

🇲🇽 Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum delivers her State of the Nation address – Bloomberg

🇺🇸 Massachusetts holds primary elections.

🇺🇸 Dell earnings ⚠

🇺🇸 John Ternus takes over as Apple CEO, succeeding Tim Cook, who becomes executive chairman – Bloomberg

Wednesday

🇹🇼 SEMICON Taiwan convenes top semiconductor industry leaders and policy strategists in Taipei, through Sept. 4 – Bloomberg

🇦🇺 Australia Q2 GDP

🇰🇷 South Korea August CPI ⚠

🇳🇿 RBNZ meeting ⚠

🇯🇵 BOJ Policy Board member Hajime Takata delivers a speech in Sapporo – Bloomberg

🇮🇹 The 83rd Venice International Film Festival opens. Through Sept. 12 – Bloomberg

🇬🇧 UK leader Andy Burnham is expected to do his first Prime Minister’s Questions in parliament after succeeding Keir Starmer in July – Bloomberg

🇪🇸 Spain August unemployment rate

🇪🇺 ECB Governing Council member Pierre Wunsch speaks at Bruegel Annual meetings – Bloomberg

🇺🇸 U.S. August ADP employment change

🇺🇸 U.S. July factory orders and durable goods

🇺🇸 U.S. Fed Beige Book ⚠

🇨🇦 BoC meeting ⚠

🇺🇸 Broadcom earnings ⚠

Thursday

🇹🇭 The Thai government and private sector will host The Bangkok Business Summit 2026: Reinvent Thailand, Resilient ASEAN – Nikkei

🌎 Worldwide August services and composite PMIs ⚠

🇦🇺 Australia July trade data

🇻🇳 Vietnam August CPI

🇲🇾 Malaysia rate decision

🇦🇺 RBA Assistant Governor Brad Jones participates in a panel at Intersekt 2026 in Melbourne – Bloomberg

🇬🇧 Reform UK national conference is held in Birmingham through Sept. 5 – Bloomberg

🇪🇺 Eurozone July PPI

🇨🇭 Switzerland Q2 GDP

🇨🇭 Switzerland August CPI ⚠

🇹🇷 Turkey August CPI

🇪🇺 The ECB enters its pre-rate decision quiet period ahead of its Sept. 9-10 monetary policy meeting – Bloomberg

🇺🇸 U.S. weekly initial jobless claims

🇺🇸 U.S. July trade data

🇺🇸 U.S. Q2 unit labor costs and nonfarm productivity

🇺🇸 U.S. August ISM services ⚠

🇺🇸 Fed Governor Christopher Waller speaks in a moderated conversation at a Reuters Next event about the outlook for inflation, the US economy, and the central bank’s policy response – Bloomberg

🇺🇸 Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack and Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee give remarks during the Fed’s online “Connecting Communities: When Every Dollar Counts: Worker Perspectives on the Economy” event – Bloomberg

Friday

🇮🇹 Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni holds a celebration in Bari for overseeing Italy’s longest-serving government – Bloomberg

🇩🇪 Germany July factory orders ⚠

🇬🇷 Greece Q2 GDP

🇪🇺 Eurozone July retail sales

🇬🇧 U.K. DMP August CPI Expectations

🇮🇪 ECB chief economist Philip Lane gives a keynote address on “Diversity in the ECB” at the Irish Society for Women in Economics Conference in Dublin – Bloomberg

🇬🇧 BOE Governor Andrew Bailey delivers a speech at the LSE TRIUM Anniversary Conference in London – Bloomberg

🇺🇸 U.S. August employment report ⚠

🇨🇦 Canada August employment report ⚠

🇧🇷 Brazil August trade data

Earnings

Previews

*Focus on G20

*Focus on Asia

*Focus on Europe & U.K.

Focus on U.S. Economic Calendar

Top 10 Macro/Financial Charts of the Previous Week – w35

What Happened in the World Economy Last Week – in Charts – w35 (Bloomberg)

*Note: Previous reports can be found here