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Economic and event calendar in Asia Friday, August 7, 2026 - Fed speaker, Chinese trade data
Economic and event calendar in Asia Friday, August 7, 2026 - Fed speaker, Chinese trade data. Alberto Musalem, St. Louis Fed president, speaks soon. He has recently turned more hawkish, now favouring earlier, gradual rate hikes over "later,
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Economic and event calendar in Asia Friday, August 7, 2026 - Fed speaker, Chinese trade data. Alberto Musalem, St. Louis Fed president, speaks soon. He has recently turned more hawkish, now favouring earlier, gradual rate hikes over "later,
Economic and event calendar in Asia Friday, August 7, 2026 - Fed speaker, Chinese trade data
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Economic and event calendar in Asia Friday, August 7, 2026 - Fed speaker, Chinese trade data. Alberto Musalem, St. Louis Fed president, speaks soon. He has recently turned more hawkish, now favouring earlier, gradual rate hikes over "later,
Context
Alberto Musalem, St. Louis Fed president, speaks soon. He has recently turned more hawkish, now favouring earlier, gradual rate hikes over "later, larger, abrupt" moves, citing eroding inflation credibility after the Treasury selloff. He told the FT he'd preferred a 25bp hike at July's meeting, where the Fed held rates 9-3. Yesterday: Fed's Daly supported decision to hold rates steady at July FOMC meeting Fed's Cook: Fed running out of room for disnflation to return was written by Eamonn Sheridan at investinglive.com.
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NIC · Impact scores
Global: 0 · Market: 0 · Urgency: 0 · Confidence: 0 · Neutral
Market reaction
- US10Y: Price snapshot pending · T-15m / T0 / T+15m / T+60m
- FX: Price snapshot pending · T-15m / T0 / T+15m / T+60m
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Scenarios
- Two-way reaction likely until the market digests the data surprise vs forecast.
- Whipsaw risk is elevated inside the first 15–60 minutes after release.
- Watch correlated assets for confirmation rather than reacting to the headline alone.
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- Actual vs forecast surprise (priced-in risk)
- USD / yields impulse if macro-sensitive
- Liquidity and spread during the news window
- Follow-through after T+15m / T+60m
- Relative reaction in bonds
- Relative reaction in forex
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