Wednesday preview: UK CPI, Fed minutes in focus
By Alexander Bueso
Date: Tuesday 19 Aug 2025
(Sharecast News) - The market spotlight in the middle of the week will switch to the Bank of England.
That is because at 0600 BST the Office for National Statistics will release its Consumer Price Index for the month of July.
Consensus is that the annual rate of increase in headline CPI picked up by a tenth of a percentage point to 3.7%.
Core CPI meanwhile is expected to have remained steady at 3.7%.
Against that backdrop, at 1800 BST the US central bank will release the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee's most recent monetary policy meeting.
The results of a 20-year US Treasury bond auction at 1700 BST may also draw attention.
In Asia Pacific, rate-setters in China and New Zealand are due to announce their latest policy decisions.
Wednesday 20 August
INTERIMS
Kenmare Resources (CDI), Lion Finance Group, Standard Chartered, Costain, Ithaca Energy, Kenmare Resources
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
M Winkworth
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)
Producer Price Index (GER) (07:00)
Q2
Lion Finance Group
GMS
Active Energy Group, Gore Street Energy Storage Fund
AGMS
Celebrus Technologies, Latham (James), NextEnergy Solar Fund Limited Red, Oryx International Growth Fund Ltd.
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Celebrus Technologies
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Price Index (07:00)
Producer Price Index (07:00)
Retail Price Index (07:00)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Elixirr International , The Global Smaller Companies Trust
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