HARMONIZED INDEX OF CONSUMER PRICES - HICP
A list of the final costs paid by European consumers for the items in a basket of common goods. HICP is produced by each European Union member state to help measure inflation and to guide the European Central Bank formulate monetary policy. It is also used as the basis of the European Index of Consumer Prices, which is weighted toward household expenditures.
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12:00 | Bundesbank Monthly Report | ||
07:00 | BOJ Core CPI | Jun | |
16:00 | Existing Home Sales | Jun | |
16:00 | Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index | Jul | |
16:00 | Consumer Confidence | Jul | |
02:30 | PMI Manufacturing | Jul | |
02:30 | Tertiary Industry Index | Jul | |
02:30 | PMI Composite | Jul | |
08:00 | GfK Consumer Climate | Aug |