By Stephen Hughes

As you may or may not be aware, the release of economic data and / or sentiment is one of the 4 points of the currency compass; the others being political instability, acts of terrorism and acts of God.

This week we have a range of data from all corners of the world, here are the main ones to keep an eye out for:

27th July, 7am - UK Nationwide house price data.
27th July, 3pm – US New home sales
27th / 28th July, 11pm – US Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke speech
28th July, 4am – Australia RBA Business Confidence
2th July, 1am – Japanese retail sales data.

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