Economic Calendar
The indicators that make the market shake (or not)
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Wednesday, August 19, 2026|Times in BRT (Brasilia) · GMT-3
| Time | Country | Event | Impact | Previous | Forecast | Actual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08:00 | 🇪🇺Eurozone | EU Trade Balance Trade balance: did we export more than we imported? Spoiler: depends on soybean prices. | 💤 | 17.3B | 18.6B | \u2014 |
| 09:00 | 🇺🇸United States | MBA Mortgage Applications (WoW) | 💤 | 2.1% | — | \u2014 |
| 09:00 | 🇧🇷Brazil | PMS Services Sector (MoM) | 🥱 | 0.4% | 0.3% | \u2014 |
| 10:30 | 🇺🇸United States | Housing Starts Housing market: where the dream of homeownership becomes a financial nightmare. | 👀 | 1.3M | 1.3M | \u2014 |
| 10:30 | 🇺🇸United States | Building Permits | 😬 | 1.4M | 1.5M | \u2014 |
| 12:30 | 🇺🇸United States | EIA Crude Oil Inventories | 😴 | -2.3M bbl | 0.9M bbl | \u2014 |
| 12:30 | 🇺🇸United States | EIA Natural Gas Storage | 🥱 | -115B cf | -81B cf | \u2014 |
⚠️ Impact emojis are our opinion (highly scientific and based on years of yelling at screens). Don't sue us.