Spotlight of the week (20-08-2018)

Investors will have the opportunity to watch the minutes of the Fed's monetary policy meeting in August, when the Federal Reserve decided to keep the basic interest rate unchanged and said it was maintaining the prospect of raising interest rates in the year. now on.

Investors will follow Fed's forecast of inflation, the US economy and trade war concerns.

On Friday, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will appear for the first time as chairman of the Fed at the annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole. The conference will be closely watched by investors for information on the monetary policy orientation of some of the most important central banks in the world.

Geo-geopolitical risk is still at its peak when the United States expects new sanctions against Russia on Wednesday. Then on Thursday, the US plans to impose a 25 percent tax on China's $ 16 billion in imports.

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