UK CPI, US Retail Sales Due As Markets Await Wednesday Data

UK CPI and U.S. retail sales are among the key data releases due on Wednesday, according to ETNet. In Asia, South Korea President Lee Jae-myung is chairing the Korea-Central Asia summit through the 17th. At 3:00 PM Hong Kong time, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will deliver the State of the Union address. At 8:15 PM, European Central Bank Vice President Luis de Guindos will chair a policy panel at the 2026 ECB Annual Research Conference, followed by a keynote speech from ECB Executive Board member Piero Cipollone at 9:00 PM. Japan will release August export and import data at 7:50 AM Hong Kong time, while the euro zone will publish July industrial production at 5:00 PM. The UK will report August CPI at 2:00 PM and July house price data at 4:30 PM. The U.S. will release August export and import prices at 8:30 PM, August retail sales at 8:30 PM, and the September NAHB housing market index at 10:00 PM. In Hong Kong, companies due to report earnings on Thursday include Black Mountain Mining (00159), Evergrande Auto (00708) and Tianji Partners (02479).