Then on August 9 local time, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) will announce the preliminary reading of UK economic growth for the second quarter of 2019. Market consensus from Trading Economics estimates that John Bull's economy grew 1.4% YoY. Slowed slightly compared to the previous quarter by 1.8%. The slowdown in the UK economy has been seen from the Purchasing Manager's Index (PMI) data. In July, the IHS Markit / CIPS UK manufacturing PMI was at 48, the lowest in the past 6.5 years. "In July, we saw the manufacturing sector 'suffocated' because of the global economic slowdown.
Plus there is political uncertainty, "said Rob Dobson, Economist of IHS Markit, in a written statement. In addition to economic growth, investors should also look at the release of Chinese trade data on August 8.