Bank of America Global Research: We still expect global oil demand to grow by 1.9 million barrels per day in 2023 and 1.06 million barrels per day in 2024.

BofA Global Research: Energy demand must improve significantly to sustainably push Brent above $100/bbl or TTF/JKM natural gas above $20/MMBtu.

Bank of America Global Research: Keeping 2024 Brent oil price forecast at $90 a barrel as higher prices require larger supply cuts, supply disruptions or stronger demand.

ECB: Lending to banks fell by 1.68 billion euros to 606.1 billion euros.

Brazilian Minister of Planning and Budget Tebet: I believe that the cabinet reshuffle will take place in August.

U.S. natural gas futures were down 3.00% on the day and are now at $2.711/MMBtu.

The European Central Bank added a net 2.394 billion euros to its emergency bond purchase program (PEPP) in the week to August 11, compared with a reduction of 2.785 billion euros in the previous week.

Brazilian Minister of Planning and Budget Tebet: Inflation will be higher in the second half of the year, which could create room for conditional spending of R$ 28-32 billion in 2024.

The monthly rate of existing home sales in Canada in July was -0.7%, the previous value was 1.50%.

Brazilian Minister of Planning and Budget Tebet: The Brazilian government will cut spending in 2024 to balance the budget.

Brazilian Minister of Planning and Budget Tebet: The biggest challenge of the 2024 budget bill is how to deal with time constraints.

Euro zone government bond yields edged higher after the release of the U.S. retail sales data, while German 2-year yields rose 9.2 basis points to 3.163%.

Italian 10-year bond yields rose 15 basis points to 4.43%, the highest since May 26.

The three major U.S. stock index futures extended losses after the release of the economic data.

The core retail sales of the United States in July were 526.809 billion US dollars, the previous value was 556.299 billion US dollars.