Quick Overview

• U.S. Housing starts were down 6.1% from June's pace and down 20.9% YoY.
  

• U.K.'s retail sales rose 0.7% in July
  

• YoY Consumer prices in the Euro area 13 were up 1.8%
  

• The DoE said that underground supplies of natural gas were up 21 billion cubic feet last week to 2.903 trillion cubic feet.
  
  
  

• Gold demand in India rose 72 percent in the first half of the year to 528 tonnes, and China's consumption rose 11 percent so far in 07.