• Retail sales in June increased by 7.2% y/y after 7.0% growth in May. Current data show that household consumption is growing in buoyant mode and should remain being the driving force behind GDP growth in this year. • Price of natural gas is going to rise by up to 10% since January next year, and before that it is going to rise in October as well. High prices of oil and natural gas on global markets are behind this growth. • Number of new houses under construction in the USA declined by 6.1% in July to 1 381m which is the lowest figure since January 1997. This means that real estate sector slump continues. • Slovakia’s inflation was faster than central bank forecast. NBS expects the consumer prices growth in August is going to accelerate slightly. • Corporate sector wages in Poland in July rose by 9.3% y/y which is slightly below expectation 9.4%. In Hungary, average wage in June increased by 10%. • Eurozone inflation in July slowed down. Consumer prices rose by 1.8% after 1.9% in the previous month.