Eurozone Retail Sales, Fed Meeting Minutes, and Ethereum Upgrade on Radar for Crypto Markets
This week's macroeconomic news and cryptocurrency developments could impact financial markets. Key dates include the release of Eurozone retail sales data for August, Fed meeting minutes, and U.S. consumer credit figures.
The Eurozone retail sales figure for August is expected to show a 0.4% increase, up from a -0.6% decline in the previous month. The release of these data is scheduled for Tuesday, October 6.
On Wednesday, October 7, the minutes of the September 15-16 FOMC meeting will be released. The U.S. consumer credit figure for August will also be released, with a forecast of 12.5 billion dollars, up from 18 billion dollars in the previous month.
The Ethereum core developers will carry out the Glamsterdam upgrade on the Sepolia testnet. This upgrade is critical for bringing account abstraction improvements and data availability optimizations to mainnet.