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The second week of high volatility in the financial markets has ended, and the upcoming week may continue this trend. There are many news items on the agenda for the upcoming week including, among others, the Bernanke speech, US mortgage delinquency rate, US GDP Q2 2011, Euro manufacturing PMI, and U.S. news home sales. Here is an overview for the week of August 22nd to August 26th:
(all times GMT):
1. Monday 22nd of August 15:00– US Mortgage delinquency rate Q2 2011: This quarterly report shows the rate of deliquesce on mortgage payments; this rate includes at least one payment past due on mortgage payments but does not include loans in the process of foreclosure. During the first quarter, the seasonally adjusted deliquesce ...

According to a recent report, of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Treasuries longer-term notes by other countries inclined by $24.7 billion during May compared to April 2011.
For the complete report on US TIC see here


China’s holding of U.S. Treasuries longer-term notes rose during May for the second time in 2011 by 0.63% or $7.3 billion to a record $1.159.8 trillion, well above the $868 billion China had held back in May 2010. There were also rises in May compared to April in holding for Japan (by $5.5 billion) and UK (by $13.5 billion).