The agency expects the US June non-seasonally adjusted core CPI annual rate to be announced at 20:30 tonight.

1. Sparta Securities: +2.8%; Dutch Bank: +2.9%; Vanguard Bank: +2.9%; Goldman Sachs Group: +2.9%; Stifel: +2.9%; 2. Barclays Bank: +2.9%; Dutch International: +2.9%; Nomura Securities: +2.9%; Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce: +2.9%; Danske Bank: +2.9%; 3. J.P. Morgan: +2.9%; Montreal Bank: +2.9%; UBS Group: +2.9%; Citigroup Group: +2.9%; BNP Paribas Bank: +3.0%; 4. TD Securities: +3.0%; JPMorgan Chase: +3.0%; Bank of America: +3.0%; Imperial Bank: +3.0%; Morgan Stanley: +3.0%; 5. Union Bank: +3.0%; HSBC Holdings: +3.0%; Lloyds Bank: +3.0%; Sumitomo Mitsui: +3.0%; Credit Agricole: +3.0%; 6. Morgan Stanley: +3.0%; Bridgewater Macro: +3.0%; SocGen Bank: +3.0%; Standard Chartered Bank: +3.0%. [Reuters forecast: +3.0%]