Morning All Community;
in the week ahead, markets will take in the outcome of US nonfarm payrolls & unemployment data released on Friday and will continue to focus on further predictions of US rate hike in September & December.
US markets will be closed on Monday for Labor day.





Here are the main economic events for the upcoming week:




1.On Monday 1:45 GMT China Caixin PMI will be released. The data is expected to remain steady at 51.7.




2.UK Services PMI will be released on Monday at 8:30 GMT and forecast to rise to 49.4 from 47.4. The data can shed lights on UK economy post Brexit.


3.On Monday 9:00 GMT July Eurozone Retail Sales will be published. Sales are expected to rise by 0.6% for July compare to 0.0% in previous month. YoY sales are expected to rise by 2%, an increase from 1.6% in the previous year.


4.The RBA(Reserve Bank of Australis) Interest Rate Decision will be published on Tuesday at 4:30 GMT. Rates are expected to remain unchanged at 1.5%. However, keep an eye for any comments from policy makers regarding further changes of Australian economic policy.


5.Eurozone third quarter GDP will be released on Tuesday at 9:00 GMT. Expectations for quarterly growth to rise by 0.3% from 0.6%. YoY is expected to rise by 1.6% compare to 1.7% in the previous year.



6.On Tuesday at 14:00 GMT US ISM Manufacturing PMI will be released and expected to decline slightly to 55 from 55.7.


7.Australia Growth Domestic Product(GDP) will be released on Wednesday at 1:30 AM. Growth for the second quarter is expected to rise by 0.7%, a decline from 1.1% while YoY growth falls to 3.00% from 3.1% a year earlier.

8.Canada Interest Rate Decision - The BoC will release its rate decision on Wednesday at 14:00 GMT. Rates are forecast to remain unchanged at 0.5%.


9.On Wednesday at 11:50 Japan second quarter GDP is expected to hold at 0.00% compare to 0.5% in the previous quarter. YoY growth is expected to decrease significantly to 0.2% from 2.00%.



10.ECB Interest Rate Decision - Markets will focus on this event this week to get hints for European monetary policy. Interest rate is expected to remain unchanged at 0.0%. The\ ECB conference will attract market's attention to see whether further stimulus actions are expected.



11.China Inflation rate will be released on Friday at 1:30 GMT. MoM CPI is expected to be 0.0% a decrease from previous data of 0.2%. YoY forecast to rise by 1.8% unchanged from previous month.



12.Germany & UK Trade Balance - German balance of trade wwill be published on Friday at 6:00 GMT and expected to post a surplus of €20.7B compare to €24.9B in June. UK balance of trade will be released at 8:30 GMT and expeted to narrow to £4.5B from £5.1B in previous month.



13.Canada Employment Data will be published on Friday at 12:30 GMT. Unemployment chnage is expected hold steady at 6.9% while employment change figure is expected to grow by 3200 new jobs compare to July fall of 31,200.



Regards All.
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