Friday Sep 27 2019 09:28
4 min
The set-piece US labour market report on Friday is the main eco event for market watchers. Signs of a slowdown in employment growth are showing, supporting the doves’ case for further rate cuts. Will we see stronger wage growth though? The NFP report missed expectations on the headline number with employers adding just 130k last month versus the 160k expected.
The week gets a kickstart with more economic data from China likely to give more clues about the impact of the trade war. The official manufacturing and services PMIs will be followed by the closely-watched private Caixin manufacturing survey in the early hours of Monday.
The European Central Bank has cut rates, so what now? Inflation has proved stubbornly weak in the Eurozone, with headline inflation in August of just 1%, while core inflation was a meagre 0.9%. Market expectations for inflation remain subdued. There seems little hope that inflation will start to tick higher and give the ECB some breathing space. Euro area CPI preliminary readings will be delivered on Tuesday morning.
MPs are back to business, but we don’t know where this leaves the only thing that matters for sterling right now – will there be a deal or not? GBP pairs will remain exposed to headline risk as the market tries to figure out which way the wind is blowing.
The Reserve Bank of Australia is expected to cut interest rates again when it convenes on Tuesday. Speaking last week, governor Philip Lowe gave a very strong signal that rates would be cut again from the current record low 1%.
There are several corporate data releases this week, here are the main ones to put in your diary.
| Oct 1st | Ferguson | FY 19 Full Year Results |
| Oct 1st | Greggs | Q3 Trading Update |
| Oct 2nd | Tesco | Interim Results |
| Oct 3rd | Pepsico | Q3 Earnings |
| Oct 3rd | Ted Baker | Interim Results |
| Oct 3rd | H&M Group | Q3 Results |
Don’t miss our upcoming video streams on XRay. You can watch them live directly through the platform or catch-up afterwards when it suits you.
| 07.15 GMT | Sept 30th | European Morning Call |
| 15.00 GMT | Sept 30th | Charmer Trading talks Forex |
| 15.45 GMT | Oct 1st | Asset of the Day: Oil Outlook |
| 19.00 GMT | Oct 1st | Live Trader Training |
| 18.00 GMT | Oct 3rd | The Stop Hunter’s Guide to Technical Analysis (part 5) |
| 12.30 GMT | Oct 4th | LIVE Nonfarm Payrolls Coverage |
There’s a lot of data coming out in the next few days, particularly at the start of the week.
| 01.00 GMT | Sept 30th | China Manufacturing and Services PMIs |
| 01.00 GMT | Sept 30th | ANZ Business Confidence |
| 01.45 GMT | Sept 30th | China Caixin PMI |
| 08.30 GMT | Sept 30th | UK Final QoQ GDP |
| 12.00 GMT | Sept 30th | Germany CPI Inflation YoY |
| 03.30 GMT | Oct 1st | RBA Interest Rate Decision and Statement |
| 08.30 GMT | Oct 1st | UK Manufacturing PMI |
| 09.00 GMT | Oct 1st | Eurozone Preliminary CPI |
| 14.00 GMT | Oct 1st | US ISM Manufacturing PMI |
| 12.15 GMT | Oct 2nd | US ADP Nonfarm Employment |
| 14.30 GMT | Oct 2nd | US Crude Oil Inventories |
| 08.30 GMT | Oct 3rd | UK Services PMI |
| 12.30 GMT | Oct 4th | US Nonfarm Payrolls |
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