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The Week Ahead On The Markets


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The Week Ahead
Read about upcoming market-moving events and plan your trading week
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Week commencing 21st Aug.

 

Chris Beauchamp's insight

This week’s Jackson Hole meeting will see central bankers from around the globe meet to discuss the outlook for the global economy. Flash Purchasing Managers' Index (PMIs) will be the key event earlier in the week, along with the German IFO report. Earnings season is winding down, but Nvidia’s earnings will be in focus given the excitement around the impact of AI.

 

Economic reports

Weekly View

Monday

None

Tuesday

3pm – US existing home sales (July): sales to fall 0.5% Month-on-Month (MoM). Markets to watch: USD crosses

Wednesday

1.30am – Japan Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) (July, flash): manufacturing to rise to 50.1 and services to fall to 53.6. Markets to watch: JPY crosses

8.30am – Germany PMI (July, flash): manufacturing to rise to 41 from 38.8. Markets to watch: eurozone indices, EUR crosses

9am – eurozone PMI (July, flash). Markets to watch: eurozone indices, EUR crosses

9.30am – UK PMI (July, flash): manufacturing to rise to 46.2 and services to fall to 51.2. Markets to watch: GBP crosses

2.45pm – US PMI (July, flash): manufacturing PMI to rise to 49.5 and services to fall to 52. Markets to watch: US indices, USD crosses

3pm – US new home sales (July): sales to fall 1.6% MoM. Markets to watch: USD crosses

Thursday

Jackson Hole Symposium begins: central bankers from around the world will gather in Wyoming, with the theme being ‘structural shifts in the global economy’. Markets to watch: FX markets, indices, commodities

1.30pm – US durable goods orders (July), initial jobless claims (w/e 19 August): orders to rise 0.5% MoM and 0.3% excluding transportation. Jobless claims to rise to 242K. Markets to watch: USD crosses

Friday

Jackson Hole Symposium continues

9am – German IFO index (August): business climate index to fall to 86.9. Markets to watch: EUR crosses

 

 

Company announcements

 

 

 

Monday
21 August

Tuesday
22 August

Wednesday
23 August

Thursday
24 August

Friday
25 August

Full-year earnings

 

 

 

Hays

 

Half/ Quarterly earnings

Zoom

Wood Group,
Macy's,
Urban Outfitters

Nvidia,
Snowflake,
Peloton

Gap

Trading update*

 

Lookers

 

 

 

Dividends

Index adjustments

 

Monday
21 August

Tuesday
22 August

Wednesday
23 August

Thursday
24 August

Friday
25 August

Monday
28 August

FTSE 100

 

 

8.30

 

 

 

Australia 200

1.2

1.1

0.9

0.7

13.3

3.0

Wall Street

 

 

 

7.8

 

 

US 500

0.07

0.08

0.12

0.52

0.06

0.19

Nasdaq

 

0.34

0.58

 

 

0.62

Netherlands 25

 

 

 

 

 

0.40

EU Stocks 50

 

 

 

 

 

 

China H-Shares

 

0.8

 

 

 

 

Singapore Blue Chip

 

 

 

 

0.09

 

Hong Kong HS50

 

2.7

 

1.8

2.8

11.1

South Africa 40

 

41.9

 

 

 

 

Italy 40

 

 

 

 

 

 

Japan 225

 

 

 

 

 

 

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