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All Day JPY Bank Holiday
4:00am USD ISM Manufacturing PMI
Forecast 49.4 Previous 49.1
4:00am USD ISM Manufacturing Prices
Forecast 62.4 Previous 61.9
7:30am CAD BOC Gov Macklem Speaks
4:30pm AUD Cash Rate
Forecast 3.60% Previous 3.60%
4:30pm AUD RBA Monetary Policy Statement
4:30pm AUD RBA Rate Statement
5:30pm AUD RBA Press Conference
8:40pm EUR ECB President Lagarde Speaks
11:00pm EUR ECB President Lagarde Speaks
Tentative USD JOLTS Job Openings
Forecast 7.21M Previous 7.23M
10:45am NZD Employment Change q/q
Forecast 0.10% Previous -0.10%
10:45am NZD Unemployment Rate
Forecast 5.30% Previous 5.20%
2:15am USD ADP Non-Farm Employment Change
Forecast 28K Previous -32K
4:00am USD ISM Services PMI
Forecast 50.8 Previous 50
1:00am GBP BOE Monetary Policy Report
1:00am GBP Monetary Policy Summary
1:00am GBP MPC Official Bank Rate Votes
Forecast 0-1-8 Previous 0-2-7
1:00am GBP Official Bank Rate
Forecast 4.00% Previous 4.00%
1:30am GBP BOE Gov Bailey Speaks
Tentative USD Unemployment Claims
4:00am CAD Ivey PMI
Forecast 55.2 Previous 59.8
9:30am USD FOMC Member Waller Speaks
2:30am CAD Employment Change
Forecast -4.0K Previous 60.4K
2:30am CAD Unemployment Rate
Forecast 7.20% Previous 7.10%
Tentative USD Average Hourly Earnings m/m
Tentative USD Core PCE Price Index m/m
Forecast 0.20% Previous 0.20%
Tentative USD Non-Farm Employment Change
Tentative USD Unemployment Rate
4:00am USD Prelim UoM Consumer Sentiment
Forecast 53 Previous 53.6
4:00am USD Prelim UoM Inflation Expectations
Previous 4.60%
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Markets closed out a ‘topsy turvey’ week, as equities and bonds oscillated, while the US Dollar recovered some favour. The Federal Reserve cut rates, but hinted at a pause in the rate cutting cycle, to tame a spike in inflation.
Read more →The Federal Reserve cut rates by 25 basis points, as did the Bank of Canada, in line with expectations. Markets did not react positively, as the Fed warned they may not cut again this year, as expected.
Read more →US Markets continued to rally, with equities tested record highs and bond yields tumbling. Market confidence is high, with the Federal Reserve expected to cut rates overnight and once again before Christmas. The Trump tour of Asia is calming any global trade tensions and markets are loving it.
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