Weekly Reports | Sep 05 2014
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By Greg Peel
US jobs tonight. It’s become increasingly difficult to know just how Wall Street will react to a good/bad number, but there is a chance a good number will send the US dollar and US bond yields higher. As to how this affects stocks, well that’s the big question.
The other big question is that of the possible Ukraine “ceasefire”. Real or imagined?
It’s a quieter week next week for global data although China does come into the frame. It’s a holiday in China on Monday but later in the week we’ll see monthly inflation, industrial production, retail sales and fixed asset investment numbers.
Japan will revise its June quarter GDP on Monday and will be hoping for some improvement.
There’s not much on the calendar in the US next week, with consumer credit and wholesale trade the only points of interest until Friday brings retail sales, business inventories and consumer sentiment.
In Australia we will see ANZ job ads, NAB business confidence and Westpac consumer confidence along with housing finance. Australia’s jobs numbers are out on Thursday, and it will be interesting to see just how much of a “blip” July’s numbers prove to be.
It’s fairly busy on the ex-div front in the local market next week, with Wednesday seeing the bulk.
Let’s hope the Wallabies can redeem themselves in Perth.
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