Next Week At A Glance

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By Greg Peel

Next week is February and locally that means corporate reporting season. We’ve already had a couple of teaser reports late in January, next week sees a handful of releases including News Corp ((NWS)), Tabcorp ((TAH)) and REA Group ((REA)), and the following week sees the action step up a gear.

The last two weeks bring a torrent.

Before we get to that torrent we’ll have a busy week of local and global economic data next week. Monday is the first of the month, and that means manufacturing PMIs from across the planet, followed up with services PMIs on Wednesday. All eyes on China, with Beijing releasing both PMIs on Monday.

Locally we have an RBA meeting on Tuesday but no changes will transpire, and the central bank will release a quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy on Friday.

Outside of the PMIs we’ll see local building approval, trade and retail sales numbers next week.

It’s jobs week in the US, which will prove important as ever in 2016. Second Fed rate hike in March? First we need to see Wednesday’s private sector result and Friday’s non-farm payrolls.

US data releases next week also include construction spending, personal income & spending, productivity, factory orders, trade, and vehicle and chain store sales.

The Bank of England will hold a policy meeting on Thursday.

New Zealand will be closed on Monday in preparation for the upcoming test series.
 

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