Next Week At A Glance

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By Greg Peel

Tonight’s US jobs report should serve to help tighten up assumptions of whether the Fed will or will not hike in June, albeit there will be one more jobs report before that meeting. The market is forecasting 200,000 jobs. If that is accurate, we probably can’t draw any real conclusion.

US data releases are thin on the ground next week until Friday, when retail sales, inventories, the PPI and consumer sentiment numbers are due.

China will release inflation numbers on Tuesday.

The Bank of England will hold a policy meeting on Thursday but one assumes monetary policy must now be on hold ahead of the Brexit vote in June.

The eurozone will release a first estimate of March quarter GDP on Friday.

Locally, ANZ will release its jobs ads series next week and Westpac its consumer confidence survey. Housing finance numbers are also due.

Commonwealth Bank ((CBA)) will follow up this week’s bank results with a quarterly update while Orica ((ORI)), Incitec Pivot ((IPL)) and AusNet Services ((AST)) will report interim earnings over the week.

QBE Insurance ((QBE)) will hold an investor day and there will be a handful of AGMs held throughout the week, including AMP ((AMP)) and Oil Search ((OSH)).
 

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