What to Watch - Week of 13 October

Taylor Nugent | Markets Research

Past Week (jump to column)

• Little of note in Australia, but consumer confidence and job ads were on the softer side.
• USDJPY is up more than 3.5% week to date and the Nikkei surged after Takaichi’s weekend win

Week ahead (jump to column)

• • In Australia, Employment (Thursday) is seen up +20k and the unemployment rate at 4.3%. From the RBA, the September Minutes are Tuesday and Bullock, Hunter and Kent speak during the week
• • In NZ, the PSI and migration are released Monday, card spending on Tuesday, and selected prices are on Thursday. From the RBNZ, Chief Economist Conway speaks Wednesday.
• • Globally, the IMF-World Bank meetings take place in Washington. Bank reporting kicks off in the US, and the government shutdown looks likely to delay US data. CPI, PPI and Retail Sales were scheduled for this week.
• • In Europe, there is plenty of ECB speakers but little data. Final CPI is Friday. In the UK, Labour market data and monthly GDP are released.
• • In China, Trade data is Monday and CPI & PPI are Wednesday

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