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Inflation and jobs data to continue to drive markets
It will be a busy week in the US with employment/labour reports taking the central stage.
The week in the USA is bookended with the Memorial Day holiday on Monday and ISM Manufacturing and Services PMI on Friday.
Its not all USA data: inflation rates for several European countries including Germany and France will also be on the agenda and after the ECB President Christine Lagarde signaled that the negative interest rate environment in EU is going to come to an end in September following record inflation any sign of an uptick may give the market some excuse to believe this may happen sooner rather than later. Indeed Ms. Lagarde comment turned the EURUSD upwards after the early part of last week made it look like another US$ up week.
There are also several speeches by Fed officials diarised which will be keenly watched for further clues after the FED minutes reduced fears that rate rises would be faster which, along with better-than-expected consumer spending data, helped equity markets recover.
China is also reopening after its two-month COVID closures which should improve the mood for growth but the inertia that has built up will take some time to unwind particularly with respect to supply chain constraints.
The Ukraine war grinds on and looking more and more like a long war of attrition. But oil demand in the USA seems price resilient and hence oil has taken a leg up along with most energy. However metals have barely moved on the week regardless of China reopening showing investment isn’t focused on these markets.
Date | Country | Figures | Expected | Previous |
May 30 | GER | Inflation Data YoY | 7.6% | 7.4% |
May 31 | EUR | Inflation Data YoY | 7.7% | 7.4% |
June 01 | EUR | Unemployment rate | 8.2% | 8.3% |
| USA | ISM Manufacturing PMI | 54.5 | 55.4 |
| USA | JOLTS Job Openings | 11.549 | 11.4 |
June 02 | USA | Initial Jobless Claims | 210k | 210k |
| USA | ADP May | 300K | 247K |
June 03 | USA | Non Farm Payrolls | 320K | 428K |
| USA | Unemployment rate | 3.5% | 3.6% |
| USA | ISM non manufacturing | 56.4 | 57.1 |
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