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MARKET ANALYSIS

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WEEKLY OUTLOOK

31.07.2023-04.08.2023

Good afternoon traders.

 

  The week kicked off with the July Manufacturing and Services PMI surveys for Germany, the Eurozone, the UK, and the US which all came out softer than expected. On Tuesday the German IFO survey reflected the deterioration in the growth outlook while in the US the Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index report showed an increase to 117.0 from 110.1 despite market expectations. Early Wednesday data coming from Australia revealed softer-than-expected inflation. Later in the day the Federal Reserve (Fed) raised its key interest rates by 25 basis points to 5.25%-5.5%, as expected. Chair Powell mentioned that the June inflation Consumer Price Index was welcomed but “was only one month's report.” He added that if data suggests more hikes are needed, “that is the judgment we'll make.” ECB was next to announce its Main Refinancing Rate decision on Tuesday. The bank raised rates by 25 basis points with ECB’s President Christine Lagarde stating that all options are on the table for the next meeting in September. The same day data coming from the US showed that the world’s largest economy expanded at a 2.4% annualized rate, above the expected 1.8%. Additionally, Initial Jobless Claims, Durable Goods Orders, and Pending Home Sales posted better-than-expected readings. Finally on Friday the day started with BOJ releasing its monetary policy rate which was left unchanged at 0.1%. The week ended with FED’s favourite inflation report, the PCE Price Index which came below market expectation at 3%.

This week on the monetary front we have the release of RBA’s interest rate decision on Tuesday and BOE’s on Thursday. Other high impact financial data will be China’s NBS Manufacturing PMI, Eurozone’s Preliminary HICP rate and GDP, China’s Caixin Manufacturing PMI, Germany’s Final Manufacturing PMI and the US ISM Manufacturing PMI.

 

Have a nice week ahead.



Monday 31 July

Time CET

Cur.

Event

Forecast

Previous

04:30

CNY

Manufacturing PMI

48.9

49.0

11:00

EUR

GDP

0.2%

0.0%

15:45

USD

Chicago PMI

43.0

41.5


Tuesday 01 August

Time CET

Cur.

Event

Forecast

Previous

04:45

CNY

Caixin Manufacturing PMI

50.0

50.5

07:30

AUD

Cash Rate

4.35%

4.10%

17:00

USA

ISM Manufacturing PMI

43.2

41.8


Wednesday 02 August

Time CET

Cur.

Event

Forecast

Previous

00:45

NZD

Unemployment Rate

3.5%

3.4%

01:00

AUD

AIG Manufacturing Index

-19.8

      15:15

USD

ADP Nonfarm Employment Change

188k

497k


Thursday 03 August

Time CET

Cur.

Event

Forecast

Previous

14:00

GBP

Official Bank Rate

5.25%

5.00%

15:30

USD

Unemployment Claims

223k

221k

17:00

USD

ISM Services PMI

53.0

53.9


Friday 04 August

Time CET

Cur.

Event

Forecast

Previous

10:30

GBP

Construction PMI

48.0

48.9

15:30

  USD

Nonfarm Payrolls

200k

209k

15:30

USD

Unemployment Rate

3.6%

3.6%




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