September 2nd (Monday)
USA and Canada holiday closed
Australia August Judo Bank manufacturing PMI final value: initial value of 48.7
Australia second quarter corporate operating profit seasonally adjusted rate: expected to drop 1%; previous value dropped 2.5%
Australia July construction permits month-on-month rate: forecast to rise 2.8%; previous value fell 6.5%
Japan second quarter corporate capital expenditure annual rate: expected to rise 10.1%; previous value rose 6.8%
Japan August Jibun Bank manufacturing PMI final value: initial value of 49.5
China August Caixin manufacturing PMI: forecast 50; previous value 49.8
France's August HCOB manufacturing PMI final value: initial value 42.1
Germany's August HCOB manufacturing PMI final value: forecast 42.1; initial value 42.1
Italy's August HCOB manufacturing PMI final value: initial value 47.4
Italy's Q2 GDP annual rate final value: initial value up 0.9%
Italy's Q2 GDP quarterly rate final value: initial value up 0.2%
Italy's July PPI monthly rate: previous value up 1%
Italy's July PPI annual rate: previous value down 3.5%
Eurozone's August HCOB manufacturing PMI final value: forecast 45.6; initial value 45.6
The final value of the UK's August Markit/CIPS Manufacturing PMI was 52.5, preliminary value.
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September 3rd (Tuesday)
New Zealand's quarterly Trade Conditions Index is forecasted to increase by 2.7%; the previous value increased by 5.1%.
Australia's quarterly current account is forecasted to have a deficit of 5 billion Australian dollars; the previous value had a deficit of 4.9 billion Australian dollars.
Japan's annual rate of basic money in August increased by 1% from the previous value.
The year-on-year growth rate of the UK's August BRC same-store retail sales increased by 0.3% from the previous value.
The final value of the US's August Markit Manufacturing PMI is forecasted to be 48.1; preliminary value 48.
USA August ISM Manufacturing Index: forecast 47.5; previous value 46.8.
USA July Construction Spending MoM: forecast upward 0.1%; previous value declined 0.3%.
Canada August S&P Manufacturing PMI: previous value 47.8.
Performance announcement: Smartone Tele (00315.HK).
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Wednesday, September 4th.
Bank of Canada monetary policy meeting, expected to reduce key interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.25%.
New Zealand August ANZ Commodity Price Index MoM: previous value declined 1.7%.
Australia's August Judo Bank Services PMI final value: initial value 52.2
Australia's Q2 GDP quarterly rate: forecasted to rise by 0.2%; previous value increased by 0.1%
Australia's Q2 GDP annual rate: forecasted to rise by 0.9%; previous value increased by 1.1%
Hong Kong's August S&P PMI: previous value 49.5
Japan's August Jibun Bank Services PMI final value: initial value 54
China's August Caixin Services PMI: forecasted 52.1; previous value 52.1
Italy's August IHS Markit Services PMI final value: initial value 51.7
France's August IHS Markit Services PMI final value: initial value 55
Germany's final HCOB services PMI for August: forecasted at 51.4; initial value 51.4.
Eurozone's final HCOB services PMI for August: forecasted at 53.3; initial value 53.3.
Eurozone's July PPI annual rate: forecasted to decline by 2.5%; previous value declined by 3.2%.
Eurozone's July PPI monthly rate: forecasted to rise by 0.3%; previous value rose by 0.5%.
UK's final S&P/CIPS services PMI for August: initial value 53.3.
US MBA mortgage applications for last week: previous value rose by 0.5%.
US trade balance for July: forecasted deficit of 76.8 billion US dollars; previous deficit of 73.1 billion US dollars.
US JOLTS job openings for July: previous value of 8.184 million.
US factory orders for July: forecasted to rise by 4.7%; previous value fell by 3.3%.
US durable goods orders for July: final value increased by 9.9%; initial value.
Canada's trade balance for July: previous surplus of 0.64 billion Canadian dollars.
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September 5th (Thursday).
US Fed Beige Book report.
Japan's annual growth rate of cash earnings for July: forecasted to increase by 2.8%; previous value increased by 4.5%.
Australia's trade balance for July: forecasted surplus of 4.95 billion Australian dollars; previous surplus of 5.589 billion Australian dollars.
Germany's factory orders in July: forecast to fall by 2.4%; previously fell by 11.8%.
Germany's seasonally adjusted factory orders in July: forecast to fall by 2%; previously rose by 3.9%.
UK's August S&P Construction PMI: previous value 55.3
Eurozone's retail sales year-on-year in July: forecast to rise by 0.1%; previously fell by 0.3%
Eurozone's retail sales month-on-month in July: forecast to rise by 0.1%; previously fell by 0.3%
USA's August Challenger job cuts year-on-year: previously rose by 9.2%
USA's August ADP employment change: forecast to increase by 0.148 million; previously increased by 0.122 million
USA's new initial jobless claims last week: previously 0.231 million
USA's second-quarter non-farm unit labor cost final value: predicted to rise by 0.9%; initial value increased by 0.9%.
USA's second-quarter non-farm productivity final value: predicted 2.3%; initial value increased by 2.3%.
USA's August S&P Services PMI final value: initial value 55.2.
USA's August ISM Services Index: predicted 51; previous value 51.4.
Performance announcement: New World (00016.HK), NIO Inc.-SW (09866.HK)
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September 6th (Friday)
Japan's July household spending annual rate: predicted to rise by 1.2%; previous value fell by 1.4%.
Japan's July leading indicators, initial value: forecasted at 109.4; previous value at 109.
Japan's July coincident indicators, initial value: forecasted at 116.2; previous value at 113.2.
Germany's July seasonally adjusted industrial output month-on-month: forecasted to decline by 0.2%; previous value increased by 1.4%.
Germany's July industrial output year-on-year after working day adjustment: forecasted to decrease by 3.8%; previous value decreased by 4.1%.
Germany's July seasonally adjusted trade balance: forecasted surplus of 22 billion euros; previous surplus of 20.4 billion euros.
France's July trade balance: previous deficit of 6.088 billion euros.
France's July industrial output year-on-year: previous decrease of 1.6%.
France's July industrial output month-on-month: previous increase of 0.8%.
France's current account deficit in July was 2.6 billion euros, down from the previous figure.
Italy's unadjusted retail sales in July fell 0.1% compared to the previous figure.
Italy's seasonally adjusted retail sales in July fell 0.2% compared to the previous figure.
The final estimate for the annualized seasonally adjusted GDP growth rate in the eurozone in the second quarter was forecasted to increase by 0.6%, the same as the initial estimate.
The final estimate for the quarterly seasonally adjusted GDP growth rate in the eurozone in the second quarter was forecasted to increase by 0.3%, the same as the initial estimate.
The final estimate for the quarterly change in employment in the eurozone in the second quarter was an increase of 0.2% according to the initial estimate.
The final estimate for the annual change in employment in the eurozone in the second quarter was an increase of 0.8% according to the initial estimate.
The unemployment rate in the United States in August is forecasted to be 4.2%, down from the previous figure of 4.3%.
US August average hourly earnings month-on-month rate: forecasted to rise 0.3%; previous value rose 0.2%.
US August average hourly earnings year-on-year rate: forecasted to rise 3.7%; previous value rose 3.6%.
US August average weekly hours: forecasted 34.3 hours; previous value 34.2 hours.
US August labor force participation rate: previous value 62.7%.
US August nonfarm payrolls: forecasted to increase by 0.165 million; previous value increased by 0.114 million.
Canada August Ivey PMI: previous value 57.6.
Canada August unemployment rate: forecasted to be 6.5%; previous value was 6.4%.
Canada August average hourly wage year-on-year rate: previous value rose 5.2%.
Change in employment numbers in Canada in August: forecast net increase of 0.025 million; previous net decrease of 2,800 people.
Employment participation rate in Canada in August: previous value of 65%.
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