Monday Sep 16 2019 07:59
4 min
Equity markets have recovered from the August doldrums to push higher, with the S&P 500 hitting 3,000 again. All eyes will be on the Fed this week as it’s expected to cut rates – the question will be how many more cuts should the market bank on? Market pricing suggests a 90% chance of a cut, with a roughly 70% of at least another by the end of the year. The FOMC decision will be announced at 18:00 (GMT) on Wednesday.
Wages are rising at 4% and inflation is on target at 2% – perfect conditions for the Bank of England to raise rates. But the uncertainty over Brexit and signs of a slowdown in GDP growth are likely to leave policymakers standing pat for the time being. The Monetary Policy Committee decision is due at 11:00 (GMT) on Thursday.
The Bank of Japan is also in action Thursday, with markets anticipating no change to its ultra-loose monetary policy. In fact, governor Haruhiko Kuroda said recently that cutting rates deeper into negative territory is among its policy options. Meanwhile, inflation remains stubbornly low, sinking in July to its weakest level in two years.
Results from Kingfisher and Next are among the main events on the corporate diary. For Kingfisher it’s likely to be more of the same with trading tough in France, whilst things are improving in the UK, where B&Q enjoyed a decent bump in like-for-like sales in the first quarter. Next interims come after it delivered a blockbuster trading statement at the end of July as sales growth in Q2 picked up markedly and was well ahead of expectations. Full price sales rose 4%, a thumping beat on the -0.5% guided in May.
These are the upcoming company announcement to put in your calendar.
| September 17th | Adobe Inc | Q3 |
| September 17th | FedEx Corp | Q1 2020 |
| September 18th | Kingfisher Plc | Interim Results |
| September 19th | Next Plc | Interim Results |
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| 07.15 GMT | Sept 16th | European Morning Call |
| 15.30 GMT | Sept 17th | Asset of the Day: Bullion Billions |
| 15.45 GMT | Sept 17th | Asset of the Day: Oil Outlook |
| 19.00 GMT | Sept 17th | LIVE: Trader Training |
| 18.00 GMT | Sept 18th | The Stop Hunter’s Guide to Technical Analysis (part 3) |
There’s a lot going on in the coming week, here are the events we to watch out for.
| 01.30 GMT | Sept 17th | RBA Monetary Policy Meeting Minutes |
| 09.00 GMT | Sept 17th | German/Eurozone ZEW Economic Sentiment |
| 08.30 GMT | Sept 18th | UK CPI Inflation |
| 18.00 GMT | Sept 18th | FOMC Monetary Policy Decision Annoucement |
| 18.30 GMT | Sept 18th | FOMC Press Conference |
| 22.45 GMT | Sept 18th | New Zealand GDP (QoQ) |
| 01.30 GMT | Sept 19th | Australia Employment Change/ Employment Rate |
| 04.00 GMT | Sept 19th | Bank of Japan Interest Rate Decision |
| 07.30 GMT | Sept 19th | Swiss National Bank Rate Announcement |
| 11.00 GMT | Sept 19th | BoE Monetary Policy Decision Announcement |
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