Financial Diary
Week ahead: FOMC minutes, China PMI in focus
The coming week will see many traders return to their terminals and swamped with work, as they try to get up to speed with events globally over the previous fortnight and gear-up for a week full of potentially market-moving data and events.
Week ahead: Chinese and Japanese data in focus
Trading will be exceedingly restrained over the coming week, with scarcely a skeleton shift left to man the trading desks, but several relevant reports will be nevertheless be released throughout the week.
Week ahead: US data, Catalan elections in focus
The focus in the coming week will continue to be on the ebb and flow of data out of the US, including Republicans' progress on securing passage of their tax cuts.
Week ahead: Central banks, China in focus
Central banks will be firmly in the spotlight over the coming week, alongside a barrage of economic data out of China and Japan.
Week ahead: Service PMIs, Chinese trade data in focus
The coming week will be back-end loaded, with data on UK industrial production and foreign trade in October set for release on Friday.