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German factory orders beat expectations

Emily Nicol
  • Euro area retail sales figures for September will offer more insight into household consumption in Q3.
  • In the UK, the main event this week will be Friday’s release of Q3 GDP data, which are likely to confirm a slight contraction of 0.1%Q/Q.
  • In Japan, a key focus will be the release of September’s wage figures, which will likely leave total wage growth well below the rate agreed in this year’s spring wage negations.

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BoJ Policy Decision: An important further step towards policy normalisation

Chris Scicluna
  • The BoJ's Policy Board today again afjusted its yield curve control framework in a further step towards policy normalisation

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ECB highly likely to keep interest rates unchanged

Chris Scicluna
Emily Nicol
  • The ECB monetary policy meeting seems bound to leave rates unchanged on Thursday.
  • US Q3 GDP growth is bound to be strong (circa 4½%Q/Q ann.)
  • Flash October PMIs are likely to remain consistent with contraction in both the euro area and UK.
  • In Japan, Tokyo CPI will be the most notable data of the week, with the BoJ’s preferred measure of core inflation expected to have eased 0.2ppt to 3.7%Y/Y.

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German IP fell for a fourth consecutive month

Emily Nicol
  • German IP declined for a fourth consecutive month in August as construction and energy production fell back significantly
  • In the UK, August GDP figures on Thursday are expected to report some positive payback for the weather-associated weakness in July
  • In the US, the key economic release will be September CPI results on Thursday
  • Sentiment surveys will dominate the Japanese dataflow this week

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Ongoing resilience in euro area jobs market

Emily Nicol
Chris Scicluna
  • The BoJ’s Tankan headline sentiment indices beat expectations, with auto makers in Q3 the most upbeat since the start of 2019
  • In the UK, the BoE’s Decision Maker Panel survey will provide an update on firms’ price and wage expectations at the end of Q3
  • In the US, Friday’s labour market report will be this week’s highlight

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