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Key events, in time order
The latest weekly labor data came in below expectations on initial claims, while continuing claims edged higher, keeping labor-market readings in focus.
Weekly filings stayed near historically low levels, underscoring a still-resilient labor market ahead of the Fed’s next policy cues.
The Fed’s G.19 report showed revolving credit turning negative while nonrevolving lending still expanded, underscoring a split in household borrowing trends.
Market reports citing the API said U.S. crude and gasoline inventories fell last week, while Cushing and distillate stocks rose, setting up Wednesday’s EIA release.
Refinancing and purchase demand both cooled, underscoring renewed pressure from higher U.S. borrowing costs
The latest weekly ADP pulse suggests private hiring improved again, a closely watched read on U.S. labor-market momentum.
Services growth remained solid, but higher input costs and mixed subcomponents kept inflation pressure in focus.
Oil rigs edged up while gas rigs fell, keeping U.S. drilling activity in a mild adjustment mode.
Stronger-than-expected ward-level inflation and fading subsidy effects keep the BOJ policy debate in focus.
September surveys showed expansion across major economies, with the US, euro area and Germany all printing stronger readings. The data may help shape rate expectations and cyclical asset pricing.
Japan’s latest housing starts data showed a slower year-on-year pace and a softer annualized reading, tempering expectations for the sector.
Private survey data and the official PMI both improved, keeping China’s activity gauges in expansion territory before the holiday break
BEA’s latest print came in below forecasts, while July was revised lower, prompting traders to trim the odds of an October Fed hike.
The latest report points to a softer August capex read, with transportation noise masking a weaker core trend.
BEA said the deficit increased from a revised first-quarter shortfall, driven mainly by a larger goods gap.
The September survey points to softer demand across UK retailing and a sharper pullback in supplier orders.
Official data showed a monthly rebound in sales, offering a fresh read on housing demand as mortgage rates stay elevated.
Manufacturing, services and composite gauges all came in well above estimates, signaling a firmer September expansion in private-sector activity.
MBA data show mortgage demand fell for a third straight week, underscoring continued pressure from higher borrowing costs.
ONS data show borrowing and debt remain elevated, keeping fiscal scrutiny on the UK government ahead of the autumn Budget.
The monthly reading points to growth still running below trend, with the prior month revised to 0.08.
Baker Hughes’ weekly count points to firmer drilling activity in U.S. oil and gas, a key supply-side gauge for energy markets.
ONS’ first estimate points to a summer pickup in consumer spending, a key input for growth and Bank of England rate expectations.
Weekly claims came in below forecasts, reinforcing the picture of a labor market with still-low layoffs and stable demand for workers.
The MPC kept policy unchanged but struck a more hawkish tone as energy-driven inflation risks persist.
The September survey points to firm factory activity, but elevated price pressures keep the inflation backdrop in focus.
Treasury data show continued foreign demand for U.S. securities, but the long-term transactions line turned negative in July, a key read on cross-border capital allocation.
The latest pulse adds a fresh, high-frequency read on U.S. labor demand after August payrolls showed a slower pace of private-sector job growth.
The official release confirms the flash reading and gives the Riksbank a fresh inflation gauge ahead of its next policy decisions.
An advance reading points to a renewed monthly drop after June’s revised gain, with chemicals and metals likely weighing on the sector.
The Treasury’s monthly statement shows a sharp August improvement, but the fiscal-year deficit remains near $2.0 trillion through 11 months.
The weekly rig tally ticks higher, keeping focus on U.S. upstream activity and what it may signal for near-term supply expectations.
ONS data showed a smaller goods gap in July as imports from outside the EU eased, a release watched for its GDP and current-account implications.
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September data topped expectations but still pointed to contraction in the UK building sector.
ONS data showed a smaller trade gap offset a wider primary income deficit, easing the UK’s external financing burden versus the prior quarter.
The Bank of Japan’s latest services price data shows persistent price pressure in the corporate sector, a key gauge for inflation and policy timing.
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