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Welcome to your guide to the week ahead in the markets.

US & Eurozone inflation

As markets weigh the prospect of more stimulus from global central banks, hard economic data this week will be eyed for any signs that the premise on which market expectations are based is wrong.

Friday sees the release of the flash CPI estimate for the Eurozone. Indications so far do not suggest inflation in the bloc is moving higher. The same day the Fed’s preferred inflation gauge, the core PCE measure, is released. Core CPI has been moving up lately but the PCE indicator has remained subdued.

Brexit

After the G7 summit over the weekend, markets are looking to the EU and Britain for where the next move is on Brexit. MPs return on September 5th but there will be plenty of politicking going on behind closed doors before then.

Australian data

With Aussie traders looking to the next RBA meeting at the start of September, this week’s download of data will be closely assessed for clues about future rate cuts. Construction work done, building approvals and capital expenditure figures are all set for release in the coming days.

China PMIs

After the end of the trading week on Saturday we get the latest manufacturing and services figures out of China. The key question for risk assets is whether the trade war is still biting down on Chinese expansion.

US data

A batch of US figures are out including core durable goods (Monday), the second reading of the Q2 GDP print (Tuesday), while on Friday we get the Chicago PMI and University of Michigan consumer sentiment reports.

Corporate Diary

Earnings season is wrapping up, with just a couple of releases this week.

Aug 26thDollar General
Aug 28thTiffany & Co
Aug 28thHewlett Packard
Aug 29thPernod Ricard
Aug 29thBest Buy

XRay

There are plenty of things to look forward to on XRay this week. You can watch live, or subscribe to view on catch up.

07.15 GMTAug 27thEuropean Morning Call
15.30 GMTAug 27thAsset of the Day: Bullion Billions
15.45 GMTAug 27thAsset of the Day: Oil Outlook
13.00 GMTAug 28thAsset of the Day: Indices Insight
07.00 GMTAug 29thLive Trading Room

Key Economic Events

There are a lot of dates for the diary this week, including US Core Durable Goods and Eurozone Flash CPI.

08.00 GMTAug 26thGerman IFO Business Climate
12.30 GMTAug 26thUS Core Durable Goods
14.00 GMTAug 27thUS CB Consumer Confidence
01.30 GMTAug 28thAustralian Construction Work Done
14.30 GMTAug 28thEIA Weekly Crude Oil Inventories
01.00 GMTAug 29thANZ Business Confidence
01.30 GMTAug 29thAustralia Private Capital Expenditure
12.30 GMTAug 29thUS Q2 GDP (2nd Reading)
09.00 GMTAug 30thEurozone Flash CPI
12.30 GMTAug 30thUS PCE Inflation

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