•
Dollar firm on good US indicators, Ukraine
tensions
– Personal
income and spending disappointed, but Chicago PMI and consumer confidence rose
more than expected
– Ukraine
tensions worsen; impossible to ignore the likely impact on Eurozone economy
•
NZD firms as terms of trade unexpectedly rise
•
RUB leads Eastern European currencies lower
as Ukraine worsens
•
China August PMIs slow, but remain over 50
– AUD gains
steadily, but remains below Friday’s opening levels
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Today:
– Eurozone: Final
August manufacturing PMIs from Germany, France, Eurozone; other Eurozone
countries announce their PMIs
– UK:
manufacturing PMI, July mortgage approvals expected to decline
– US and
Canada on holiday
•
Six G10 central banks to hold meetings this
week!
– RBA (Tue),
Bank of Canada (Wed), BoJ ECB, Bank of England and Riksbank (Thu)
•
Non farm payrolls out Fri; +209k expected,
down from 220k in July
– Remaining
above 200k would show continued solid growth
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