Monday 21 November

Healthcare equipment firm Agilent reports to the market on Monday, after last week raising its quarterly cash dividend by 7% to 22.5 cents per share. Figures are also due from UK food service group Compass, professional services firm Jacobs, food brand owner JM Smucker and lifestyle retailer Urban Outfitters. In Germany the October PPI data is released.

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Tuesday 22 November

A busy day for earnings includes medical device company Medtronic, semiconductor manufacturer Analog Devices, cloud computing firm VMware, discount store Dollar Tree, PC and printer firm HP Inc, building materials group CRH, US fast-food chain Jack in the Box, German property company TAG Immobilien, renewable energy firm Canadian Solar and US retailers Best Buy, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Nordstrom, American Eagle and Abercrombie & Fitch. We’ll also get the latest eurozone consumer confidence and current account (the trading bloc’s trade deficit with the rest of the world standing at a record €50.9 billion in August) and, late at night, the Australian flash manufacturing and services PMI for November.

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Wednesday 23 November

We’ve got more PMI data on Wednesday, with flash manufacturing and services PMI updates for France, Germany, the eurozone, the UK and the US. In the US look out for the latest durable goods orders and new home sales, plus the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index. Agricultural machinery firm Deere & Co reports to the market, along with UK water company United Utilities, chemicals company Johnson Matthey, investment company HICL Infrastructure, industrial flow equipment manufacturer Rotork, retail groups Pets at Home and Halfords, and banknote producer De La Rue.

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Thursday 24 November

While the US celebrates Thanksgiving on Thursday, keep an eye out for the German Ifo business climate index and, in the UK, the CBI’s industrial trends orders report. In Japan we’ve got the flash manufacturing and services PMI early in the day and the Tokyo CPI late at night. Earnings are scheduled from home improvement retail group Kingfisher and payment system provider PayPoint, set to acquire Appreciate Group to enter the consumer and corporate gift market.

Friday 25 November

It’s a quiet end to the week as Black Friday marks the start of the Christmas shopping season in the US. Meanwhile in Germany we’ll see the revised GDP for Q3 and the latest GfK consumer climate. Last time out the index anticipated a modest rise in German consumer sentiment.

Published: 21 November 2022

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Monday 14 November

Eurozone industrial production figures for March are released at 10am (UK time) on Monday morning. We’ll also get the latest OPEC oil production report and, late in the day, Japan’s Q3 GDP data. Earnings are due from food processing company Tyson, infrastructure consulting firm Aecom and Chinese internet company Sohu.

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Tuesday 15 November

US supermarket Walmart reports to the market on Tuesday amid a backdrop of weakness in the retail and wholesale sector throughout 2022. Figures are also expected from DIY retailer Home Depot, German semiconductor manufacturer Infineon, UK telecoms group Vodafone, tobacco company Imperial Brands, car parts provider Advance Auto Parts, commercial property group Landsec, wind turbine firm Nordex and office property group Workspace. As well as Chinese and Japanese industrial production data, we’ll get the UK average earnings and claimant count change, French CPI, German ZEW economic sentiment, eurozone GDP and trade balance, and in the US the NY Empire State manufacturing index.

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Wednesday 16 November

With UK inflation sitting at a 40-year high of 10.1% in September, all eyes will be on Wednesday’s UK CPI data for October. In the US we’ll see the latest retail sales and industrial production, while late in the evening the Japanese trade balance is published. Updates are scheduled from US tech firms Cisco and Nvidia, retailers Lowe’s, TJX and Target, credit check firm Experian, energy company SSE, enterprise software group Sage, property developer British Land, UK food brand owner Premier Foods and manufacturing group Senior.

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Thursday 17 November

Chinese e-commerce group Alibaba posts quarterly earnings on Thursday. The Hurun China Rich List last week revealed that Alibaba founder Jack Ma has seen a 29% drop in his wealth as the Chinese economy weakens. We’ll also see earnings from DAX component Siemens, engineering firm Applied Materials, cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks, UK safety equipment firm Halma, German engineering and steel production conglomerate ThyssenKrupp, mining company Harmony Gold, UK property developer Great Portland Estates and US retailers Ross Stores, Macy’s and Gap. Macroeconomic data includes Australian employment change, eurozone and Japanese CPI, and US building permits, housing starts and the Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index.

Friday 18 November

At 7am on Friday the UK retail sales data for October is published. In September we saw the impact of the cost-of-living crisis as retail sales fell by 1.4%, driven by falling food store sales of 1.8%. In the US look out for the latest existing home sales, while the reporting schedule includes Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com and US sportswear retailer Foot Locker.

Published: 14 November 2022

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Monday 7 November

We start the week with Chinese trade balance data, the Halifax index of UK house prices, German industrial production and eurozone, French and German construction PMI. Late in the day we’ve also got the Australian Westpac consumer sentiment and Japanese household spending. Earnings are due from video game company Activision Blizzard, specialty chemicals producer IFF, pharma firm Viatris, energy utility NiSource, German tool manufacturer DMG Mori and online travel company Tripadvisor.

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Tuesday 8 November

Entertainment giant Walt Disney reports to the market on Tuesday, along with oil company Occidental, DAX components Bayer, Deutsche Post, Munich Re and Henkel, logistics company Expeditors, food processor Associated British Foods, US chemical company Ashland, UK housebuilder Persimmon and German airport operator Fraport. Macroeconomic data includes the UK BRC retail sales monitor, eurozone retail sales (down 0.3% in August for a 2.0% year-on-year drop) and the Japanese current account.

Wednesday 9 November

DAX components E.ON, Brenntag and Adidas head the earnings on Wednesday, the latter having recently ended its lucrative partnership with Kanye West. Figures are also due from insurance group Manulife, comms and media company Rogers, pharma firm Jazz, German bank Commerzbank, US housebuilder DR Horton, construction firm Taylor Wimpey, US fast food chain Wimpey’s and UK retailer Marks & Spencer.

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Thursday 10 November

Another busy earnings schedule on Thursday includes pharma firm AstraZeneca, German telecoms provider Deutsche Telekom, UK energy utility National Grid, electric vehicle maker Nio, steel producer ArcelorMittal, German energy firm RWE, fashion company Ralph Lauren, car-selling site AutoTrader, German financial services firm Allianz and car parts manufacturer Continental. The DAX component last month announced plans to invest €210 in its Mexican operations. As well as the UK RICS house price balance we’ll see the US CPI for October and the latest federal budget balance.

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Friday 11 November

Friday’s a big day for data in UK, with the Q3 GDP and business investment figures, plus manufacturing and industrial production and the latest trade balance. Also keep an eye out for German CPI (provisional figures showing an annual inflation rate of 10.4%) and, in the US, the University of Michigan consumer sentiment. Expect earnings from German steel producer Salzgitter and insurance group Beazley.

Published: 7 November 2022

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Monday 31 October

October draws to a close with retail sales data for Japan, Australia and Germany, plus Japanese industrial production, China’s NBS manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMI, the latest eurozone CPI and, in the US, the Chicago PMI. Monday’s earnings include Dutch semiconductor manufacturer NXP, US computer networking company Arista and car rental group Avis.

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Tuesday 1 November

Oil and gas supermajor BP reports to the market on Tuesday, after rival Shell last week revealed it will pay no windfall tax in the UK this year. Figures are also due from pharma firms Pfizer and Eli Lilly, semiconductor producer AMD, petrol refiners Phillips 66 and Marathon Petroleum, US food brand owner Mondelez, power management conglomerate Eaton, pharma distributor McKesson, US hydrocarbon explorer Devon, financial services group AIG, food service supplier Sysco, retail property group Simon and video game firm Electronic Arts. Look out for Japanese, Chinese, UK and US manufacturing PMI data, the RBA’s decision on Australian interest rates and the US JOLTs labour market report.

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Wednesday 2 November

More manufacturing PMI data is due on Wednesday for France, Germany and the eurozone, while the macroeconomic highlight is the Fed’s decision on US interest rates. In September the FOMC raised the target range for the federal funds rate to 3.00-3.25% and indicated further hikes would be necessary. A busy earnings schedule includes telecoms equipment firm Qualcomm, US healthcare company CVS Heath, cosmetics multinational Estée Lauder, travel tech company Booking, US health insurance provider Humana, UK pharma firm GSK, financial services group MetLife, data centre operator Equinix and US hydrocarbon explorer Marathon Oil.

Thursday 3 November

The Bank of England announces its monetary policy decision at midday (UK time) on Thursday, although the chancellor’s decision to push back his autumn statement to 17 November leaves questions over the UK government’s public spending plans. We’ll also see the latest Australian trade balance and Chinese, UK and US services PMI data. Figures are expected from US hydrocarbon explorer ConocoPhillips, biotech firms Amgen and Regeneron, coffeehouse chain Starbucks, health insurance provider Cigna, UK telecoms group BT, aircraft engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce, UK supermarket Sainsbury’s and German fashion house Hugo Boss.

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Friday 4 November

Friday’s highlight is the US nonfarm payrolls figure, expected at 12.30pm (UK time). In September the US economy added 263,000 jobs, slightly ahead of expectations. Before that we’ll see services PMI data for Japan, France, Germany and the eurozone, German factory orders and UK construction PMI. US energy suppliers Duke and Dominion provide updates, along with confectionery company Hershey, Spanish telecoms firm Telefónica, German food producer GEA, European media conglomerate RTL and German telecoms group Freenet.

Published: 31 October 2022

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Monday 24 October

Throughout the day we’ve got flash manufacturing and services PMI data for Australia (late Sunday evening), Japan, France, Germany, the UK and the US. Confusion surrounds the Chinese data release schedule after last week’s indefinite postponement of GDP figures for the third quarter, while earnings are due from software company Cadence, US credit card firm Discover and natural gas producer Range Resources.

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Tuesday 25 October

Google owner Alphabet reports to the market on Tuesday after CEO Sundar Pichai last month suggested he would make staffing cuts to improve efficiency by 20%. We’ve also got updates from Dow components Microsoft, Visa, Coca-Cola and 3M, shipping firm UPS, semiconductor manufacturer Texas Instruments, aerospace and defence contractor Raytheon, German enterprise software firm SAP, UK multinational bank HSBC, US conglomerate General Electric, automaker General Motors, food processing firm ADM and petrol refiner Valero Energy. The German Ifo business climate index is released along with, in the US, the Conference Board’s consumer confidence.

Wednesday 26 October

Facebook parent Meta posts earnings on Wednesday, along with lab tech firm Thermo Fisher Scientific, aircraft manufacturer Boeing, HR software provider ADP, pharma firm Bristol-Myers Squibb, aerospace and defence contractor General Dynamics, carmakers Mercedes-Benz and Ford, UK bank Barclays, consumer goods company Reckitt, DAX component Deutsche Bank and financial services firm Standard Chartered. Also look out for Australian CPI data and the US goods trade balance, retail inventories ex auto and new home sales.

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Thursday 27 October

Tech giant Apple leads the earnings on Thursday, amid rumours it has long-term plans to offer health insurance. We’ll also see figures from e-commerce firm Amazon, Dow components Merck, McDonald’s, Honeywell, Intel and Caterpillar, oil supermajor Shell, payments processor Mastercard, German chemicals firm Linde, US telecoms conglomerate Comcast, biopharma firm Gilead, tobacco group Altria, aerospace and defence contractor Northrop Grumman, US gas and electric utility Southern, UK bank Lloyds and mining multinational Anglo American. The ECB makes its decision on eurozone interest rates while the data releases include German GfK consumer climate and, in the US, durable goods orders and the first reading of Q3 GDP.

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Friday 28 October

In Japan on Friday we’ll get the latest jobs/applications ratio, Tokyo CPI (as the national inflation rate last week hit an eight-year high of 3.0%) and the Bank of Japan’s rate decision. Other data includes French consumer spending, French and German GDP, German CPI, US personal income and spending and pending home sales. Earnings are scheduled from oil supermajors Exxon Mobil and Chevron, biopharma firm AbbVie, Norwegian energy firm Equinor, German carmaker Volkswagen, French pharma firm Sanofi, consumer goods multinational Colgate-Palmolive and UK banking group NatWest.

Published: 24 October 2022

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Monday 17 October

Japanese industrial production figures were released early on Monday, while in the afternoon in the US we’ll see the latest New York Empire State manufacturing index. Updates are scheduled from financial services firms Bank of America and Charles Schwab, and Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto.

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Tuesday 18 October

Dow component Goldman Sachs leads the earnings on Tuesday, after last week announcing a partnership with Apple to provide savings accounts for Apple Card holders. Figures are also due from mining group BHP, TV streamer Netflix, US airline United, robotic products manufacturer Intuitive Surgical and US banks Truist and State Street. Macroeconomic data includes the latest Chinese GDP and industrial production, German and eurozone ZEW economic sentiment reports and US industrial production for September.

Wednesday 19 October

UK inflation remains in the headlines as September CPI figures are published on Wednesday. Prices rose by 0.5% in August, the annual inflation rate standing at 9.9%. We’ll also have CPI data for the eurozone plus, in the US, the latest building permits, housing starts and the Fed’s beige book of economic conditions. Keep an eye out for earnings from electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla, Dow components Procter & Gamble and IBM, medical device maker Abbott, telecoms infrastructure provider Crown Castle, DAX component Deutsche Börse and aluminium producer Alcoa plus a production report from mining firm Antofagasta.

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Thursday 20 October

Private equity group Blackstone, reportedly in talks to purchase assets from Emerson Electric, posts quarterly earnings on Thursday. Telecoms multinational AT&T also reports to the market, along with US carrier American Airlines, Swedish telecoms firm Ericsson, US railroad Union Pacific, professional services firm Marsh McLennan, electrical equipment manufacturer ABB, healthcare provider Tenet, UK data analytics firm Relx and home furnishings retail group Dunelm. Also look out for Australian employment change and, in the US, the latest trade balance, Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index and existing home sales.

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Friday 21 October

Two Dow components, US telecoms firm Verizon and payment card multinational American Express, report on Friday. We’ll also get updates from oilfield services firm Schlumberger, financial services company Regions and South African energy and chemical firm Sasol. The macroeconomic picture includes Japanese CPI data and UK retail sales for September. Fears for the UK high street are growing as retail sales fell by 1.6% in August, worse than forecast.

Published: 17 October 2022

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Monday 10 October

While Japan enjoys its Sports Day public holiday, it’s a quiet start to the week elsewhere. In the US, the Conference Board releases its employment trends index for September. In August the index, which is an aggregate of eight leading indices of employment, increased to 119.06 from an upwardly revised 118.20 in July.

Tuesday 11 October

A minute past midnight, the BRC publishes its latest retail sales monitor for the UK. Meanwhile in Australia we’ll get the October Westpac consumer sentiment index and the September NAB business confidence survey. The UK labour market is also in the spotlight with the latest average earnings and claimant count change.

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Wednesday 12 October

Key data in the UK on Wednesday includes the RICS house price balance, industrial and manufacturing production and the latest trade balance. Look out too for eurozone industrial production, OPEC’s monthly oil production report and the US PPI for September. PepsiCo is also due to report quarterly results to the market. Last week Elon Musk announced that the food and drink multinational is set to take delivery of a new fleet of Tesla Semi Trucks in December.

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Thursday 13 October

The earnings schedule gets busier on Thursday with figures from investment company BlackRock, pharmacy chain owner Walgreens Boots Alliance, industrial distributor Fastenal, US airline Delta, German sugar producer Südzucker, UK recruitment firm Hays and pizza chain Dominos. The global response to the cost-of-living crisis will be in the news with the latest German and US CPI data due to be released. In August the annual inflation rate in the US eased only slightly to 8.3%.

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Friday 14 October

More CPI inflation data comes from China and France on Friday, along with Chinese and eurozone trade balance figures, US retail sales, the University of Michigan consumer sentiment and the latest US import and export price indices. We close the week with figures from financial services firms JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, PNC and US Bancorp, plus US healthcare giant UnitedHealth, after last week completing its acquisition of Change Heathcare.

Published: 10 October 2022

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Monday 3 October

While China celebrates its National Day Golden Week, Japan releases its tankan survey of business conditions early on Monday morning. Manufacturing PMI data is published throughout the day for Australia (late on Sunday night), Japan, France, Germany, the eurozone, the UK and the US, along with the ISM’s own manufacturing PMI in the US.

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Tuesday 4 October

Early on Tuesday in Japan we’ll get the Tokyo CPI for September, followed by the RBA’s decision on Australian interest rates. In the US look out for August factory orders and the latest JOLTs labour market report. UK bakery chain Greggs will serve up a third-quarter trading update, after reporting a 27% year-on-year jump in half-year sales in August.

Wednesday 5 October

UK supermarket Tesco makes its interim results announcement on Wednesday. The high-street giant is facing stiff competition in the grocery market from budget rivals Aldi and Lidl. Services PMI data is released for Australia (late on Tuesday), Japan, France, Germany, the eurozone, the UK and the US, while the ISM reveals its non-manufacturing PMI for the US. We’ll also see the latest German trade balance and, in the US, the ADP national employment report and the August trade balance.

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Thursday 6 October

On Thursday we expect earnings from US drinks firm Constellation Brands and consumer goods brand operator Conagra, and a production report from mining company Ferrexpo. Notable macroeconomic data includes the Australian trade balance for August, German factory orders, eurozone, French, German and UK construction PMI, and eurozone August retail sales. In July retail sales in the eurozone increased by 0.3%, a decline of 0.9% year-on-year.

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Friday 7 October

The UK housing market is in the spotlight on Friday with the latest Halifax house price index. In August the average house price rose by 0.4%, for an annual growth rate of 11.5%. Also keep an eye out for Japanese household spending and German industrial production. Meanwhile in the US, the September nonfarm payrolls figure is revealed, along with average earnings and the unemployment rate. UK pub operator JD Wetherspoon is also due to announce full-year results.

Published: 3 October 2022

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Monday 26 September

This week’s flow of data began overnight with the Japanese manufacturing and services PMI updates, followed later in the morning by the first estimate of German GDP for the third quarter. Also look out for the German Ifo business climate index for September. Last month’s survey revealed a pessimistic outlook, the index falling from 88.7 to 88.5.

Tuesday 27 September

Canadian cybersecurity software company BlackBerry and US restaurant chain Cracker Barrel both report quarterly earnings on Tuesday. We’ll also see the latest US durable goods orders and new home sales. Last week, existing home sales data showed a 0.4% dip in August, the seventh fall in a row. The Conference Board also publishes its US consumer confidence reading for September.

Wednesday 28 September

HR services firm Paychex posts earnings on Wednesday, after earlier this month announcing a new voice-activated payroll solution in partnership with Google. Figures are also due from financial services group Jefferies and business services provider Cintax. Macroeconomic data includes the latest German GfK consumer climate, US pending home sales, goods trade balance, retail inventories excluding auto and weekly crude oil inventories.

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Thursday 29 September

Dow component Nike reports to the market on Thursday. The sportswear giant earlier this month launched its new Nike Forward material with a reduced carbon footprint. Keep an eye out too for earnings from computer memory producer Micron, UK clothing and home products retailer Next, used vehicle seller CarMax and US domestic merchandise retailer Bed Bath & Beyond. Other highlights include German preliminary CPI data for September, the final US Q2 GDP and the GDP price index.

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Friday 30 September

A busy data schedule on Friday includes the Japanese jobs/application ratio, industrial production and retail sales, Chinese Caixin manufacturing PMI and NBS manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMI, the UK Q2 current account, German retail sales and unemployment change, French consumer spending and the eurozone CPI and unemployment rate. In the US we’ll get the PCE price index, personal income and spending, the Chicago PMI and the University of Michigan consumer sentiment. Interim results are expected from UK funeral services provider Dignity.

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Published: 26 September 2022

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