Financial Diary
Week ahead: US non-farm payrolls, global manufacturing in focus
All eyes over the coming week will be on the release of the monthly US non-farm payrolls report on Friday, with investors keen to judge whether the jobs market in the world's largest economy is indeed stalling or not.
Week ahead: Fed's Powell, UK and euro area manufacturing PMIs in focus
Financial markets' focus over the coming week is likely to be on the head of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, who is due to make at least three public appearances, starting with a panel from the US House of Representatives on Tuesday and again on each of one of the next two days, before the House panel on Covid-19 on Wednesday and the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday.
Week ahead: Brexit and Chinese data in focus
The focus over the coming week will be on what some are billing as a potentially key five-day stretch for Brexit talks.