*A Private Investor is a recipient of the information who meets all of the conditions set out below, the recipient:
Obtains access to the information in a personal capacity;
Is not required to be regulated or supervised by a body concerned with the regulation or supervision of investment or financial services;
Is not currently registered or qualified as a professional securities trader or investment adviser with any national or state exchange, regulatory authority, professional association or recognised professional body;
Does not currently act in any capacity as an investment adviser, whether or not they have at some time been qualified to do so;
Uses the information solely in relation to the management of their personal funds and not as a trader to the public or for the investment of corporate funds;
Does not distribute, republish or otherwise provide any information or derived works to any third party in any manner or use or process information or derived works for any commercial purposes.
Wednesday's focus in financial markets will be on the release of consultancy ADP's private sector payrolls report for the month of December with traders likely to be looking for any hint of Omicron's impact on activity towards the end of the month.
All eyes on Thursday will be on the Bank of England with rate-setters expected to stay put on interest rates given the uncertainty around the impact that the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 may have on the economy.
Financial markets' focus on Wednesday will be squarely on the US central bank's policy decision despite the fact that it will not be announced until after the close of markets in London.
The focus in financial markets on Tuesday will be on the October employment report with investors keen to assess the first full month of data following the end of the government's furlough scheme.
All eyes at the end of the week will be on the latest US consumer price data, which is expected to show that the cost of living is rising as its fastest pace since the early 1980s.
The market spotlight on Thursday will be on OPEC+ energy ministers as they meet to decide on whether to move ahead with a 400,000 barrel per day increase in their combined output come January or not.
Financial markets' focus will start to shift towards the US jobs market at the start of the month with the results of a closely-followed survey due out.
The market spotlight on Tuesday was likely to be on testimony from the head of the US Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, both of whom were due to testify before a Senate panel on the CARES Act Relief programme.
The market spotlight on Wednesday will fall on a barrage of economic data out of the US, including a reading on a key inflation indicator and the minutes of the Federal Reserve´s 2-3 November rate meeting.
Investors will be treated to a raft of survey readings on Tuesday regarding levels of activity in global manufacturing and services during the month of November, courtesy of consultancy IHS Markit.
