Macrodata – what to expect in the coming week?

By Vojtěch Jirásek

In the past week, the financial markets were in a relatively quiet spirit. The market only received a few key events, some of which crossed without any significant movements on both the Stock exchange and Forex markets. Thursday’s publication of data on durable goods where the consensus figure was 3.4%, where the actual figure was a better by one whole percentage, 4.4%, however the positive reaction of American dollar was very limited. Currently, the market will focus on economic symposium in Jackson Hole.

Next week is dividing months and traders will be waiting for a very interesting macroeconomic data and price-sensitive information from around the world. For example, on Tuesday 30th August, German inflation (measured in CPI) and on Wednesday 31st August unemployment rates will be published for last month.

One of the next week’s highlights will be the publication of Nonfarm Payrolls in the United States, which is a number representing the total number of new jobs created in the US in August and is one of the key figures of the local labour market.