{"id":42591,"date":"2023-08-05T06:45:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T06:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/errante.com\/?p=42591"},"modified":"2023-08-05T06:45:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T06:45:50","slug":"the-week-ahead-7th-11th-august-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/errante.com\/newsroom\/the-week-ahead-7th-11th-august-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week Ahead: 7th \u2013 11th August 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Overview for the Week Ahead<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Everyone will be watching the US inflation report as a cool report could help support soft landing hopes and seal the deal for some that the Fed is done raising rates. Expectations for the July inflation report is for headline inflation to rise towards the mid-3% range, while core inflation remains steady and holding onto the lowest levels since 2021 on both a monthly basis at 0.2% and at 4.8% from a year ago.   Any hot surprises might bolster the case that the Fed may need to raise rates at the November meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday is all about the inflation report and the initial jobless claims. Friday contains the release of the PPI report and the preliminary University of Michigan Sentiment report\/inflation expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fed speak will also include appearances by Bostic and Bowman on Monday. Harker speaks on Tuesday and Bostic provides remarks on employment on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next week starts quickly on Monday with both Eurozone Investor Sentiment and German Industrial Production.  The August Sentix Eurozone sentiment reading should show confidence remains low in August, declining further from -22.5 to -25.0.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The June German industrial production data should show the manufacturing isn\u2019t ready to rebound as expectations monthly are for a -0.5% drop, worse than the -0.2% prior reading. Weakening data points should support the view that inflation will slow significantly later this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week is all about growth and that is disappearing in the UK. Friday\u2019s preliminary look at Q2 GDP is expected to show the economy is stagnating.  The consensus estimate for Q2 GDP is for a flat reading (consensus range of 0.0% to 0.1%), down from 0.1% in Q1.  The BOE is still likely to deliver more rate hikes, which should mean the UK economy is recession bound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have your trading charts ready for a very busy week!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Week\u2019s High Impact Events<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The times below are GMT +3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday 7th<\/sup> August<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n