TC Economic Insight - The Week Ahead (September 2 - 6)

By

Kim Ming Lam

August 31, 2024

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TC Economic Insight - The Week Ahead (September 2 - 6)

Using Trading Central's "Economic Insight" investors can check out up-coming major economic data.

We are looking into the trading week of September 2 - 6:

We can select economic data of "High", "Medium" or "Low" importance, or any combination of such filters:

We can select which major economies to focus on:

It is widely expected that the U.S. Federal Reserve will start cutting interest rates in September. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said: “The timing and pace of rate cuts will depend on incoming data.”

The Core Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) price inflation held steady at 2.6% year on year in July.

The next set of important jobs data will come on next Friday (September 6). According to Trading Central's "Economic Insight", the addition of non-farm payrolls will slow to 100,000 in August with the jobless rate remaining stable at 4.3%.

In the past 12 Non-farm Payrolls Reports, within one hour from the event, EUR/USD rose in 58% of times (7 out of 12 events), marking a trading range of 55.66 pips on average.

Key Economic Data Forecasts:

(GMT+02:00 Central European Time) 

Happy Trading!

Source: Trading Central Economic Insight

Kim Ming Lam

Head of APAC Research
Ming graduated from Hong Kong University with a Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering. He has been working in the financial services sector for over 10 years. He is currently tasked with providing clients with technical analysis views on forex and Asian stock indexes.
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