Market outlook for this week
Jump in to know the key market events and trading ideas for this week!
American factory orders surge more than anticipated in September
In September, fresh orders for US products rallied more than anticipated, although decreasing business spending on equipment hinted that the manufacturing sector speeded down.
Eventually, factory products orders headed north by 0.7% against the backdrop of soaring demand for transportation equipment, as the Commerce Department told. August’s data was updated upwards to reveal factory orders rallying by 2.6% versus the previously uncovered 2.3% leap.
Market experts had foreseen factory orders surging by about 0.5% in September. On a year-on-year basis orders jumped by 8.4% in September.
An increasingly bitter trade clash between China and America, worker shortages a leaping greenback as well as decelerating global economic surge are taming momentum in manufacturing, accounting for up to 12% of the American economy.
According to the Institute for Supply Management poll of manufacturers, in October, a measure of fresh factory orders headed south to a 1-1/2-year minimum.
Orders for transportation equipment headed north by 1.9% in September, displaying a 118.7% ascend in orders for defense aircraft as well as parts. As for transportation equipment orders, they gained by 13.3% in August.
In September, orders for civilian aircraft along with parts dived by 17.5%. As for orders cars, they tacked on by 0.5%.
In September, there were leaps in orders for computers, machinery, primary metals, not to mention electronic products. Orders for appliances, electronic equipment as well as components inched down.
September orders for non-defense capital products without aircraft, normally considered to be a gauge of business spending plans, lost nearly 0.1% as posted in October. In August, orders for core capital products tumbled by about 0.2%.
Shipments of core capital products, utilized to calculate business equipment spending in the GDP report, lost 0.1% in September in contrast with the intact reading in October.
Similar
US earnings in January 2021: what you need to know
We are now past the middle of January, and this means that the largest US companies will report their earnings for the fourth quarter and many of them will provide the results of the entire 2020.
Hooray! It’s NFP day!
The US NFP report will come out on January 8 at 15:30 MT time.
Latest news
Stocks up, USD down
S&P 500 skyrocketed to the all-time high on optimism that Biden’s fiscal stimulus will support economic growth and boost corporate earnings.
Lots and lots of PMIs on Friday
PMI reports from the EU, the UK, and the USA will be released during the day!
ECB report is in focus
The European Central Bank will publish the monetary policy statement with the interest rate decision on January 21, at 14:45 MT time.
Deposit with your local payment systems
