What To Expect For The First Week Of September On The Forex Market? May 30, 2022 investazor The last week of august should have past smoothly, because there were no expected very important events. Still the conflict in Syria has raised the volatility of the markets. Overall the stock market has fallen, the price of oil rallied and touched a new high for the past six months and on the Forex Market safe heavens appreciated the most. On Thursday the spirits calmed down regarding Syria, but the release of the US GDP above expectations (2.5% vs. 2.2% exp.) has triggered another rally for the US dollar. The first week of September it is expected to bring high volatility especially on the FX market because of the economic releases. Date Currency Forecast Previous SunSep 1 CNY Manufacturing PMI 50.6 50.3 MonSep 2 NZD Overseas Trade Index q/q 3.90% 4.10% AUD AIG Manufacturing Index 42 JPY Capital Spending q/y -2.00% -3.90% AUD MI Inflation Gauge m/m 0.50% AUD Building Approvals m/m 4.10% -6.90% AUD Company Operating Profits q/q 1.10% 3.00% CNY HSBC Final Manufacturing PMI 50.2 50.1 AUD Commodity Prices y/y -11.80% EUR Spanish Manufacturing PMI 50.1 49.8 CHF SVME PMI 55.9 57.4 EUR Italian Manufacturing PMI 50.7 50.4 EUR Final Manufacturing PMI 51.3 51.3 GBP Manufacturing PMI 55.2 54.6 CAD Bank Holiday USD Bank Holiday TueSep 3 GBP BRC Retail Sales Monitor y/y 2.20% JPY Monetary Base y/y 41.30% 38.00% CNY Non-Manufacturing PMI 54.1 NZD ANZ Commodity Prices m/m 0.60% AUD Retail Sales m/m 0.40% 0.00% AUD Current Account -8.3B -8.5B JPY Average Cash Earnings y/y 0.80% 0.60% JPY 10-y Bond Auction 0.80|3.5 AUD Cash Rate 2.50% 2.50% AUD RBA Rate Statement CHF GDP q/q 0.30% 0.60% EUR Spanish Unemployment Change -5.2K -64.9K GBP Construction PMI 58.4 57 EUR PPI m/m 0.20% 0.00% USD Final Manufacturing PMI 53.9 53.9 USD ISM Manufacturing PMI 54.2 55.4 USD Construction Spending m/m 0.30% -0.60% USD IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism 46.2 45.1 USD ISM Manufacturing Prices 51.6 49 WedSep 4 GBP BRC Shop Price Index y/y -0.50% AUD AIG Services Index 39.4 AUD GDP q/q 0.60% 0.60% GBP Halifax HPI m/m 0.90% EUR Spanish Services PMI 49.3 48.5 EUR Italian Services PMI 49.2 48.7 EUR Final Services PMI 51 51 GBP Services PMI 59.8 60.2 EUR Retail Sales m/m 0.50% -0.50% EUR Revised GDP q/q 0.30% 0.30% USD Challenger Job Cuts y/y 2.30% CAD Trade Balance -0.4B -0.5B USD Trade Balance -38.6B -34.2B CAD BOC Rate Statement CAD Overnight Rate 1.00% 1.00% USD Total Vehicle Sales 15.8B 15.7M USD Beige Book ThuSep 5 AUD Trade Balance 0.11B 0.60B JPY Monetary Policy Statement JPY BOJ Press Conference EUR French 10-y Bond Auction 2.32|1.7 EUR Spanish 10-y Bond Auction 4.72|2.3 EUR German Factory Orders m/m -0.70% 3.60% GBP Asset Purchase Facility 375B 375B GBP Official Bank Rate 0.50% 0.50% GBP MPC Rate Statement EUR Minimum Bid Rate 0.50% 0.50% USD ADP Non-Farm Employment Change 181K 200K EUR ECB Press Conference USD Unemployment Claims 330K 331K USD Revised Nonfarm Productivity q/q 1.50% 0.90% USD Revised Unit Labor Costs q/q 1.00% 1.40% USD ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI 55.2 56 USD Factory Orders m/m -3.20% 1.50% USD Natural Gas Storage 67B USD Crude Oil Inventories 3.0M ALL G20 Meetings FriSep 6 AUD AIG Construction Index 44.1 JPY BOJ Monthly Report JPY Leading Indicators 107.90% 107.20% EUR German Trade Balance 15.9B 15.7B EUR French Gov Budget Balance -59.3B EUR French Trade Balance -4.5B -4.4B CHF Foreign Currency Reserves 434.9B CHF CPI m/m 0.00% -0.40% GBP Manufacturing Production m/m 0.40% 1.90% GBP Consumer Inflation Expectations 3.60% GBP Trade Balance -8.2B -8.1B GBP Industrial Production m/m 0.20% 1.10% EUR German Industrial Production m/m -0.30% 2.40% USD FOMC Member Evans Speaks CAD Employment Change 30.2K -39.4K CAD Unemployment Rate 7.20% 7.20% CAD Labor Productivity q/q 0.30% 0.20% USD Non-Farm Employment Change 181K 162K USD Unemployment Rate 7.40% 7.40% USD Average Hourly Earnings m/m 0.20% -0.10% CAD Ivey PMI 55.1 48.4 GBP NIESR GDP Estimate 0.70% ALL G20 Meetings USD FOMC Member George Speaks SatSep 7 AUD Parliamentary Elections As you can see in the calendar, there will be a lot of events happening next week, from economic releases to monetary policy meetings and press conference. By far the most awaited will be the ECB monetary policy statement and afterwards the press conference, on Thursday, and Friday the data from the US labor market.