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Weekly market preview – 4 August 2014
A fairly busy week ahead in the markets, where a particularly interesting week for the US gives way to a more UK and global focus. As such, the US will only have the likes of the trade balance figure to look forward to. Conversely, the UK markets will be having a wide range of economic announcements in sight, where the services PMI could make up the most interesting of these. European focus will likely look towards the ECB press conference on Thursday where Mario Draghi could bring yet more volatility to the markets. In Asia, Friday marks the day to be watching out for, where Chinese trade data is joined by the ... (full story)