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Week Ahead – FOMC minutes and US jobs report eyed, RBA may hike again
US It will be an eventful week, the ISM manufacturing report, the fourth of July Holiday, the Fed Minutes, and the nonfarm payroll report. Wall Street is starting to believe in those Fed dot plots and this week’s economic data points may provide more evidence for the hawks. The ISM manufacturing report is expected to show activity is stabilizing. The Fed minutes will emphasize the fear that core inflation is proving to be stickier. The June US jobs report is expected to show hiring cooled from the 339,000 pace to 200,000 jobs. The unemployment rate however is expected to improve from 3.7% to 3.6%. Wage pressure is ... (full story)