Week ahead: Autumn Budget, US non-farm payrolls in focus
Investors' focus over the coming week will be on the Autumn Budget, on Wednesday. In it, the Chancellor is expected to announce a panoply of measures aimed at raising tens of billions of pounds in new tax measures.
Against that backdrop, on Friday the US Department of Labor will release its non-farm payrolls report for October, which could easily have an outsized impact on interest rate expectations around the globe.
Thursday meanwhile will bring with it readings on US inflation, including the Fed's preferred inflation gauge, the core PCE price index, as well as the third quarter Employment Cost Index.
On the same day, rate-setters in Japan will meet to decide on monetary policy.
Across the Channel, Tuesday will see the release of a preliminary reading for euro area gross domestic product growth in the third quarter.
Also due out are preliminary readings for German and Spanish consumer prices in October.
Survey compiler Caixin's factory sector Purchasing Managers' Index will be published on Friday.
Monday 28 October
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Bridgepoint Group (Reg S) , Learning Technologies Group
GMS
Empyrean Energy
AGMS
City of London Investment Group, Net Zero Infrastructure
Tuesday 29 October
INTERIMS
C&C Group (CDI)
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Panther Securities
QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE
I3 Energy
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Confidence (US) (14:00)
GFK Consumer Confidence (GER) (07:00)
House Price Index (US) (13:00)
Q3
Banco Santander S.A., BP, Fidelity Asian Values, HSBC Holdings, Jyske Bank A/S
GMS
Earnz
FINALS
CAP-XX Limited, Sareum Holdings, Ultimate Products , YouGov
SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
BioPharma Credit
EGMS
SDIC Power Holdings Co.,Ltd GDR (Reg S)
AGMS
Indus Gas Ltd., Medcaw Investments
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Credit (09:30)
M4 Money Supply (09:30)
Mortgage Approvals (09:30)
Wednesday 30 October
INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Banco Santander S.A.
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Business Climate Indicator (EU) (10:00)
Consumer Confidence (EU) (10:00)
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (14:30)
Economic Sentiment Indicator (EU) (10:00)
GDP (Preliminary) (EU) (09:00)
GDP (Preliminary) (GER) (07:00)
GDP (Preliminary) (US) (12:30)
Industrial Confidence (EU) (10:00)
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (11:00)
Pending Homes Sales (US) (14:00)
Services Sentiment (EU) (10:00)
Q3
Smurfit Westrock (DI), Standard Chartered
GMS
Air China Ltd.
FINALS
Grit Real Estate Income Group Limited NPV
SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
FIH Group
AGMS
BHP Group Limited NPV (DI), Frontier Developments, Hargreaves Services, Moh Nippon, Springfield Properties
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Next, Smurfit Westrock (DI)
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
BRC Shop Price Index (00:01)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
FIH Group
Thursday 31 October
INTERIMS
Vela Technologies
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Life Science REIT, Petershill Partners , Phoenix Group Holdings , Wynnstay Group
INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Aurora Investment Trust, Balfour Beatty, BlackRock Smaller Companies Trust, Bloomsbury Publishing, Burford Capital NPV (DI), Card Factory, Hilton Food Group, London Security, Maven Income & Growth VCT, Octopus AIM VCT 2, Tribal Group, Whitbread
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
CT Private Equity Trust, Middlefield Canadian Income PCC
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Chicago PMI (US) (13:45)
Continuing Claims (US) (12:30)
Employment Cost Index (US) (12:30)
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (12:30)
Personal Consumption Expenditures (US) (12:30)
Personal Income (US) (12:30)
Personal Spending (US) (12:30)
Unemployment Rate (EU) (10:00)
Unemployment Rate (GER) (08:55)
Q3
PPHE Hotel Group Ltd, Shell
GMS
Armadale Capital
FINALS
Seeing Machines Ltd. NPV (DI)
SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Petershill Partners
SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Downing Strategic Micro-Cap Investment Trust Red, Foresight Enterprise VCT
AGMS
City of London Inv Trust, Filtronic, Grand Vision Media Holdings , Investment Company, TheWorks.Co.Uk
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
PPHE Hotel Group Ltd, Smith & Nephew
UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Nationwide House Price Index (07:00)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Chemring 7% Cumulative Preference Shares 1, Heavitree Brewery 11 1/2% Cum Prf , Latham (James) 8% Cumulative Preference 1
FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Abrdn UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust, CVS Group, Dunelm Group, Gattaca, NWF Group, PZ Cussons, Renishaw, Ricardo, Sylvania Platinum Ltd (DI), The European Smaller Companies Trust, Wilmington
Friday 01 November
INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Andrews Sykes Group, Aquila Energy Efficiency Trust, Banco Santander S.A., Barr (A.G.), Breedon Group , Chesnara, FDM Group (Holdings), Fintel, Franchise Brands, Johnson Service Group, M. P. Evans Group, Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) , Unite Group, Weir Group, WPP
QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
British American Tobacco, CT UK High Income Trust, CT UK High Income Trust B , Mercantile Investment Trust (The)
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Construction Spending (US) (14:00)
ISM Manufacturing (US) (14:00)
ISM Prices Paid (US) (14:00)
Non-Farm Payrolls (US) (12:30)
PMI Manufacturing (US) (13:45)
Unemployment Rate (US) (12:30)
GMS
Armadale Capital, Trafalgar Property Group
EGMS
X5 Retail Group NV GDR (Reg S)
FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Alumasc Group, Arcontech Group, Barratt Redrow, Brooks Macdonald Group, Hargreaves Lansdown, Mercia Asset Management