Week ahead: US budget negotiations, non-farm payrolls in focus

While many analysts expected any shutdown in the U.S. federal government to be brief, it might not be without costs, in so far as it could factor into credit rating agencies' views on the country's fiscal dynamics and outlook.

A shutdown would also entail the postponement of the release of Friday's all-important non-farm payroll report for the month of September at a time when the central bank and financial markets were especially data-dependent.

The same would hold true for Wednesday's JOLTS report on job openings and quits in the States and Thursday's weekly jobless claims data.

Should a shutdown occur, private sector compiled reports on the services and factory sectors in the U.S., on Monday and Wednesday, respectively, would garner even more attention than was already the case.

So too Thursday's Challenger report on job cut announcements.

Against that backdrop, the coming weekend would also see the release of the Caixin surveys for Chinese manufacturing and services in September.

They would be followed on Monday by equivalent surveys for the euro area, UK and US manufacturing sector.

Another raft of surveys out of those three regions, but this time for services, would be published on Wednesday.

Elsewhere in Asia, rate-setters Down Under were due to meet on Tuesday to decide on monetary policy.

Monday 02 October

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Bristol Water 'A' 8 3/4% Cum Irrd Prf, Hammerson, Northern Electricity Prf, RSA Insurance Group Limited 7 3/8% Cum Irrd Prf #1, Savills, Stand.Ch.7te%pr, Standard Chartered 8 1/4% Non-Cum Irrd Pref, TotalEnergies SE

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

BlackRock Sustainable American Income Trust

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Construction Spending (US) (15:00)

ISM Manufacturing (US) (15:00)

ISM Prices Paid (US) (15:00)

PMI Manufacturing (US) (14:45)

Unemployment Rate (EU) (10:00)

FINALS

Beeks Financial Cloud Group

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Pennon Group

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

PMI Manufacturing (09:30)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Morgan Advance Materials 5% Cumulative 2nd Preference 1, Morgan Advance Materials 5.5% Cumulative 1st preference 1

Tuesday 03 October

INTERIMS

Inspiration Healthcare Group , S&U, Tortilla Mexican Grill

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Apax Global Alpha Limited , Capital Limited (DI), CLS Holdings, Croda International

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Auto Sales (US) (20:30)

AGMS

Berkeley Energia Limited (DI)

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Greggs

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

BRC Shop Price Index (00:01)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Cohort, Smith (DS)

Wednesday 04 October

INTERIMS

Tesco

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Holders Technology, Just Group

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)

Factory Orders (US) (15:00)

ISM Prices Paid (US) (15:00)

MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)

PMI Composite (EU) (09:00)

PMI Composite (GER) (08:55)

PMI Composite (US) (14:45)

PMI Services (EU) (09:00)

PMI Services (GER) (08:55)

PMI Services (US) (14:45)

Producer Price Index (EU) (10:00)

Retail Price Index (EU) (10:00)

AGMS

Alien Metals Limited NPV (DI), Kelso Group Holdings, TheWorks.Co.Uk

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

PMI Composite (09:30)

PMI Services (09:30)

Thursday 05 October

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Aviva, CRH 7% 'A' Cum Prf (CDI), Haleon , InterContinental Hotels Group

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Andrews Sykes Group, AVI Japan Opportunity Trust , Bank of Georgia Group, Barr (A.G.), Bodycote, Centaur Media, Centrica, Christie Group, EMIS Group, Facilities by ADF, Hunting, Johnson Service Group, Judges Scientific, Keywords Studios, Learning Technologies Group , LSL Property Services, Mears Group, Morgan Sindall Group, Mortgage Advice Bureau (Holdings) , PPHE Hotel Group Ltd, Skillcast Group, Smith & Nephew, Spectris, Ten Entertainment Group , Travis Perkins, Weir Group

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE

CT Private Equity Trust, CT UK High Income Trust, CT UK High Income Trust B , Marble Point Loan Financing Limited NPV, Marsh & Mclennan Cos Inc., Real Estate Investors

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Balance of Trade (GER) (07:00)

Balance of Trade (US) (13:30)

Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)

Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)

PMI Construction (GER) (09:30)

GMS

Sportech

FINALS

Volution Group

SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Andrews Sykes Group, Galliford Try, Hays

AGMS

Henderson Smaller Companies Inv Trust, Novacyt S.A. (CDI)

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

CMC Markets, Ferrexpo, Ferrexpo

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

MIGO Opportunities Trust

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Arcontech Group, Begbies Traynor Group, Chemring 7% Cumulative Preference Shares 1, Frenkel Topping Group, Hansard Global, Hays, Heavitree Brewery 11 1/2% Cum Prf , JPMorgan Emerging Markets Inv Trust, Latham (James) 8% Cumulative Preference 1, Manchester & London Investment Trust, TheWorks.Co.Uk

Friday 06 October

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Admiral Group, Anglo-Eastern Plantations, Cairn Homes (CDI), Dalata Hotel Group (CDI), Drax Group, Elecosoft Public Limited Company, Eurocell , Glanbia (CDI), Globaldata, Greggs, H&T Group, Intertek Group, Irish Continental Group Units (Comp) (CDI), JPMorgan American Inv Trust, Lords Group Trading, Property Franchise Group, Quartix Technologies, Ramsdens Holdings , Serco Group, Sherborne Investors (Guernsey) C Limited NPV, Zotefoams

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

BlackRock World Mining Trust, Land Securities Group

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Consumer Credit (US) (20:00)

Factory Orders (GER) (07:00)

Non-Farm Payrolls (US) (13:30)

Unemployment Rate (US) (13:30)

GMS

Caracal Gold

FINALS

Wetherspoon (J.D.)

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Admiral Group, Alfa Financial Software Holdings

SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Capricorn Energy

AGMS

Net Zero Infrastructure

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Halifax House Price Index (07:00)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Walker Crips Group