Next Week At A Glance

New Zealand goes to the polls tomorrow, but the biggie is now only 18 days away. New Zealand will report September quarter CPI on Friday.

China will come up with a number for September quarter GDP on Monday, along with monthly industrial production, retail sales and fixed asset investment data.

The US will see numbers for housing sentiment, starts and existing home sales, along with the Fed Beige Book.

Friday is flash manufacturing PMI day across the globe, for October.

But while macro issues remain fundamental, next week sees Australia’s focus swing firmly inward as the AGM season ramps up to coincide with ramp-ups in resource sector quarterly production reports and quarterly updates from companies across the market.

There are now too many of the above to choose highlights.

About Greg Peel

Greg Peel joined Macquarie Bank in 1986 and acquired trading experience in equities, currency, fixed income and commodities derivatives, ultimately being appointed director of equity derivatives trading. He later published In With The Smart Money (a plain English guide to the mysterious world of financial markets and derivatives) and acted as a consultant to boutique investment funds. In 2004 Greg joined FNArena as a contributing writer. He is now a director and principal of the company. Greg compliments the journalistic background of the FNArena team with lengthy experience as a financial markets proprietary trader.

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