I posted earlier on: Goldman Sachs on the week ahead for Europe - data & more ECB speeches to come

More from the squidsters, this time for the UK & Switzerland:

In the UK:

  • August Manufacturing PMI data will be published on Friday. Following July's upside surprise (55.1), in August we forecast a Manufacturing PMI of 54.8: below consensus expectations of 55.
  • GFK Consumer Confidence data for August will be published on Thursday

Switzerland:

  • KOF leading indicator for August will be published on Wednesday. Consensus is for a slight increase in the index, from 106.8 to 107.0

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The squids are not fooling anyone - the main event this week will be the NFP from the US on Friday.

Consensus median is for a headline of 180K, prior was 209K

  • Unemployment rate expected at 4.3%, prior same
  • Average hourly earnings expected 0.2% m/m, prior 0.3%
  • Average hourly earnings expected 2.6% y/y, prior 2.5%

2017 has been a good year so for for US employment, YTD average headline addition of jobs is 185K (but don't mention slow wage growth, K?)

I'll have previews of the NFP to come later in the week