##{"id":61274,"date":"2013-02-08T10:56:03","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T23:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2013\/02\/08\/next-week-at-a-glance-203\/"},"modified":"2013-02-08T10:56:03","modified_gmt":"2013-02-07T23:56:03","slug":"next-week-at-a-glance-203","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2013\/02\/08\/next-week-at-a-glance-203\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Week At A Glance"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFor a more comprehensive preview of next week's events, please refer to "The Monday Report", published each Monday morning. For all economic data release dates, ex-div dates and times and other relevant information, please refer to the <\/em>FNArena<\/span> Calendar<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\tThe Australian result season shifts into second gear next week with highlights including releases from JB<\/span> Hi Fi<\/span> (JBH<\/span>)), Ansell<\/span> ((ANN)), Boral<\/span> ((BLD<\/span>)), CommBank<\/span> ((CBA<\/span>)), Leighton ((LEI)), OZ Minerals ((OZL<\/span>)), WorleyParsons<\/span> ((WOR<\/span>)), Billabong<\/span> ((BBG<\/span>)), Downer EDI ((DOW)), Rio Tinto ((RIO)), Westfield ((WDC<\/span>)) and Wesfarmers<\/span> ((WES)), to name but a handful. ANZ<\/span> Bank ((ANZ<\/span>)) will also provide a quarterly update and David Jones ((DJS)) will release quarterly sales figures.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis week’s trickle of results has offered a mixed outlook at best, with some notable downside suffered from the likes of Cochlear ((COH<\/span>)) and Macquarie Group ((MQG<\/span>)). From next week we should start to see a little more colour<\/span>, albeit in the meantime the index is still indicating a positive bias. Weak economic data this week (retail sales, jobs) have lowered the odds of a March rate cut and the stock market has used this development as a reason to buy, as if another 25 basis points is akin to QE3<\/span>. All talk is of a pullback, but things rarely happen exactly when people expect they will.<\/p>\n

\n\tAustralian economic data releases next week include housing finance and investment lending and the NAB business and Westpac consumer confidence surveys.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe world’s greatest human annual migration is now underway as the Chinese head home for next week’s week-long New Year’s celebrations. The lengthy holiday shuts China down and affects a distortion in Chinese economic data around this time of year. Commodity markets also tend to go quiet.<\/p>\n

\n\tBoth Japan and the eurozone<\/span> will release their initial December quarter GDP calculations next week and the Bank of Japan will hold a monetary policy meeting. Japan’s new, easy policy push is already a highlight of 2013.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe US will see a relatively quiet data week, albeit retail sales, industrial production and the Empire State manufacturing index will feature. The US quarterly result season is now all but wound down.
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