##{"id":66216,"date":"2017-02-03T10:25:06","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T23:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fnarena.com\/?p=66216"},"modified":"2017-02-03T10:25:07","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T23:25:07","slug":"next-week-at-a-glance-345","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.fnarena.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/03\/next-week-at-a-glance-345\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Week At A Glance"},"content":{"rendered":"

For 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 Calendar<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

As the US earnings season enters its long tail next week, the local earnings season begins to ramp up. From a dribble of reports this week we move to a busier week next week, before the avalanche hits in the following two weeks.<\/p>\n

Rio Tinto ((RIO)) is the biggie among the reporters next week while National Bank ((NAB)) will provide a quarterly update and Macquarie Group ((MQG)) an operational briefing.<\/p>\n

All known reporting dates can be found in the FNArena Calendar (link above).<\/p>\n

The Chinese are back on board next week and Caixin will release its take on China’s service sector PMI. China’s January trade numbers are due on Friday. New Zealand has a long weekend ahead of the RBNZ policy meeting on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The RBA will meet on Tuesday for the first time this year, make note of the record December trade surplus, call the strong Aussie a “complication”, and leave rates on hold. The RBA’s quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy will be released on Friday.<\/p>\n

Next week also sees retail sales, the ANZ job ads series and housing finance numbers.<\/p>\n

While it will no doubt be another wild week politically in the US next week, economic data-wise it is quiet with trade and consumer sentiment numbers the only highlights. Maybe tonight’s jobs number might spark a reaction, but maybe not.<\/p>\n

Trump’s Twitter thumb has sucked the oxygen out of everything.<\/p>\n

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