South Africa and the US are expected to announce their latest employment statistics while China’s manufacturing update will be closely watched.
Investor interest is likely to centre on PMI reports in China and Europe. Both sets of reports may be disappointing. Here is your guide.
Scots head to the polls this week to determine the future of the UK, making investors jittery and impacting markets, which loathe uncertainty.
The rand may come under pressure, the US job market is expected to continue stabilising and London’s property boom appears to be fizzling.
Central banks in Europe, the UK, Japan, Egypt and Kenya are among those expected to announce policy decisions in the week ahead.
From SA and the US’s growth figures to China’s big bank earnings, here is your guide to this week’s economic highlights.
South Africa, Nigeria and the UK are expected to release consumer inflation figures and the US will give an update on housing data this week.
​Retail figures from South Africa and the US are some of the headline announcements expected this week.
The US will host most African leaders at a three-day summit focusing on trade, investment, security and governance issues.
Over the coming days, South Africa will release unemployment, money supply, credit extension and trade figures.