Money Minute Monday 7 October: economic data in the week ahead
In today's Money Minute we look forward to data on UK house prices, Japanese wages and the German economy.
Good morning and welcome to Monday's Money Minute, where we look ahead to this week's biggest financial stories.
On Tuesday in the US, Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell speaks to the National Association for Business Economics.His speech will be pored over for hints as to what the Fed might do at its next interest rate setting meeting at the end of this month.
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Over in Japan on Tuesday, we get the latest update on wage inflation. Wages have been grown strongly in Japan recently, at least compared to overall inflation.
The week also holds a slew of data from Germany, the eurozone's biggest economy.On Monday we get factory orders for August, and then on Tuesday, we get industrial production figures.The German manufacturing sector is clearly in a downturn, and the latest data is unlikely to show any hint of an upturn.
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