* FTSE 100 up 0.1%, FTSE 250 down 0.1% * Bank of England rate decision on Thursday. * BP, AstraZeneca (AZN) among others to report earnings this week. * Frasers (SDIPF), Vodafone (VOD) down after rating downgrades. Nov 3 - UK's FTSE 100 inched up on Monday, kicking off a week packed with corporate earnings from heavyweights, including AstraZeneca (AZN) and BP, along with an interest rate decision from the Bank of England.
* Europe stocks, US futures rise. * Dollar up as some Fed officials express discomfort with rate cuts. * Earnings focus on tech firms. * No payrolls, focus on private-sector jobs, monthly business activity. By Amanda Cooper.
Federal Reserve officials on Monday continued pressing competing views of where the economy stands and the risks facing it, a debate set to intensify ahead of the U.S. central bank's next policy meeting and in the absence of data suspended due to the federal government shutdown.
Friday's Labour Force Survey will highlight a soft jobs market in Canada, said Bank of Montreal. The bank noted it doesn't expect that to change in October, with an estimated 10,000 job gains, leaving the jobless rate steady for the third straight month.
Sterling has weakened ahead of Thursday's latest Bank of England policy meeting, said MUFG. EUR/GBP was attempting to break above the 0.8800 level at the end of last week, while GBP/USD broke back below support from the 200-day moving average at around 1.3250 for the first time since April and then hit a low of 1.3097 on Friday, wrote the bank in a note.
Chile's economic activity grew 3.2% in September when compared to a year earlier, central bank data showed on Monday, boosted by grains in trade and services.
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Canada's job market data on Friday is expected to show further evidence of stabilization in October, said RBC. Canada is slated to release the October Labour Force Survey on Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET. The bank expects employment to show a 10,000 increase in October.
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Chile's economic activity rose 3.2% in September when compared to a year earlier, central bank data showed on Monday, landing slightly above market forecasts as economists polled by Reuters expected a 3.1% expansion. The IMACEC index, which accounts for about 90% of the Andean country's gross domestic product, posted a 0.5% increase on a monthly basis, the central bank added.
The pound remained under pressure against both the dollar and euro on Monday as traders tried to fine-tune their positions ahead of Thursday's in-the-balance Bank of England meeting.
* Rising costs, job market outlook could stress households. * Government shutdown may impact food benefits, healthcare costs. * Fed monitors consumer spending amid economic challenges. By Howard Schneider.
The Federal Reserve's decision on Wednesday to begin winding down its long-running balance sheet runoff has done little to ease concerns about near-term liquidity strains in the roughly $4 trillion U.S. overnight repurchase market.
* Investors closely watch trade developments. * ECB rate pricing is stuck after US-China "truce", says Citi. * Traders price in an about 50% chance of an additional rate cut in 2026. * French budget in focus after lawmakers reject tax on ultra-rich. By Stefano Rebaudo.
* Euro zone factory activity stagnated in October. * Asia's manufacturing hit by weak U.S. demand, Trump's tariffs. * China's economy loses momentum, PMIs show slower growth. By Jonathan Cable and Sam Holmes.
* EM stocks up 0.58%, FX down 0.13% * Polish interest rate decision on Nov 5. * Czech rate decision due Nov 6. * Polish manufacturing shows signs of stabilisation in October. * Hungary's PMI drops to 51.0 in October. * Hungary's Orban to meet President Trump on Nov 7. By Nikhil Sharma.
* Europe stocks, US futures rise. * Dollar up as some Fed officials express discomfort with rate cuts. * Earnings focus on tech firms. * No payrolls, focus on private-sector jobs, monthly business activity. By Amanda Cooper.
British factories had their strongest month in a year in October but the recovery was driven by a one-off bounce from the restart of production at carmaker Jaguar Land Rover after it was hit by a cyberattack, a survey published on Monday showed. The index was only marginally below the 50.0 growth threshold and was the highest in 12 months.
* US ADP employment data due on Wednesday. * Dollar holds near three-month peak. * Platinum up more than 2% By Brijesh Patel. Gold prices rose on Monday, helped by expectations of further U.S. interest rate cuts after comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve Board's Christopher Waller, though a stronger dollar and easing trade tensions kept gains in check.
Swiss consumer prices saw a month-on-month decline for a third consecutive time in October, intensifying scrutiny of the country's central bank over the potential introduction of negative interest rates to stave off deflation.
Euro zone manufacturing activity stagnated in October as new orders flatlined and headcount fell, despite production continuing to edge higher for an eighth consecutive month, a survey showed on Monday.
Euro zone government bond yields rose on Monday, after a two-week climb, as investors awaited U.S. data and tracked trade developments following a fragile truce between the U.S. and China. Euro area borrowing costs recorded two straight weekly rises on Friday after signs of a hawkish tilt from the Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank's uneventful policy meeting.
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* Traders see 71% chance of US rate cut in Dec - CME FedWatch Tool. * ADP employment data due on Wednesday. By Ishaan Arora. Gold prices edged higher on Monday as the dollar held just below three-month highs touched last week, although reduced expectations for further Federal Reserve rate cuts in December and easing U.S.-China trade tensions capped gains.
By Mike Peacock. Spain remains the euro zone's fastest growing economy, outperforming its peers yet again in the third quarter. Spain's economy grew by 0.6% quarter-on-quarter in the three months through September, slightly slower than in the previous period but well above the 0.2% rate for the euro zone as a whole, continuing a positive multi-year trend.
What should home buyers and home sellers focus on in today?s changing housing market? In Summerville, home prices have held steady even as the pace of sales has cooled from the rapid growth of previous years. The article explains that higher interest rates, influenced by Federal Reserve policies, remain a key challenge for home buyers.
While the move helps avoid potential liquidity crises that could damage financial markets, it falls short of being as stimulative to risk assets as the Fed's other moves, such as QE.
* U.S. dollar holds near three-month high. * Investors see 71% chance of U.S. rate cut in December - CME FedWatch Tool. * ADP employment data due on Wednesday. By Ishaan Arora.
The world's big manufacturing economies struggled to fire up in October, business surveys showed on Monday, as weak U.S. demand and President Donald Trump's tariffs hit factory orders. Factories in the United States have also been battered by the import duties.
* * China's economy loses momentum, PMIs show slower growth. * Trump-Xi tariff truce offers limited relief, deeper issues remain. Asia's big manufacturing hubs struggled to fire up in October, business surveys showed on Monday, as weak U.S. demand and tariffs under President Donald Trump hit factory orders across the region.
China's factory activity in October expanded at a slower pace as new orders and output both waned amid tariff anxiety, a private-sector survey showed on Monday. The RatingDog China General Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index, compiled by S&P Global, dropped to 50.6 in October from 51.2 in September, missing analysts' expectations of 50.9 in a Reuters poll.
* RatingDog manufacturing PMI 50.6 in Oct vs 51.2 in Sept. * Employment rises for 1st time since March. * New export orders fall due to tariff anxiety. * Govt steps up incremental policy support. China's factory activity in October expanded at a slower pace as new orders and output both waned amid tariff anxiety, a private-sector survey showed on Monday.
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South Korea's factory activity contracted in October after briefly expanding a month earlier as businesses remained cautious amid a global outlook clouded by Washington's tariff policies. The Purchasing Managers Index for manufacturers in Asia's fourth-largest economy, released by S&P Global, fell to 49.4 in October, from 50.7 in September.
The Bank of England looks likely to keep interest rates on hold on Thursday, slowing its pace of cuts for the first time since it started to loosen policy last year, although some analysts do now expect a reduction after softer inflation and wage data.
-A bank solvency stress test conducted by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand found the country's five largest banks are well placed to withstand the impact of heightened geopolitical risks, the central bank said on Monday. New Zealand central bank is responsible for the prudential supervision and regulation of the country's banks.
-Parts of the U.S. economy, particularly housing, may already be in recession because of high interest rates, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday, repeating his call for the Federal Reserve to accelerate rate cuts. "I think that we are in good shape, but I think that there are sectors of the economy that are in recession," Bessent said on CNN's "State of the Union" program.
* Bessent says high interest rates put housing sector into recession. * Federal Reserve should cut interest rates faster, Bessent says. * Low-end consumers hit hardest by high mortgage rates, Treasury secretary says. * By Andrea Shalal.
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* Solid Q3 earnings season sees 130 more S&P 500 reports next week. * Meta, Microsoft (MSFT) shares stumble after results; Alphabet, Amazon (AMZN) gain. * Private data including ADP employment in focus as shutdown set to delay jobs report. By Lewis Krauskopf.
During his latest appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, Tesla Inc. Elon Musk warned that the U.S.'s ballooning national debt and looming Social Security shortfall could push the country toward bankruptcy.
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* Logan, Schmid argue labor market doesn't need lower rates. * Hammack says policy rate is now 'barely' restrictive. * Bostic says he supported rate cut somewhat reluctantly. * Waller: data says to cut rates in December. * Remarks show why Powell said December rate cut was not foregone conclusion. By Ann Saphir and Michael S. Derby.
* Fed's data dependency affects rate cut expectations. * Dissent within FOMC surprises markets, affects rate outlook. * Markets will follow ADP, Revelio Labs, ISM data next week. By Tatiana Bautzer.
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