Start up the engine for Q4: World market themes for the week ahead

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Financial markets will enter the fourth quarter fizzing with anticipation of a drop in global interest rates from high levels in the past few years and the only question is whether the economy drops off as quickly, or gently slows.Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Sept. 23.The third quarter draws to a close on Tuesday after a tumultuous few months.

So roll on the final leg of the year, which will be dominated by November’s U.S. election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. But that should be quiet, right?Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell holds a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington on Sept. 18.The Federal Reserve kicked off its rate-cutting cycle with a 50-basis point reduction on Sept.

Economists polled by Reuters expect the U.S. economy to have created a median of 145,000 jobs in September, versus 142,000 in August.This photo taken on August 14, 2024 shows an employee working at a factory that manufactures playing cards in Wuyi, in eastern China's Zhejiang province.

While the release of China’s purchasing managers’ index data headlines the economic calendar in Asia, in Thailand a meeting between the country’s government and central bank will also be of note. The new Labour government has sounded the alarm about the dire state of Britain’s finances - something October’s budget will seek to address - and consumers are at their most miserable for six months as a result.

 

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