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Japan · Gross Domestic Product (QoQ): 0.4
Japan · Gross Domestic Product Annualized: 1.4
Japan · Current Account n.s.a.: 2,988.0B
Japan · Labor Cash Earnings (YoY): 4.7
UK · BRC Like-For-Like Retail Sales (YoY): 0.5
US Adds 162,000 Jobs, Triple Expectations, Putting Bitcoin, ETH and XR, 10s -2bp · Mon 07 Sep 2026
Eurozone · Gross Domestic Product s.a. (YoY): 1.2
Eurozone · Gross Domestic Product s.a. (QoQ): 0.6
Eurozone · Employment Change (QoQ): 0.1
Eurozone · Sentix Investor Confidence: 5.1
Week ahead: Producer Price Index ex Food & Energy Thursday, Producer Price Index Thursday · US data & auctions, w/c 07 Sep 2026
Nonfarm Payrolls: 162K, 10s -2bp · desk brief, Fri 04 Sep 2026
CFTC S&P 500 NC Net Positions: -76K
CFTC Gold NC Net Positions: 228K
CFTC Oil NC Net Positions: 130K
Baker Hughes US Oil Rig Count: 449
Cleveland Fed inflation nowcast: Q3 CPI 1.3% · core CPI 1.9% · PCE 2.5% · core PCE 3.0%
U6 Underemployment Rate: 7.7%
Labor Force Participation Rate: 61.6%
Unemployment Rate: 4.1%
Nonfarm Payrolls: 162K
Average Weekly Hours: 34.4
Average Hourly Earnings (YoY): 3.1%
Average Hourly Earnings (MoM): 0.30%
Money markets: SOFR 3.66% (+1bp) · Fed ON RRP $0.7B (+$0.2B d/d)
Eurozone · Retail Sales (YoY): 0.6
Eurozone · Retail Sales (MoM): -0.6
Germany · Factory Orders n.s.a. (YoY): 13.1
Germany · Factory Orders s.a. (MoM): 2.5
Fed’s Waller says safety premium for Treasuries is gone, pushing neutr · desk brief, Thu 03 Sep 2026
Fed balance sheet $6.74T, +$6.3B w/w — balance sheet expanding
Atlanta Fed GDPNow: Q3 growth tracking 4.7% (was 4.8%)
8-Week (2-month) Bill auction: STRONG
4-Week (1-month) Bill auction: IN LINE
EIA Natural Gas Storage Change: 30.0B
Cleveland Fed inflation nowcast: Q3 CPI 1.3% · core CPI 1.9% · PCE 2.5% · core PCE 3.0%
ISM Services Prices Paid: 72.6
ISM Services New Orders Index: 60.9
ISM Services Employment Index: 47.8
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