ep 198 | The week ahead - will the US jobs report boost soft landing hopes?
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It'll be a holiday-shortened week in the US with markets closed for the Labor Day holiday on Monday. However, there will still be plenty to monitor, with the latest ISM indices (for both the manufacturing and services sectors) due as well as the monthly jobs report. Closer to home, it'll be a quieter week on the corporate front now that the Australasian reporting season having wrapped up. However, we'll get second quarter GDP in Australia and the results of the latest global dairy trade auction here in New Zealand.
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