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Week ahead: US non-farm payrolls, China inflation data in focus

(Sharecast News) - Investors' attention will be trained on the US jobs market during the coming week, data which may decide which way the stock market goes between now and the inauguration of the new administration. Consensus is for non-farm payrolls growth to have slowed from 227,000 in November to 150,000 in December.

Also due out in the US are the JOLTS labour market report on Tuesday, the minutes of the Federal Reserve's last policy meeting on Wednesday, the monthly retail sales report on Thursday and the University of Michigan's consumer confidence index on Friday.

Ahead of those releases, on Monday consultancy S&P Global will publish the results of its services sector Purchasing Managers' Indices for the euro area, UK and US.

Further afield, Friday will also bring with it readings for Chinese consumer and producer prices in December.

Monday 06 January

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Tate & Lyle

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Factory Orders (US) (15:00)

PMI Composite (EU) (09:00)

PMI Composite (GER) (08:55)

PMI Composite (US) (14:45)

PMI Services (EU) (09:00)

PMI Services (GER) (08:55)

PMI Services (US) (14:45)

GMS

Blue Star Capital, Condor Gold, Dunedin Enterprise Investment Trust, Graft Polymer (UK) , Microsalt

AGMS

Blue Star Capital

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

PMI Composite (09:30)

PMI Services (09:30)

Tuesday 07 January

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Hill and Smith

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

ISM Services (US) (15:00)

Unemployment Rate (EU) (10:00)

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Next

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Halifax House Price Index (07:00)

PMI Construction (09:30)

Retail Sales (00:01)

Wednesday 08 January

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Mercia Asset Management

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE

QinetiQ Group

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

Land Securities Group

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Business Climate Indicator (EU) (10:00)

Consumer Confidence (EU) (10:00)

Consumer Credit (US) (20:00)

Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30)

Economic Sentiment Indicator (EU) (10:00)

Factory Orders (GER) (07:00)

Industrial Confidence (EU) (10:00)

MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00)

Retail Sales (GER) (07:00)

Services Sentiment (EU) (10:00)

GMS

United Oil & Gas

EGMS

SDIC Power Holdings Co.,Ltd GDR (Reg S)

AGMS

Orchard Funding Group

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

FOMC Interest Rate Minutes (US) (19:00)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Bellway

Thursday 09 January

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Caledonia Investments, CMC Markets, Michelmersh Brick Holdings, Volex, Worldwide Healthcare Trust

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Ashtead Group, Bisichi , Cohort, Experian, Iomart Group, Severfield, Workspace Group, XPS Pensions Group

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

GSK

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE

BlackRock Latin American Inv Trust, JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income, Middlefield Canadian Income PCC, Primary Health Properties

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Balance of Trade (GER) (07:00)

Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)

Industrial Production (GER) (07:00)

Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)

Producer Price Index (EU) (10:00)

Retail Sales (EU) (10:00)

Wholesales Inventories (US) (15:00)

Wholesales Inventories (US) (13:30)

GMS

Metals Exploration

SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust, Smiths News

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Greggs, Hilton Food Group, Marks & Spencer Group, Tesco, Unite Group

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

AJ Bell, Baillie Gifford European Growth Trust , Blackrock Frontiers Investment Trust, DotDigital Group, Greencore Group (CDI), Sage Group, Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust, Smiths News

Friday 10 January

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

3i Group, Caffyns, DSW Capital, Intermediate Capital Group, Marks & Spencer Group, Octopus AIM VCT, Oxford Instruments, Pets at Home Group , Severn Trent, Supreme , TR Property Inv Trust, Zigup

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

Regional REIT Limited NPV

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Consumer Sentiment (US) (15:00)

Non-Farm Payrolls (US) (13:30)

Unemployment Rate (US) (13:30)

GMS

Martin Currie Global Portfolio Trust

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Associated British Foods

AGMS

ALT Resources, Sealand Capital Galaxy Limited (DI)

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sainsbury (J)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

Associated British Foods, Fidelity Special Values

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