Things To Look Out For Today - Events & Data (Ldn Times)...

Asia:
00:00am  - S. Korean Unemployment Rate (4.2%)
01:30am  - Aussie Westpac Cons. Conf (100.5)
04:00am  - S. Korean M2 Money Supply
06:00am  - Singapore Retail Sales


Europe:
08:00am  - Spanish CPI
09:00am  - Italian Ind. Production
10:00am  - Eurozone Ind. Production


US:
12:00am  - US MBA Mortgage Applications
13:30pm  - Canadian Cap. Utilization Rate
13:30pm  - US PPI
19:00pm  - US Fed Reserve Beige Book


Market Focus this Morning...
- UK Chancellor Hammond agrees with Barnier that Brexit deal in six to eight weeks is doable, says there will be no extension to the transition period
- UK Chancellor Hammond says if we leave the EU without a deal we could expect  some turbulence in the financial services
- BoE's Carney to extend stay as BoE Governor until end-Jan 2020 to help see the country through Brexit.
- Irish PM Varadkar said Brexit deal may be within weeks.
- Italy's Tria wants to close Italy's growth gap with the Euro region, adds the government will start reforms while cutting debt ratio
- China to ask WTO to authorise trade sanctions on the US
- An official of a U.S. business group says Chinese regulators are putting off accepting license applications from American companies in financial services and other industries until the two countries resolve a worsening tariff dispute.
- US and Japan are said to likely hold trade talks on Sep 21st.
- US President Trump says trade talks are going well with Canada wants to make a deal; both sides are operating in good faith
- Canada PM Trudeau says there is a good NAFTA deal to be had, but reiterates no deal is better than a bad deal; says US auto tariffs would also impact the US
- Hurricane Florence is getting bigger as it heads for the East coast of the States, potentially hitting North and South Carolina and is expected to be the worst in the region since Hurricane Hazel made landfall near the North Carolina-South Caroline border in 1954.
- Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank rise on report of Government open to the tie-up of the two banks.
- Brazil assets slump as Left advances one month ahead of elections.