What’s top of investors’ minds this week?

Markets are likely to focus on the global flash PMIs for August and Fed Chairman Powell’s speech at the Fed’s Jackson Hole conference. With equities at year-highs and the markets pricing in 55bps of Fed cuts by year-end, the greater near-term risk is of stronger-than-expected PMIs and a Fed Chairman who is less
dovish than anticipated.

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