There will be a heavier news schedule this week compared to last week, dominated by the release of key U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls data on Friday, as well as some Australian and Chinese data due on Thursday.

Although there is no direct central bank input scheduled, with the beginning of September and the return of traders to their desks at the end of a summer holiday period, we can expect a strong pick-up in market activity and volatility as is typical for this time of year.

The key days this week with the busiest schedules are Thursday and Friday.

Note that Monday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom, so trading volumes are quite likely to be light until New York opens later that day.

U.S. Dollar

It will be an important and busy week for the Greenback, dominated by the release of Non-Farm Payrolls data on Friday as well as Average Hourly Earnings and Unemployment Rate numbers. The week begins on Tuesday with the release of CB Consumer Confidence data, followed on Wednesday by the ADP Non-Farm Employment Change. On Thursday we will get Unemployment Claims and ISM Manufacturing PMI data.

Chinese Yuan

It will be a significant week for the Yuan, centered upon by the release of Manufacturing PMI numbers on Thursday.

Australian Dollar

It will be a reasonably important week for the Aussie, with Building Approvals data due on Tuesday, followed by releases of Private Capital Expenditure and Retail Sales numbers on Thursday.

British Pound

It will be a reasonably light week for the Pound after Monday’s public holiday, with Manufacturing PMI data due on Thursday, followed by Construction PMI numbers on Friday.

Canadian Dollar

It will be a reasonably light week for the Loonie beginning on Wednesday with a release of Canadian GDP data, followed on Friday with trade balance numbers.