<p><strong>Monday 16th December 2024</strong></p><br><p><a href="https://www.nab.com.au/content/dam/nabrwd/documents/notice/corporate/nab-research-disclaimer.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NAB Markets Research Disclaimer</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nab.com.au/financial-services-guide?S_KWCID=SEACT" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Financial Services Guide | Information on our services -</a> <a href="https://www.nab.com.au/financial-services-guide?S_KWCID=SEACT" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NAB</a></p><br><p>US growth continues to lead the way. The latest PMIs showed services growth for Europe and the UK, but not as much as the US. In all cases, though, there’s a fall in the manufacturing PMI. The US strength helped push equities higher - with new highs for the NASDAQ and S&P - and strengthened the US dollar and pushed Treasury yields higher. The data doesn’t stop flowing, even though it’s only a week till Christmas. UK employment data today might do little to influence the Bank of England this week, but if wages growth remains high it’ll support their reticence to cut too quickly. Australian consumer confidence is out today as well. NAB’s Taylor Nugent talks through the numbers.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
