*Bank of England Governor delivers speech, Fed Chair participates in fireside chat*
Regarding important economic events in various countries, New Zealand central bank Governor Bremant will attend a forum and deliver a speech. Bank of Canada Governor Macklem will participate in a panel discussion. On Friday at 10:00am Hong Kong time, Bank of England Governor Bailey will deliver a speech. At 10:30am, German Finance Minister Lindner and German central bank President Nagel will deliver speeches. At 11:30am, Federal Reserve Chair Wach will participate in a fireside chat. At 2:30pm, Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Ueda Shinichi will deliver remarks on behalf of Governor Ueda Kazuo at the annual Trust Alliance Conference.
On the data front, at 5:00pm on Friday (Hong Kong time, same below), the Eurozone will release August trade balance; September consumer price index monthly rise is expected to expand from 0.4% to 0.6%, and the annual rise is expected to expand from 3.2% to 3.7%. At 8:30pm, the US will release September export prices, with the monthly rise expected to expand from 0.6% to 0.8%, and the annual rise expected to expand from 8.6% to 9.5%; September import prices monthly rise expected to expand from 0.7% to 0.9%, and the annual rise expected to expand from 7% to 8.1%. At 9:15pm, the US will release September capacity utilization, expected to rise from 76.3% to 76.5%; September industrial production monthly rate is expected to rise from flat to 0.4%.
In Hong Kong, companies announcing earnings tomorrow include China Construction兴业 (00830), etc.
In addition, tomorrow SEG New Energy (06656) will have lock-up shares released for cornerstone investors. (wa)
