How will US employment reports influence interest rate decisions? | Morning Markets

With the US interest rate decision on the horizon, Jeff Casson, Chief Investment Officer, looks at upcoming reports which will have a factor in the Federal Reserve’s decision. For investors, the main event is Friday and the unemployment report, looking back to August and the non-farm payroll data was the catalyst for a difficult start to the month, will September’s figures lead to a similar outcome? We also have the ISM manufacturing and services indices and the key focal point will be whether the manufacturing sector shows improvement despite being in contractionary territory. The date from Europe is anticipated to highlight the challenging backdrop for Eurozone manufacturing but show an ongoing recovery in consumer sentiment.