This Week's Macro Outlook: Non-Farm Payroll Data Release, Precious Metals Performance May Impact Fund Flows

By: theblockbeats.news|2026/02/02 14:01:11

BlockBeats News, February 2nd. This week's major macro events and data are relatively scarce, including the Bank of Japan's January monetary policy meeting minutes and U.S. non-farm payrolls. Details are as follows:

Monday: U.S. January final Markit Global Manufacturing PMI, U.S. January ISM Manufacturing PMI; Bank of Japan releases summary of January monetary policy meeting deliberations.

Tuesday: U.S. December JOLTs Job Openings; 2027 FOMC Voter, Atlanta Fed President Bostic speech; Fed Governor Bowman speech.

Wednesday: U.S. API, EIA Crude Oil Inventories up to January 30; France, Germany, Euro Zone, UK January final Services PMI; Euro Zone January CPI YoY flash estimate, Euro Zone January CPI MoM flash estimate, Euro Zone December PPI MoM; U.S. January ADP Employment Change, U.S. January final Markit Global Services PMI, U.S. January ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI.

Thursday: U.S. initial jobless claims up to January 31, U.S. January Global Supply Chain Pressure Index; 2027 FOMC Voter, Atlanta Fed President Bostic participates in monetary policy discussion and Q&A session.

Friday: U.S. January Unemployment Rate, U.S. January Seasonally Adjusted Non-Farm Payrolls; U.S. 2025 Non-Farm Payroll Benchmark Revision final value (not seasonally adjusted); U.S. February 1-year Inflation Rate Expectation preliminary value; U.S. February University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index preliminary value.

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