People go to the polls

Hi there and welcome to the working week.

On Tuesday, People will lastly put paid to months of hypothesis once they head to the poll field. Monetary Instances journalists have painstakingly chronicled each twist and switch over this marathon election cycle. But the polls have remained fully deadlocked.

I gained’t weigh in on the controversy about whether or not that is probably the most consequential American election ever. However what’s definitely true is that Nato member states, Ukraine, China, the Center East and Russia will all have their eyes fastened on the US because the outcomes pour in. Count on dispatches from throughout the globe because the world digests the state of play. The FT’s first-class information journalism staff can even be working across the clock to present you a forensic breakdown of the numbers because the depend ticks up over Tuesday night time and Wednesday morning.

Dovetailing with the election is the Federal Reserve’s rate-setting assembly on Thursday this week. Economists are betting on a quarter-point minimize, because the US closes in on its 2 per cent inflation goal. However the shadow of the election looms. The Fed is aware of that if the White Home modifications tack with respect to tariffs, for instance, it can danger imperilling the progress it has made in curbing inflation if it doesn’t act.

Traders might be watching the central financial institution intently. Relying on who wins Tuesday’s vote, they could must revise their predictions on the tempo and dimension of charge cuts going ahead.

Although US information will dwarf that of the UK, the Financial institution of England will convene on Thursday. Markets have digested final week’s Funds, and although taxes have been elevated to file highs, the trajectory of financial coverage is unlikely to alter all that a lot, in keeping with economics commentator Chris Giles. Analysts are predicting a quarter-point minimize to the coverage charge.

There are many firm experiences on the horizon. Carmakers BMW, Toyota and Nissan will put up their earnings this week, with traders keenly watching the impact of stalling electrical car gross sales on the sector. Weight problems drugmaker Novo Nordisk’s earnings are additionally hotly anticipated, as analysts weigh the affect of the corporate’s stiffening competitors.

Yet one more factor . . . 

Final month, a beforehand undiscovered Chopin waltz was discovered at a library vault in New York. I intend to mud off my keyboard and try and play it this week. I hear myriad tales from adults who used to play musical devices as kids, however then stopped when college or work or parenthood obtained in the way in which. This touching piece from the FT archive is an encouraging reminder of the advantages of choosing your instrument again up — and the life classes doing so can educate you.

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Key financial and firm experiences

Here’s a extra full listing of what to anticipate by way of firm experiences and financial information this week.

Monday

• EU: HCOB Manufacturing PMI information launched for October

• Outcomes: BioNTech Q3, Ryanair Holdings HY

Tuesday

• Australia: Reserve Financial institution of Australia rate of interest determination

• China: Caixin Providers PMI information for October

• Outcomes: Adecco Group Q3, Asos FY, Related British Meals annual outcomes, Bouygues Q3, Deutsche Publish (DHL Group) Q3, Hugo Boss Q3, Nintendo Q2 2025, Ørsted Q3, Saudi Aramco Q3, Schaeffler Q3, Thomson Reuters Q3, Zalando Q3

Wednesday

• Outcomes: BMW Q3, Commerzbank Q3, CVS Well being Q3, Gilead Sciences Q3, Henkel AG & Co Q3, Hensoldt Q3, JFE Holdings HY, Marks and Spencer HY, Novo Nordisk Q3, Pandora Q3, Puma Q3, Qualcomm This autumn, Toyota Q2

Thursday

• UK: Financial institution of England rate of interest determination

• US: Federal Reserve rate of interest determination

• EU: Retail gross sales launched for September

• Outcomes: Air France-KLM Q3, Banca Generali Q3, BT HY, DBS Q3, Euronav Q3, Halliburton Q3, Hershey Q3, Moderna Q3, Nippon Metal Q2, Nissan Q2, Rheinmetall AG Q3, Sainsbury’s HY, Statkraft Q3, Wizz Air HY, WK Kellogg Q3

Friday

• US: Michigan shopper sentiment index for November

• Canada: Unemployment charge figures for October

• Outcomes: IAG Q3, Sony Group Corp Q2 2025

World occasions

Lastly, here’s a rundown of different occasions and milestones this week.

Monday

• South Korea: South Korean and EU officers are to carry their first strategic dialogue in Seoul to debate Russia’s deployment of North Korean troops

• UAE: Annual vitality trade occasion ADIPEC begins with Opec’s secretary-general and executives from high oil and gasoline firms in attendance

• China: The Nationwide Folks’s Congress Standing Committee will start its weeklong assembly through which it’s anticipated to difficulty further debt to revive the nation’s flagging economic system

Tuesday

• US: Presidential election

• EU: Finance ministers will meet in Brussels to debate finance for Ukraine, laws on VAT, the Restoration and Resilience Facility and the local weather

• UK: Man Fawkes Day

Wednesday

Thursday

• EU: ECB’s Philip Lane, Isabel Schnabel and Frank Elderson give speeches; European political neighborhood to fulfill in Budapest

• US: Federal Open Market Committee holds press convention

Friday

Saturday

Sunday