Keir Starmer addresses first Labour conference as PM

Hi there and welcome to the working week.

We begin with one thing already underneath manner, however main UK information agendas this week: Labour’s annual convention in Liverpool.

As an alumnus of the town’s authentic red-brick college, I’ve many comfortable reminiscences of days out on the rejuvenated Victorian waterfront, the place Labour social gathering apparatchiks, lobbyists and journalists will collect till Wednesday. Sir Keir Starmer, set to provide his first tackle to delegates as prime minister on Tuesday, might not keep in mind the subsequent few days on the banks of the Mersey so fondly as I do provided that controversy swirls about his private ethics regarding Labour donor Lord Waheed Alli’s largesse.

There may be additionally a lot chatter about what is going to and won’t be introduced within the October Price range as chancellor Rachel Reeves offers her convention speech on Monday. For some insights into Labour’s plans with reference to enterprise, learn FT political editor George Parker’s interview with enterprise secretary Jonathan Reynolds.

On the opposite facet of the planet, we start the week digesting outcomes of Sri Lanka’s presidential election. Learn extra about that here.

In the meantime Japan’s Liberal Democrats are gearing up for a “wild west” vote to elect a brand new chief, and due to this fact prime minister, on Friday. May they appoint the nation’s first feminine PM? Read this to seek out out extra concerning the varied contenders on this unusually wide-open contest.

Austria goes to the polls on Sunday with latest polls displaying a transparent lead for the far-right Freedom social gathering.

The brand new earnings season has but to kick into gear, however the corporations information diary contains British tech agency Raspberry Pi saying its first outcomes as an organization listed on the London market on Tuesday. Additionally of notice on the earnings schedule are the world’s largest clothes retailer H&M and world skilled companies enterprise Accenture.

After final week’s deluge of rate-setting conferences, a number of central bankers might be out on the talking circuit this week. There may be additionally a extra modest stream of financial knowledge studies than final week, although we are going to get G7 financial comparisons from the most recent PMI knowledge on Monday and the ultimate US GDP estimate for the second quarter on Thursday. Extra particulars on all of those components beneath.

Yet one more factor . . . 

First, thanks to my colleagues David and Melody for holding the fort these previous 4 weeks, and thanks additionally to these of you who wished me nicely, and even frightened that I may not be getting back from this transient sabbatical to relaxation, replicate and plan some new initiatives. The spotlight was our household journey throughout the US, by aircraft, prepare and car, which was even higher than my (work) journey participating in a guitar retreat in Turkey for the FT Journey part — I point out this as a result of the piece, which you’ll read here, got here out whereas I used to be away.

Wherever you end up this week, I hope it proves fruitful. Please share your ideas concerning the highlights for this week by emailing me at jonathan.moules@ft.com or, if you’re studying this out of your inbox, hitting reply.

Key financial and firm studies

Here’s a extra full record of what to anticipate when it comes to firm studies and financial knowledge.

Monday

• Eurozone, India, France, Germany, UK, US: HCOB/S&P International September manufacturing and companies buying managers’ index knowledge

• Japan: Autumn Equinox Day noticed. Monetary markets closed.

• Outcomes: Oxford BioMedica HY

Tuesday

• Financial institution of Canada governor Tiff Macklem supplies a hearth chat on the Institute of Worldwide Finance and Canadian Bankers Affiliation Canada Discussion board in Toronto

• Banca d’Italia/G7 workshop titled “Constructing a quantum protected monetary system: what function for authorities and for the personal sector?” The occasion will embody introductory remarks by Banca d’Italia senior deputy governor Luigi Federico Signorini

• Australia: Reserve Financial institution of Australia rate of interest choice introduced

• Germany: Ifo Enterprise Local weather Index

• Japan: flash PMI knowledge (AM native time)

• Nigeria: Financial Coverage Committee rate of interest choice introduced

• UK: common family revenue statistics

• Outcomes: AutoZone This autumn, AG Barr HY, Card Manufacturing unit HY, Fonix FY, HSS Rent HY, Raspberry Pi HY, Smiths FY, SThree Q3 buying and selling replace, Tui pre-close buying and selling replace

Wednesday

• Financial institution of England Financial Coverage Committee member Megan Greene speaks at occasion hosted by Newcastle’s Chambers of Commerce

• Philippine central financial institution governor Eli Remolona speaks at a discussion board of the Asian Growth Financial institution on capital markets in Manila

• Meta Join developer convention begins, bringing collectively engineers, designers, and creatives to debate digital actuality, with a keynote tackle by Meta chief government Mark Zuckerberg

• OECD Interim Financial Outlook Report

• Australia: August shopper worth index (CPI) inflation charge knowledge

• France: September INSEE shopper confidence survey

• US: August new residence gross sales figures

• Outcomes: Co-operative HY, De La Rue AGM buying and selling replace, DFS Furnishings FY, Micron Expertise This autumn

Thursday

• Shoib Khan, director of insurance coverage supervision on the Financial institution of England’s Prudential Regulation Authority, speaks on the twenty ninth Financial institution of America Financials CEO convention

• Germany: GfK shopper local weather survey

• Japan: Financial institution of Japan publishes its financial coverage assembly minutes

• UK: Monetary Conduct Authority annual public assembly. Additionally, August capital issuance statistics

• US: ultimate Q2 GDP knowledge

• Outcomes: Accenture This autumn, Costco Wholesale This autumn, CVS FY, H&M Q3, Pantheon Infrastructure HY

Friday

• France: September CPI and PPI inflation charge knowledge

• Germany: month-to-month labour market statistics

• US: College of Michigan month-to-month shopper sentiment survey

World occasions

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

Monday

• Austria: Worldwide Atomic Vitality Authority board assembly in Vienna

• France: Paris Style Week begins, working till October 1

Tuesday

• UK: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer addresses MPs and different delegates on the Labour social gathering convention in Liverpool

• US: UN Basic Debate opens in New York

Wednesday

Thursday

• Germany: first plenary session of the Thuringian State Parliament following Alternative for Germany’s victory within the areas latest elections

• Italy: G7 agriculture ministers’ assembly begins in Syracuse

• Luxembourg: Pope Francis commences a four-day go to to the north European nation and its neighbour Belgium

• US: World Financial institution/IFS/ODI Public Finance Convention begins in Washington

Friday

• Japan: Liberal Democratic social gathering holds a management vote, in impact deciding the brand new prime minister, after present premier Fumio Kishida stated final month he wouldn’t search re-election

• UK: Scottish Conservatives because of announce the winner of their management poll to interchange Douglas Ross

Saturday

Sunday