If you are carrying positions over the weekend here is a risk event to be aware of
China official manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMIs are due out over the weekend
- At 0100GMT on May 1 (that's 9pm Saturday US eastern time)
Manufacturing PMI,
- expected 50.3, prior 50.2
Non-manufacturing PMI,
- prior 53.8
The big round of stimulus we've had from China in the past few months is giving the economy a boost (at least in the short-term), hence the expectation for an expansionary read for the manufacturing PMI
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As a note, the private PMIs (Caixin / Markit) are due on May 3