MNI European Morning Briefing

     LONDON (MNI) - The European economic docket gets underway with German

Manufacturing Orders at 0600GMT.

     France are scheduled for a dual release of Foreign Trade and Current

Account data at 0645GMT.

     Shortly after at 0700GMT Spain will publish Industrial Production figures.

     Then, at 0730GMT, the first UK release of the day in the form of the

Halifax House Price Index is scheduled.

     Italian Retail Sales will be released at 0800GMT.

     The first central banker speech of the day is scheduled for 1200GMT, BOE

Chief Economist Andy Haldane will give comments in London.

     The main event of the day will hit the wires at 1230GMT, the US Employment

Report for September. Nonfarm payrolls are forecast to rise by only 70,000 in

September after August's disappointing 156,000 gain. The impact of Hurricane

Harvey and Hurricane Irma is clearly expected to show up in this month's data,

adding downside risk. The unemployment rate is expected to hold steady at 4.4%.

Hourly earnings are forecast to rise 0.3% after a 0.1% gain in the previous

month. The average workweek is expected to stay at 34.4 hours, with a downside

risk due to the hurricanes.

     Also at 1230GMT the Canadian Labour Force Survey is scheduled.

     The first of a raft of Fed speakers is scheduled for 1315GMT, Atlanta

Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic is to speak at Investing in

America's Workforce Capstone Conference in Austin, with audience Q&A.

     At 1400GMT the US release Wholesale Trade data and Canada release Ivey PMI

figures.

     At 1500GMT is the first of the regional Fed GDP estimates, St. Louis Fed

release Real GDP Nowcast followed at 1515GMT by the NY Fed GDP Nowcast.

     New York Federal Reserve Bank President William Dudley is to speak on "The

Monetary Policy Outlook and the Importance of Higher Education For Mobility" at

the 56th Annual Financial Literacy & Economic Education Conference in Brooklyn,

New York, with audience Q&A at 1615GMT.

     Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Rob Kaplan is to speak at 1645GMT at

the Investing in America's Workforce Capstone Conference in Austin, with

audience and media Q&A.

     Then at 1750GMT St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard will

speak on "Standard of Living Across U.S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas" at

Bi-State Development 2017 Annual Luncheon Meeting in St. Louis.

     To close out the session and the week US Consumer Credit data is released

at 1900GMT. Consumer credit is expected to rise by 16.0 billion in August after

an $18.5 billion rise in July. Retail sales were down 0.2% and were up 0.2%

excluding a 1.6% plunge in motor vehicle sales.

--MNI London Bureau; +44 203 865 3809; email: kieran.williams@marketnews.com