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Thursday preview: Jackson Hole, Global PMIs in focus

(Sharecast News) - All eyes on Thursday will be on the start of the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium in the US. The annual gathering of central bankers and economists is often used by US rate-setters to broach changes in their long-term policy strategy.

The symposium will run until Saturday and will include a keynote speech from Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell, on Friday.

Against that backdrop, on Thursday morning consultancy S&P Global would release its purchasing managers surveys for factory and services sector conditions in the UK, euro area.

The UK PMIs are due out at 0930 BST.

Also scheduled to be published, at 0600 BST, are public sector net borrowing data in the UK covering the month of July.

In the States, at 1330 BST investors would be watching for data on weekly jobless claims and factory sector conditions in the country's mid-Atlantic region.

Thursday 21 August

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE

AIB Group (CDI), Anglo American, Convatec Group , DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited (Bermuda Regd), DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited (Jersey Reg), DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited (Sing.Reg), Entain, Glanbia (CDI), Hongkong Land Holding Ltd. (Bermuda), Hongkong Land Holding Ltd. (Jersey), Hongkong Land Holding Ltd. (Sing.Reg), Ibstock , InterContinental Hotels Group, IRISH RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES REIT P IRISH RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ORD SHS, Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd (Singapore Reg), Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. (Bermuda), Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd. (Jersey), Legal & General Group, Mandarin Oriental International (Bermuda), Mandarin Oriental International (Jersey), Mandarin Oriental International (Singapore), Mondi, Plus500 Ltd (DI), Sabre Insurance Group, Schroders, Shaftesbury Capital, Valterra Platinum Limited (DI)

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE

JPMorgan Asia Growth & Income

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Vaalco Energy, Inc (DI), Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.NPV (CDI)

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Manufacturing PMI (EU) (09:00)

Manufacturing PMI (US) (14:45)

Continuing Claims (US) (13:30)

Existing Home Sales (US) (15:00)

Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30)

SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited (Bermuda Regd), DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited (Jersey Reg), DFI Retail Group Holdings Limited (Sing.Reg), Plus500 Ltd (DI)

EGMS

Zhejiang Yongtai Technology Co. GDR (EACH Repr 5 A SHS) (REG S)

AGMS

Cyanconnode Holdings

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

Public Sector Net Borrowing (07:00)

Manufacturing PMI (09:30)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE

QinetiQ Group

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE

Babcock International Group, Cohort, Heath (Samuel) & Sons, Lindsell Train Inv Trust, Molten Ventures VCT , Supreme , XPS Pensions Group

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