A changing of the guard

Howdy and welcome to the working week.

On this yr of elections, there may be additionally (inevitably) a altering of the guard. On Tuesday, Claudia Sheinbaum turns into Mexico’s first feminine president. There are various challenges forward for her, as my colleagues have noted.

That very same day Nato will get a brand new secretary-general as former Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte replaces Jens Stoltenberg. He faces many challenges because the FT’s editorial board outlines.

The Conservative social gathering convention is underneath method and it’s honest to say it’s much less of a draw than earlier years, apart from its management contest. Will one of many contenders perform a David Cameron? The objective for the 4 remaining candidates is to nonetheless be on the poll when it’s whittled down to 2 on October 9 and the competition is put to a vote amongst social gathering members.

There are nonetheless important elections available, most clearly the US presidential contest, and Tuesday will see the vice-presidential candidates duke it out on the CBS Information channel. For extra perception into the Republican candidate JD Vance, learn Ed Luce’s recent column. In the meantime, Inside Politics author Stephen Bush explains why Democratic candidate Tim Walz fits the mould of many earlier vice-presidential candidates, together with that of Donald Trump in 2016.

On the company entrance, the week brings a skinny however regular circulate of outcomes, notably Tesco, Nike, Greggs and JD Wetherspoon.

Shares in Tesco are up by a 3rd up to now yr to their highest stage since late 2013. The British grocery store chain is capitalising on the woes of rivals Wm Morrison and Asda, that are struggling underneath the debt burdens heaped on to them by their personal fairness house owners. Tesco has picked up a valuable half-point of market share over the previous yr, in accordance with Kantar Worldpanel.

Greggs can be driving excessive, helped by July’s very robust first-half outcomes, which confirmed a 14 per cent enhance in complete gross sales, a 16 per cent advance in underlying pre-tax revenue and a 19 per cent rise within the dividend. This can be a buying and selling replace however traders can be eager to listen to extra about its app, which has been a robust driver of that development, an initiative to extend night opening hours and the continuing retailer rollout programme.

JD Wetherspoon’s shares are broadly flat over the yr, although the pub group, with an property of about 800 websites, is predicted to report document gross sales for the yr to July 2024. The problem is due to this fact revenue, and particularly the influence of elevated wages, utility payments and curiosity prices on the corporate’s £670mn internet debt place.

The financial knowledge run this week is proscribed, however will embody US employment figures, German inflation figures, the ultimate UK Q2 GDP estimate and PMI comparisons between G7 nations and China, earlier than the latter begins its Nationwide Day public vacation. Extra particulars on all of this beneath.

Another factor . . . 

Runners will this Saturday have a good time the twentieth anniversary of the primary Parkrun, which happened in Bushy park within the prosperous London suburb of Teddington. Parkrun is now taking a look at greater than 2,300 occasions going down world wide with greater than 9mn registered parkrunners. I’ve by no means been drawn to the idea of spending one among my day’s off doing one of many sports activities I least get pleasure from in a public house, however I discovered a more positive take on the volunteer-led phenomenon within the FT archives from markets columnist Katie Martin.

Speaking of archive materials, to have a good time the thirtieth anniversary of the enduring Lunch with the FT collection, my colleagues have created a free, pop-up e-newsletter, offering you with a favorite lunch each Sunday via to November 17, with recent insights from the interviewer. Sign up here.

What are your priorities this week and what are you most trying ahead to within the subsequent month? E mail me at jonathan.moules@ft.com or, in case you are studying this out of your inbox, hit reply.

Key financial and firm stories

Here’s a extra full listing of what to anticipate when it comes to firm stories and financial knowledge this week.

Monday

• European Central Financial institution President Christine Lagarde attends the quarterly financial dialogue with the European parliament Committee on Financial and Financial Affairs, giving her views on financial and financial developments and discussing financial and monetary developments

• Witan Funding Belief holds a primary basic shareholder assembly to vote on the proposed advisable winding-up of the company and mixture with Alliance Belief. A second shareholders’ assembly is scheduled for October 9

• China: Caixin September manufacturing and companies buying managers’ index (PMI) knowledge

• Germany: September client value index (CPI) and harmonised index of Shopper Costs (HICP) inflation price knowledge

• Japan: August preliminary industrial manufacturing figures,

• UK: revised estimate of Q2 GDP. Additionally, Nationwide September Home Value Index.

• Outcomes: 3i Infrastructure pre-close replace, Alliance Pharma HY, Carnival Q3, Playtech HY

Tuesday

• Financial institution of England chief economist Huw Tablet speaks on the CBI Financial Progress Board

• Nationwide’s acquisition of Virgin Cash UK is predicted to grow to be efficient after the deal was authorised by shareholders on the constructing society’s annual meeting in July

• Darktrace acquisition by Thoma Bravo is predicted to grow to be efficient, after shareholders authorised the deal at a basic assembly in June

• Canada, Eurozone, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, UK, US: S&P International/HCOB/HSBC September manufacturing PMI knowledge

• China Nationwide Day. Monetary markets closed

• EU: preliminary September eurozone HICP inflation figures

• Mexico: Inauguration Day. Monetary markets closed

• US: fiscal yr begins

• Outcomes: Greggs buying and selling replace, James Halstead FY, McCormick Q3, Nike Q1, PayChex Q1

Wednesday

• China: Nationwide Day Golden Week continues. Monetary markets closed

• India: Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday. Monetary markets closed

• Israel: Rosh Hashana Eve, Jewish New Yr Eve. Monetary markets closed

• Russia: remaining Q2 GDP estimate

• Outcomes: ConAgra Manufacturers Q1, JD Sports activities HY, Lamb Weston Q1, Saga HY, Topps Tiles full-year buying and selling assertion

Thursday

• Canada, Eurozone, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, US: S&P International/HCOB September companies PMI knowledge

• China: Nationwide Day Golden Week continues. Monetary markets closed

• Germany: Nationwide Unity Day, marking the anniversary of reunification in 1990

• Israel: Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Yr. Monetary markets closed

• UK: Zoopla September Home Value Index

• Outcomes: Constellation Manufacturers Q2, Tesco HY, SSE notification of shut, SSP This autumn buying and selling replace

Friday

• Eurozone, France, Germany, Italy, UK: S&P International/HCOB September development PMI knowledge

• India: HSBC September companies PMI knowledge

• US: September employment figures

• Outcomes: JD Wetherspoon FY, Yaskawa Electrical Q2

World occasions

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

Monday

• UN Common Meeting debate concludes in New York

• France: trial begins for French social gathering chief Marine Le Pen, her father and predecessor Jean-Marie Le Pen and 25 others for alleged misappropriation of EU funds to pay the assistants of MEPs who have been the truth is working for his or her social gathering, Rassemblement Nationwide, between 2009 and 2017. Marine Le Pen denies the allegations. The injury allegedly quantities to €6.8mn

• UK: annual election of the Lord Mayor of the Metropolis of London, an historical title which now includes selling British monetary and enterprise companies globally

Tuesday

• Belgium: Nato ceremony to mark the transition to its new secretary-general, former Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte

• Canada: authorities imposes 100 per cent surtax on all Chinese language-made EVs, together with electrical and sure hybrid passenger vehicles, vehicles, buses and supply vans

• France: strikes and protests anticipated throughout France, backed by commerce union CGT, over President Emmanuel Macron’s refusal to nominate Nouveau Entrance Populaire candidate Lucie Castets as prime minister

• Mexico: Claudia Sheinbaum assumes workplace because the nation’s first female president

• US: one centesimal birthday of former president Jimmy Carter. Additionally, televised debate between Republican vice-presidential nominee, senator JD Vance, and Democratic vice presidential nominee, Minnesota governor Tim Walz

Wednesday

• Annular photo voltaic eclipse, this yr showing virtually totally over the Pacific Ocean, but additionally seen from Easter Island and a small portion of Argentina and Chile

Thursday

• Rosh Hashana, aka Jewish New Yr, with customs together with the sounding of the shofar and consuming symbolic meals comparable to apples dipped in honey

• Brazil: G20 atmosphere and local weather ministers assembly begins in Rio

• UAE: 2024 ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup cricket match opens, that includes 10 groups together with Bangladesh, Australia, England, New Zealand and India

• UK: the primary flu and Covid-19 vaccination marketing campaign commences in England

Friday

• France: Francophonie Summit, a biennial assembly of heads of state and authorities from French-speaking nations, begins in Villers-Cotterets

Saturday

• UK: Claire Hanna is ratified as the brand new chief of Northern Eire’s Social Democratic and Labour social gathering at its annual convention. She was the one candidate to have declared an curiosity and replaces Colum Eastwood, who introduced his resignation in August

• UK: twentieth anniversary of the primary Parkrun, the free 5km operating occasion organised by volunteers

• US: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump holds a marketing campaign rally at Butler Farm Present, Pennsylvania, the location of the July 13 assassination try

Sunday

• Australian Daylight Saving Time begins

• Israel: Anniversary of Yom Kippur struggle

• Laos: Asean Summit and associated conferences start

• Tunisia: presidential election