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Week Ahead: Is Weaker Job Numbers a Waringing Sign or Green Light for Policy Easing and Risk Appetite




Week Ahead: 8 Sept 2025

Markets enter the week weighing two competing signals: a softer U.S. jobs print that underscores cracks in the labour market, and growing conviction that the Fed will respond with a September rate cut. The question is whether investors will see weakness as a warning sign for growth, or as the green light for policy easing and risk appetite.

Technically, though structural trends remain supportive for equities. Indices remained range-bound in the short term with momentum signals mixed, facing near-term uncertainty around breakouts

Short Term: 
S&P 500 (SPX):  The S&P 500, another directionless week, continues to consolidate around the 6,400 level. The FFI remains flat, and we remain watchful for a potential directional breakout.

Hang Seng Index (HSI): The Hang Seng Index (HSI) continues to trade within the 23,700–25,750 range. The FFI indicator still mixed for weeks. we continue to for monitor for clearer demand or supply signals to determine the next directional move beyond this range.

Straits Times Index (STI): The Straits Times Index (STI) traded above resistance with weak momentum (mixed FFI). If the index holds above 4,275, it may advance toward the 4,350 level. A break below this threshold could see the index retreat toward the 4,150 zone.

Long Term:
S&P 500 (SPX) Upward Trend
Hang Seng Index (HSI) Upward Trend
Straits Times Index (STI) Uptrend Trend

Headlines Next Week:
US: Aug PPI & CPI
China: Aug CPI & PPI 

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