- UK employment, wage, house price and output data
- FOMC minutes and inflation update
- Eurozone industrial production and inflation numbers
- South Korea policy decision
The week sees economic news that should provide insights into central bank thinking in the US, UK and eurozone, as well as Asian trade and price trends.
With March PMI survey data signalling the slowest increase in global business activity for 16 months, the release of detailed sector PMI numbers will add important colour to individual industry trends, which will in turn help identify where the slowdown is most pronounced and evaluate the quality of the ongoing expansion. In particular, prior months had shown a welcome upturn in sectors such as business machinery and tech equipment, pointing to increased global business investment.
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