The Business News Week Ahead

Chinese data will be back in force in the coming week starting with the latest on international trade as well as consumer and producer prices on Tuesday. This run will be followed on Friday by Chinese fixed asset investment, industrial production, not to mention GDP. All of these reports are key and, on net, are expected to extend mostly slowing rates of growth, a result that would further pressure central banks for additional stimulus. US data will be highlighted by retail sales on Wednesday followed on Thursday with industrial production, also reports that are not expected to show additional strength. Industrial production for the Eurozone as a whole, data to be posted Monday, are likely to reflect the weakness already reported out of Germany, France and Italy. The week's other Eurozone data will include October's ZEW survey from Germany and labour market data out of the UK, both on Tuesday. Aside from the CPI and PPI reports out of China early in the week, other price data will include the latest out of Canada at midweek with Japan to follow Friday.