The Business News Week Ahead

Employment data will be limited in the upcoming week, centered on the Swiss unemployment rate on Wednesday where an increase is expected. Inflation data will include China's CPI on Wednesday followed by the US CPI on Friday amid forecasts for mixed results. Updates on the consumer will, like employment, be limited with Japanese household spending on Tuesday the most important report. In contrast, news on the supply side of the global economy will be very heavy: German industrial production on Monday as well as Japanese machinery orders and French industrial production both on Thursday. Policy announcements will be issued by the Bank of Canada on Wednesday followed on Thursday by the European Central bank. Opening the week will be Chinese merchandise trade on Monday and closing the week will be the US Treasury deficit late Friday.