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Reflecting the mixed global sentiments on account of a more than expected fall in Chinese exports

Markets are keen to trade rate cuts and big central banks are pushing back, shining a new light on upcoming data in that tug of war. China continues to battle its property demons while it is Italy's turn to be in the eye of the ratings agencies. Here is your week-ahead primer from Lewis Krauskopf in New York, Kevin Buckland in Tokyo, Danilo Masoni in Milan and Alun John and Dhara Ranasinghe in London.

Attention in Asia on Wednesday turns to Chinese inflation data, with investors expecting disinflationary pressures to have picked up in October but not at such a pace that would deflate the recent rebound in optimism about the economic recovery. Producer and consumer price inflation figures will be released, the highlights of a regional calendar that also includes Japanese bank lending, trade and current account figures, Indonesian retail sales, and Philippines GDP. U.S. bond yields continue t...

Ohio drivers, already facing stiff increases in prices, now are having to deal with inflation on auto insurance that is the highest in a decade.

Germany's economy shrank slightly in the third quarter, data showed on Monday, as Europe's largest economy continues to be weighed down by weak purchasing power and higher interest rates. Gross domestic product fell by 0.1% quarter on quarter in adjusted terms, the federal statistics office said. "These data alone underline that the German economy has at least become one of the growth laggards of the euro zone," said Carsten Brzeski, global head of macro at ING.

All three benchmark indexes notched weekly losses, with the S&P 500 sliding into correction territory on Friday.

Asian markets rose Friday after strong earnings from two tech titans provided hope for a bounce on Wall Street, while traders were also steeling themselves for key US inflation data.But blockbuster earnings from Amazon and Intel after the markets closed -- and a surge in after-hours trade -- provided Asian traders with hope for a bounce in New York at the end of the week.

USDCAD slides with Oil following suit on news of US-Venezuela deal. Will Canadian inflation rise once more adding further pressure on the Bank of Canada (BoC)?

Pound to Euro (GBP/EUR) Exchange Rate Slumps following Lacklustre UK Jobs

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond President Thomas Barkin said on Tuesday that the U.S. central bank still has time to decide on its next interest rate move as anecdotal information points to an economy that’s slowing amid a cooling trend in inflation pressures. “I see an economy that is much further along the path to demand normalization than much of the data would tell you,” even as “the path for inflation isn’t clear yet,” Barkin said in the text of a...