Weekly economic preview: Global markets brace for key data amid US shutdown and Asia slowdown

Global markets are heading into a crucial week clouded by uncertainty as the ongoing U.S. government shutdown, the longest in history, delays key economic data and shifts investor attention to private releases and overseas indicators. In the Americas, focus will center on the ADP employment report and NFIB Small Business Optimism Index for labor and sentiment cues, while comments from Federal Reserve officials could guide expectations for December policy. The earnings season winds down with Cisco, Disney, and Applied Materials set to report, and Brazil?s inflation, retail sales, and confidence data will dominate regional headlines. Across Europe, investors await GDP, employment, and industrial production updates from the U.K. and Eurozone. Germany?s ZEW sentiment, France?s unemployment data, and Italy?s output is also due, with final inflation data due across major economies. In the Asia-Pacific, China takes center stage with a dense data lineup on prices, production, and credit, signaling whether growth is stabilizing amid weak demand. Japan?s GDP and the Bank of Japan?s policy commentary will offer clues on rate hikes, while India?s inflation, Australia?s labor figures, and economic readings from South Korea, Malaysia, and Hong Kong will round out a data-heavy week for the region.

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