[This Week's Key Events and Data Forecast: China's GDP, US CPI; the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, the APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting; Tesla's Financial Report]
1. Monday: ① Data: China's one-year LPR, third-quarter GDP annual rate, total retail sales of consumer goods year-on-year, value added of industrial enterprises above designated size year-on-year
; Germany's September PPI monthly rate; Eurozone's August seasonally adjusted current account; US Conference Board Leading Index monthly rate.
② Events: Release of the monthly residential sales price report for 70 large and medium-sized cities; State Council Information Office press conference on the national economy; the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee will be held from October 20th to 23rd.
③ Financial Report: China Mobile.
2. Tuesday: ① Data: Switzerland's September trade balance; UK's September public sector net borrowing; Canada's September CPI monthly rate.
② Events: APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting, which runs until October 22nd; Japan's Prime Ministerial election; the Federal Reserve's Payment Innovation Conference, discussing stablecoins, artificial intelligence, and tokenization. ③ Holiday: India's markets are closed for one day due to Diwali.
④ Financial reports: China Telecom, Netflix.
3. Wednesday: ① Data: US API and EIA weekly crude oil inventory reports; UK September CPI and Retail Price Index monthly rates.
② Events: NYMEX November crude oil futures rollover; ECB President Christine Lagarde's speech.
③ Financial reports: China Unicom, Tesla.
4. Thursday
: ① Data: China's Swift RMB share of global payments in September; UK October CBI industrial orders difference; Canada August retail sales monthly rate; Eurozone October preliminary consumer confidence index; US September existing home sales annualized rate, EIA natural gas inventories, and initial jobless claims.
② Financial report: Intel.
5. Friday: ① Data: UK October GfK Consumer Confidence Index; Japan September Core CPI Annual Rate; UK September Seasonally Adjusted Retail Sales Monthly Rate; preliminary October Manufacturing PMIs for France, Germany, the Eurozone, and the UK;
US September CPI report, preliminary October S&P Global Manufacturing and Services PMIs, final University of Michigan Consumer Confidence Index, final one-year inflation forecast, September annualized new home sales.
② Events: Speech by Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Bullock; Taiwan Stock Exchange closed for one day in observance of the Republic of China Day.
③ Financial Report: GAC Group.
6. Saturday: ① Data: US oil rig count for the week ending October 24.
7. Sunday: ① Event: Daylight Saving Time begins in many European countries.
