It’s a quiet start to the new week so far and understandably so. In Asia, Japanese markets were closed and we are also due a partial market holiday in the US later as well as a full holiday in Canada. That pretty much makes it a long weekend of sorts in markets. So far today, major currencies are not doing too much with the dollar keeping steadier mostly.

In that lieu, let’s take a look at what is on the agenda in the week ahead. That will at least provide some idea of the key risk events to watch out for.

Tuesday, 15 October- UK September labour market report **- Germany October ZEW survey economic sentiment- Canada September CPI figures **- BofA, Goldman Sachs Q3 earnings

Wednesday, 16 October- New Zealand Q3 CPI figures **- UK September CPI figures ***- Morgan Stanley Q3 earnings

Thursday, 17 October- Australia September labour market report **- Eurozone September final CPI figures- ECB announces October monetary policy decision ***- US weekly initial jobless claims **- US September retail sales data ***- Netflix Q3 earnings

Friday, 18 October- Japan September national inflation report- China September retail sales, industrial production *- China Q3 GDP figures *- UK September retail sales data *

This article was written by Justin Low at www.forexlive.com.