The week ahead in Asia will most prominently feature interest rate decisions and inflation prints from across the region.
The week started with a slew of data from China, including GDP growth and industrial output, with loan prime rate due Tuesday.
Mid week, investors will turn their focus to interest rate decisions from Indonesia, South Korea, and the Philippines, alongside inflation prints from numerous countries.
The week will end with Japan and India's PMIs among other data.
Here's what to expect in the week ahead.
MONDAY, Oct. 19
China released a slew of data on Monday.
The country's GDP expanded 4.5% year over year in the third quarter, accelerating slightly from a 4.3% increase in the previous quarter.
Industrial production grew 5.5% year over year in September, while retail sales of consumer goods rose 1.1% to 4.243 trillion yuan.
China's surveyed urban unemployment rate eased to 5.2% in September, with new home prices in 70 major cities falling 2.8% year over year.
Elsewhere, Malaysia's headline consumer price index (CPI) rose 1.8% year over year in September.
Trade surplus expanded 20.1% in the month, with exports rising 54.5% to 215.1 billion ringgit and imports increasing 52.7% to 62.6 billion ringgit.
TUESDAY, Oct. 20
China's loan prime rate is expected to remain unchanged, according to forecasts by DBS and ING.
Taiwan's export orders are projected to rise 64.9% in September, ING said.
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 21
Bank Indonesia is expected to keep the policy rate unchanged at 5.75% amid stability in the exchange rate, according to experts at ING and DBS.
Economists at DBS believe the central bank will rely on non-rate measures to keep the currency stable.
ING predicts one 25-basis-point rate increase before the end of the year.
Japan's trade deficit may shrink to 111 billion yen, with export and import growth coming in at 20.1% and 20%, respectively, according to market forecast data compiled by ING.
India's infrastructure output will land, alongside South Korea's producer price index.
THURSDAY, Oct. 22
South Korea's central bank is projected to keep its policy rate stable at 3%, according to DBS and ING.
The move may come amid strong AI-led export growth and stable inflation.
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, on the other hand, is expected to raise its interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.25% amid a rise in inflation, according to forecasts by DBS and ING.
Elsewhere, DBS projects Hong Kong's CPI to increase to 1.9% in September amid a boost in consumption sentiment and a rise in energy prices globally. Hong Kong's unemployment rate will also arrive.
FRIDAY, Oct. 23
Japan's inflation is expected to rise to 2.6%, due to a rise in energy prices, pressure from a weak yen, and public utility subsidies being phased out, according to DBS economists.
Taiwan's industrial output is projected at 21.6% in September by ING economists, with the unemployment rate also due to be published.
Elsewhere, Singapore's September inflation rate will arrive, alongside Japan's S&P and India's HSBC PMI for October.
