In this episode of our Week Ahead podcast series, we look at the main themes driving global markets over the coming week. In the US (01:34), the highlights will be CPI, retail sales, and industrial production data, along with the final FOMC meeting of the year. In Europe (05:58), we have industrial production data and the ECB and BOE meetings. Then it’s the latest from Asia (10:32), with China monthly activity data, the Japan Tankan report, India industrial production and CPI data and central bank meetings in Taiwan and the Philippines, as well as global markets all to discuss.