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 (02:29), we have retail sales, industrial production and UoM consumer expectations. In Europe (06:57), it’s the Germany ZEW survey, ECB December meeting minutes, UK labour market and CPI data. Then it’s the latest from Asia (10:40), with China GDP, PBoC, BI and BOT policy decisions, Japan CPI, as well as global markets all to discuss.