It will be a busy week in the US. The most important releases include the FOMC minutes; nonfarm payrolls; unemployment rate; ISM manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMIs. Also, investors will be following: the final figures for Markit manufacturing and services PMIs; construction spending; factory orders; external trade; Challenger job cuts, and ADP employment. 

Elsewhere in America: Canada will release trade balance, building permits, unemployment rate and the manufacturing PMI; Brazil manufacturing and services PMI, trade balance, industrial production and inflation; and Mexico manufacturing PMI and inflation. 

In the United Kingdom, important data to be released includes the PMIs for manufacturing, services and construction; external trade; industrial production and the Halifax house prices. 

In Europe, investors will be closely watching manufacturing and services PMIs for the Euro Area, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and Switzerland. The Eurostat will release data for unemployment, PPI and retail sales for the Eurozone. Other important indicators in Europe include: the construction PMI and industrial production for Germany; external trade and industrial production for France; unemployment rate for Italy; the monetary policy decision for Sweden and consumer and producer inflation for Turkey.

In Asia, PMI figures will also dominate the calendar with manufacturing and services for Japan, China and India. Also, Japan will release consumer confidence and the Tankan survey. 

Next week will provide a deeper update on the Australian economy. The most important event is the RBA monetary policy decision. Other releases include the PMIs for manufacturing, services and construction; retail sales; building permits and trade balance.