A busy week ahead is lined with central bank meetings in Japan and Malaysia while labour market and inflation data from the UK will be in focus. German ZEW survey figures and eurozone consumer confidence numbers will also be due while in APAC, China’s data dump, including Q4 GDP, Japanese inflation and Australian jobs data will be highlights. Attention will focus first on China’s fourth quarter GDP release, which is issued alongside details of industrial output and retail sales for December. While PMIs were better than expected, this was prior to the surge in COVID-19 cases, placing the emphasis on flash January PMI ... (full story)