Some highlights to look out for

Later today

  • Swiss sight deposits

  • Italian gov't to deliver response to letter on budget to EU

  • Chicago Fed

Tuesday

  • Japan department store sales

  • BOE's Haldane

  • Euro zone consumer confidence
  • Germany producer price index
  • Bank of England governor Mark Carney speaks
  • EU expected to reject Italian budget

  • Richmond Fed

  • Two-year Treasury auction

  • Earnings: Caterpillar, McDonald's, Canadian National, 3M

Wednesday

  • Nikkei Japan manufacturing PMI

  • Australian skilled vacancies

  • Markit Euro zone manufacturing, services and composite PMI
  • BOC decision
  • US Markit PMI
  • US new home sales
  • US 5-year sale
  • Beige book
  • Earnings: AMD, Barrick Gold, Freeport-McMoRan, Microsoft, UPS

Thursday

  • German GfK consumer confidence
  • German IFO survey
  • French jobseekers
  • ECB meeting
  • US durable goods orders
  • US advance goods trade balance
  • US 7-year auction
  • US pending home sales
  • Earnings: Amazon, Alphabet, Intel, Shopify, Twitter,

Friday

  • Tokyo CPI

  • US Q3 GDP (first look)

  • Draghi speaks in Brussels

  • Final U Mich consumer sentiment

  • S&P weighs in on Italy at the close

  • UK ratings from S&P and Fitch

The start today will be slow but it picks up quickly.