For the week ahead in Asia, interest rate decisions from the U.S., Japan, and Thailand will take center stage.
Additionally, investors will look for potential economic insights from the Fifth Plenary Session of the Communist Party's 20th Central Committee from Oct. 26 to 29.
Trade data will arrive from Thailand, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines, and South Korea, with various countries also posting industrial output figures.
GDP growth numbers will land in South Korea and Taiwan.
Here's what to expect in the week ahead in Asia.
MONDAY, Oct. 26
Singapore's manufacturing output rose 3.4% year on year in September, a sharp slowdown from a 15.4% increase in the prior month.
Thailand's trade deficit widened to $5.86 billion in September from $2.48 billion in August. Exports rose 24% year over year, while imports increased 50.4%.
TUESDAY, Oct. 27
South Korea's GDP growth is expected to come in at 3.2% year over year in the third quarter, compared with 3.7% in the second quarter, DBS and ING economists noted.
Nomura raised its 2026 growth forecast to 3.6% from 3.2% previously, after forecasting a 4% GDP growth in Q3, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The country's consumer confidence for October will also arrive.
China's industrial profit for September will land.
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 28
Bank of Thailand is expected to keep its policy rate at 1% as inflation risks persist alongside uneven and weak economic growth, according to economists at DBS.
DBS economists also project Hong Kong's export growth to inch up to 55% in September from 53% in August, with imports also expected to stay robust.
India's industrial and manufacturing output will land.
THURSDAY, Oct. 29
South Korea will publish business confidence numbers, while Japan will post consumer confidence data for October.
Singapore's export and import price numbers will arrive, alongside the producer price index.
FRIDAY, Oct. 30
Japan's central bank is expected to maintain its overnight call rate at 1.25%, with the stabilization of the yen reducing pressure for a hike, according to DBS and ING economists.
DBS economists, however, forecast a rise in the rate to 1.5% in December 2026 or January 2027. J.P. Morgan economist Ayako Fujita also projects the next hike in December, according to the WSJ.
A slew of economic data is expected from Japan, with CPI growth projected at 2.7% in September and core CPI potentially coming in at 2.6%, according to market consensus forecast data compiled by ING.
Industrial output may rise to 3.3%, compared with 2.7% previously, with retail sales growth projected to slow to 1.6% from 2.7%, ING said. Unemployment figures will land.
Taiwan's GDP growth for the third quarter is projected at between 12% to 13% by DBS economists, compared with 12.9% in the previous quarter. Experts at ING forecast GDP growth at 11.4%
Thailand and South Korea's industrial production and retail sales data will arrive for September.
Singapore will publish unemployment rate and business confidence figures for the third quarter, with trade data for September expected from the Philippines.
SATURDAY, Oct. 31
China's NBS PMI will arrive for October.
SUNDAY, Nov. 1
South Korea will post trade data.
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