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The coming week ought to be calm with a slightly positive bias to trading, as most market participants worldwide will be away from their desks during the Christmas holidays and New Year celebrations.
Investor focus over the coming holiday-shortened week will be on the latest US inflation data and their potential implications for Federal Reserve policy.
Investors' focus over the coming week will be on the Autumn Budget, on Wednesday. In it, the Chancellor is expected to announce a panoply of measures aimed at raising tens of billions of pounds in new tax measures.
Investors' focus over the coming week will be on a veritable flood of central bank speakers from across several of the world's main economies on the occasion of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank's annual meetings in Washington D. C.
