A Reuters poll of economists suggests growth slowed significantly.
Looking beyond China, inflation data from Japan and New Zealand on Friday and Wednesday, respectively, and unemployment figures from Australia on Thursday will be the most important points on the regional calendar for investors this week.
These come amid a renewed wave of bullish sentiment across local and world markets, in large part stemming from surprisinglydata. The dollar and U.S. bond yields have slumped, stocks and risk appetite have taken off. According to Goldman Sachs's financial conditions indexes, global financial conditions are the loosest since April last year, and emerging market financial conditions are now the loosest since February last year.
Little wonder the MSCI World stock index jumped 3.4% last week, its best week since March, and the MSCI Asia ex-Japan index rallied 5.6%, its best week since November and finally showing signs of catching up after underperforming all year.have also helped sustain the positive mood. Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, Tesla and Netflix are among the big names reporting in a busier reporting schedule this week.
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