Week ahead: Highlights include US CPI, China activity data, UK data Sun: Swedish Elections. Mon: Hong Kong Mid-autumn Fest; UK GDP Estimate (Jul), German Final CPI (Aug), Chinese M2 (Aug). Tue: OPEC MOMR, Norges Bank Regional Network (Q3); Japanese Corporate Goods Price (Aug), Australian Consumer Sentiment (Sep), UK Jobs Data (Jul|Aug), EZ ZEW (Sep), US CPI (Aug), NFIB (Aug). Wed: IEA OMR; UK CPI (Aug), Swedish CPIF (Aug), EZ Industrial Production (Jul), US PPI Final Demand (Aug). Thu: RBA Bulletin, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit (1|2); Japanese Trade Balance (Aug), Australian Employment (Aug), US Export|Import Prices (Aug), IJC (w|e 5th Sep), NY Fed Manufacturing (Sep), Philadelphia Fed (Sep), Retail Sales (Aug), Industrial Production (Aug), New Zealand Manufacturing PMI (Aug). Fri: CBR Policy Announcement, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit (2|2), Quad Witching; Chinese Retail Sales (Aug), Industrial Output (Aug), UK Retail Sales (Aug), EZ Final CPI (Aug), US Uni. of Michigan Prelim. (Sep). NOTE: Previews are listed in day-order Swedish Elections (Sun): Current PM Andersson’s Social Democrats (S) are leading the polls at present with around 30% support, though commentators point out that much of this is the personal appeal of Andersson rather than the broader party.