Japan's Labor Force Survey for April

In Australia, the highlight next week will be the monthly inflation report for April. In China, we expect the official manufacturing PMI to remain in contractionary territory in May. We also expect the Kaxin Manufacturing PMI, which surveys more SMEs and exporters in the eastern coastal regions of China, to remain subdued at 49.5 in May. When it comes to US-China relations, after the U.7 issued a communique vowing to counter Beijing's economic coercion, there was big debate over whether the US should retaliate. This notion of decouple from China is something that you hear about more and more on Capitol Hill. And I think we need to be careful with