In this episode of our Week Ahead podcast series, we look at the main themes driving global markets over the coming week. In North America (01:16), we have ISM and Payrolls, testimony from Fed Chair Powell and a Bank of Canada policy meeting. In Europe (05:19), the focus will be on the European Central Bank meeting and post-meeting press conference with ECB president Lagarde. And then it’s the latest from Asia (10:34), with inflation and earnings data in Japan, China aggregate financing and RBM loan growth, Korea industrial production and CPI, Australia GDP and the Bank Negara policy meeting.