UK permanent job placements declined at a softer pace and candidate supply increased sharply amid falling demand for staff in September, monthly data from S&P Global showed Friday. Permanent staff appointments dropped at the weakest pace in a year in September. That said, employers were hesitant to take on new workers due to weaker economic conditions and cost concerns, the KPMG/REC Report on Jo

Industrial production from Italy is due on Friday, headlining a light day for the European economic news. At 2.00 am ET, Statistics Norway releases consumer price figures for September. Inflation is forecast to remain unchanged at 3.5 percent. Simultaneously, Statistics Sweden is scheduled to publish its GDP, household spending, and industrial production reports.

The European Central Bank policymakers felt no immediate pressure to adjust interest rates in September as risks to both inflation and growth were seen as balanced and the high uncertainty linked to trade policies also justified the stance as this would give more time to assess the real impact of tariffs on the economy, minutes of the September policy session showed on Thursday.

The Philippines' central bank unexpectedly reduced its key interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, for the fourth time this year and signaled further reduction to support economic growth. The Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, headed by Governor Eli Remolona, decided to reduce the policy rate by 25 basis points to 4.75 percent. The bank was expected to hold the rate at 5.0

Germany's exports declined for the second straight month in August as higher trade tariffs weighed on shipments to the United States, official data revealed Thursday. Exports dropped 0.5 percent in August from July, following a decline of 0.2 percent in July, Destatis said. The drop came in contrast to the expectations for an increase of 0.3 percent.

Foreign trade data from Germany and the minutes of the monetary policy meeting of the European Central Bank will be the key economic releases on Wednesday. At 2.00 am ET, Destatis releases Germany's foreign trade data. Exports are expected to climb 0.3 percent on a monthly basis, while imports are seen falling by 0.5 percent in August.

Poland's central bank unexpectedly reduced its key interest rate for a third policy session in a row, citing an improvement in the inflation outlook. The Monetary Policy Council, led by Governor Adam Glapinski, lowered the reference rate by 25 basis points to 4.50 percent, the Narodowy Bank Polski said in a statement on Wednesday. Economists had expected the bank to leave the rate unchanged.

Global economy is coping with shocks in a better-than-expected manner, but there is a risk that the resilience has not yet been fully tested, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Wednesday.

Ahead of its next monetary policy meeting later this month, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday released the minutes of its September meeting. The Fed announced its widely expected decision to lower interest rates by 25 basis points to 4.0 percent to 4.25 percent following the meeting, citing a shift in the balance of risks.

Home loan applications in the U.S. declined for a second week in a row, but at a slower pace, and there was an increase in demand for the riskier adjustable-rate mortgages as homebuyers look for best deals, survey data from the Mortgage Bankers Association showed on Wednesday.

Germany's industrial output registered its sharpest fall in more than three years in August due to the fall in auto production, fueling concerns about a potential recession. Industrial output fell 4.3 percent year-on-year in August, in contrast to the 1.3 percent increase in July, figures from Destatis showed on Wednesday. This was the biggest fall since March 2022.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand reduced its benchmark rate at a steeper-than-expected pace on Wednesday and signaled further reductions. The Monetary Policy Committee, chaired by Christian Hawkesby, decided to cut the overnight cash rate by 50 basis points to 2.50 percent, the lowest since July 2022. The reduction was steeper than the quarter-point cut anticipated by economists.

Industrial production from Germany is set to be released on Wednesday, headlining a light day for the European economic news. At 2.00 am ET, Destatis publishes Germany's industrial output data for August. Output is expected to fall 1.0 percent month-on-month, in contrast to the 1.3 percent increase in July.

Germany's factory orders declined unexpectedly in August as the positive impetus from the frontloading of orders from the U.S. faded, official data revealed, adding woes to the struggling economy. Manufacturing orders decreased 0.8 percent on a monthly basis, following a 2.7 percent decrease in July, the statistical office Destatis reported Tuesday. This was in contrast to the anticipated increas

The World Bank on Tuesday upgraded China's growth outlook for both 2025 and 2026 despite higher trade tariffs, and the lender raised India's projection for the current year on stronger-than-expected public investment but trimmed its forecast for the next fiscal year on higher tariffs.

UK house prices decreased for the first time in four months in September as concerns over potential tax increases weighed on the property market activity, the mortgage lender Halifax said Tuesday. House prices fell 0.3 percent on a monthly basis, in contrast to the 0.2 percent increase in August. Prices dropped for the first time since May and confounded expectations for an increase of 0.2 per

Factory orders from Germany and house prices from the UK are the top economic news due on Tuesday. At 2.00 am ET, Germany's Federal Statistical Office, Destatis, will release factory orders data for August. Orders are forecast to grow 1.2 percent on a monthly basis, in contrast to the 2.9 percent decrease in July.