After this week ended with a disappointing US jobs report for September, investors will turn their attention next week to the health of corporate America as third quarter-earnings season kicks off.
Here's a preview of what to expect over the next week.
Fed minutes
After policymakers at the Federal Reserve voted to keep the central bank's key interest rate at a record low last month, investors will parse through the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee's September meeting which are released on Wednesday.
Officials added a new line to their statement highlighting that headwinds from recent "global economic and financial developments," and any further insights on how they evaluate the global backdrop will be scrutinised by investors.
Central banks
But the Fed isn't the only central bank on the calendar.
On Thursday, there are decisions from central banks in Japan and the UK.
Economists expect the Bank of Japan to maintain the size of its current stimulus measures unchanged, though governor Haruhiko Kuroda will likely be pressed on the recent signs of deflation re-emerging at a press conference.
The Bank of England is also expected to leave its key rate unchanged at a record low of 0.5 per cent. Economists at Barclays said:
We believe the tone of the Monetary Policy Committee could sound hawkish to some, as the MPC will want to lean against recent market expectations of it pushing back the date of the first hike into 2017.
US earnings
Aluminium maker Alcoa unofficially kicks off third-quarter US earnings season on Thursday.
Earnings at S&P 500 companies are expected to have dropped 4.8 per cent from a year ago, while revenues are forecast to have dropped 1 per cent, according to S&P Capital IQ.
IMF and World Bank
The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank hold their annual meetings in Lima, Peru next week.
IMF director Christine Lagarde and World Bank president Jim Yong Kim will hold press conferences on Thursday. The IMF publishes its World Economic Outlook on Tuesday.
Nobel prizes
This year's Nobel Prize winners will be announced. The prize for physiology and medicine is awarded on Monday, followed by the prizes for physics and chemistry on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The peace prize will be awarded on Friday. The prize for economics will be announced the following week.