Australia:

Mon: Zip (Q1 results), Beach Energy production update

Tue: RBA Asst Governor Brad Jones speaks, BHP & South32 production updates

Wed: Woodside & Iluka production updates, Mirvac operational update

Thu: Fortescue & North Star production updates

Fri: S&P Global PMIs, RBA Governor Michele Bullock speaks, Whitehaven Coal update

International:

Mon: CN — GDP (Q3), retail sales, industrial production, infrastructure spending (Sep), Loan prime rates

Thu: US — Jobless claims, existing home sales (Sep)

Fri: US — S&P Global PMIs (Sep), New home sales (Sep), Consumer sentiment, CPI

It’s good week for local macro policy wonks to get out in the garden and get on top of the spring weeding — nothing much of interest is happening, although RBA governor Michele Bullock has a set piece speech on Friday.

Local investors have a bit more to check out with quarterly production reports from the resources sector headed by BHP (Tuesday), Woodside (Wednesday) and Fortescue (Thursday).

AGM season cranks up with BHP holding its investor get together in Melbourne on Wednesday, but it is, as shareholder activist Stephen Mayne calls it, a “dinosaur” AGM requiring a physical presence and no online offerings.

In all, there are around 40 other significant AGMs this week including Tabcorp (Monday), Bendigo & Adelaide Banks (Tuesday) and ASX (Wednesday).

Overseas, it’s a big day in China with third quarter GDP released today, along with the usual monthly stats on retail sales, industrial production and infrastructure and property spending.

GDP growth is expected to slip below the targeted 5% level from 5.2% (yoy) in Q2, reflecting broad-based weakness in domestic consumption, investment and net trade.

The monthly data set for September is expected to be patchy with retail sales slowing further due to a softer domestic economy.

The 4th Plenum of the 20th Congress of China’s Communist Party also kicks off today.

The four-day get together of China’s (reshaped) top brass will map out the 15th five-year plan amid a general economic slowdown.

There should be a concluding statement on Thursday, which may (or then again, may not) give hints about things like economic growth targets but for more detail, we may have to wait until March next year.

In the US, there are some data releases scheduled but it’s not worth the bother to mention them as the Federal Government is tipped to extend into November.

CPI figures are due to be released due to their importance in monetary policy decisions, but they will be nine days late.

Most of the US action instead centres on third quarter earnings releases on Wall Street.

Tesla (Wednesday), Netflix (Tuesday) and Intel (Thursday) will be some of the most closely watched.

For Australian investors, dual listed Zip (Monday) and Newmont, the global HQ of the locally listed deposit note offering, (Thursday) also trot out quarterly numbers.