The last week of May sees the release of a slew of Japanese April data including industrial production, consumer prices, retail sales, household spending and unemployment. The market should expect that most of the releases would get extra attention, as investors will want to gauge how Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s economic policies, dubbed ‘Abenomics’, is doing in the world's third largest economy. Elsewhere, inflation numbers will dominate the Eurozone and Germany's agenda. Meanwhile, the world's longest central bank governor goodbye gets to draw its final breath this week with new Bank of England (BoE) Governor Mark Carney presiding over his last Bank of Canada meet on Tuesday. The market does not expect any "show-boating" on the rate side of things ahead of the Canadian economy getting to release its first quarter gross domestic product results this coming Friday.
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