This week is loaded with important economic indicators and the Bureau of Economic Research's weekly newsletter provides a good summary of what to watch. This includes the CPI and PPI inflation rates for October. The inflation figures are important for the Monetary Policy Committee's repo rate decision on Thursday. Something else, that is not an indicator, are the civil servants who are on strike today and will make the news. Last are the results of the fourth quarter survey of RMB and the Bureau's Business Confidence Index.

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