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THREAD 1/ Worried about the fallout from the trade war? A slew of economic data this week will offer insight into the state of the global economy, @simonjkennedy says bloom.bg/2VxGaBV
2/ On the trade-war front, the two negotiating teams are on a break this week after talks ended Friday in Washington, without a deal yet still alive. Still, the dispute looms large over the world economy bloom.bg/2VvaLzX 
3/ With the outlook for global growth now darkening again, investors will look to a series of data for hints into its recent health bloom.bg/2VvaLzX
4/ In China, investment, output, retail sales and unemployment numbers from China will give the latest reading on whether the recent stabilization in its economy is holding. Industrial output and retail sales likely eased, according to Bloomberg Economics bloom.bg/2VvaLzX
5/ April retail-sales data for the U.S. are expected to be more subdued than March. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg see sales rising 0.2% after 1.6% the previous month. Housing starts and several factory reports will give a further sense of second-quarter economic momentum
6/ Fed officials Richard Clarida and Eric Rosengren both speak Monday on the central bank’s review of its strategy bloom.bg/2VvaLzX
7/ GDP for Germany and bordering countries in eastern Europe will fill in details that weren’t available when the surprisingly strong euro-zone growth number was revealed at the end of April. It may shed light on whether the economy is starting to trough bloom.bg/2VvaLzX
8/ In the UK, the first jobs report since the BOE threatened faster rate hikes will show how tight the labor market and wages are in an economy facing alleged capacity constraints and a state of constant suspense on how and when it may be severed from its major trading partner
9/ In Turkey, a series of data releases will provide an update on the economy after a decision to cancel and repeat March’s election for mayor of Istanbul battered the currency and forced the central bank into a back-door interest-rate increase bloom.bg/2VvaLzX
10/ Faced with a sputtering economy and uncertainty about the approval of a government reform plan, Brazil’s central bank will on Tuesday explain its decision to keep borrowing costs at an all-time low of 6.5% as it releases the minutes of its latest monetary policy meeting
11/ Mexico’s central bank is also expected to remain on the sidelines, leaving its rate on hold at a decade high of 8.25% bloom.bg/2VvaLzX
12/ After Australia’s central bank flagged jobs as the determining factor in its interest-rate outlook, this week’s employment report takes on extra significance bloom.bg/2VvaLzX
