Three of the most important central banks show their hands this week.
The Bank of England said it was ready to push the button, but then Omicron came along.
Here in the UK, tomorrow brings jobs data, Wednesday is inflation day and then on Friday we get the latest retail sales numbers.
Companies, too, are getting announcements out of the way before what is certain to be a very quiet couple of weeks either side of Christmas.
Japan is less than 4% to the good this year and both China and emerging markets generally are under water.
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