Week Ahead for FX, Bonds : Fed Minutes in Focus as -2-

Taiwan is due to release September inflation and trade data. Annual consumer-price inflation likely remained above 2%, supported by a rebound in global energy prices and resilient domestic demand. Economists say that the earlier arrival of the Mid-Autumn Festival this year also likely boosted food and services prices. Exports, led by technology hardware makers, likely remained robust in September, with economists estimating growth of 40% to 59.7% from a year earlier. However, DBS economists caution that the global artificial-intelligence boom faces growing headwinds from central-bank rate increases, higher bond yields and rising financing costs. Southeast Asia Inflation data from the…