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In the Eurozone, producer prices are expected to fall 11.7 percent on the year in August, which would compare with 7.6 percent contraction in July. The monthly showing has been in contraction for seven straight months but is expected to rise 0.5 percent on the month in August after falling 0.5 percent in July.

The region's retail sales volumes in August are expected to fall 0.2 percent on the month as they did in July. Spending on goods has been sluggish.

ADP's September employment number is forecast at 150,000. This would compare with August growth in private payrolls reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of 179,000. ADP's number for August was 177,000.

US factory orders are expected to edge 0.2 percent higher in August versus July's 2.1 percent fall. Durable goods orders for August, which have already been released and are one of two major components of this report, rose 0.2 percent on the month.

Business activity in the US service sector is forecast to be in positive territory for the ninth straight month in September, with the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) sector index seen falling to 53.7 after rising 1.8 points to a six-month high of 54.5 in August on strong employment growth, which was more than 2 points above Econoday's consensus.

Among Fed speakers, St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank Interim President Kathleen O'Neill Paese will give welcome remarks before the 2023 Community Banking Conference hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis at 10 a.m. EDT (1400 GMT).

At the event, Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Jeffrey Schmid will give brief welcome remarks at 10:05 a.m. EDT (1405 GMT) and Federal Reserve Board Governor Michelle Bowman will speak on"The Role of Research, Data and Analysis in Banking Reforms" at 10:25 a.m. EDT (1425 GMT).

Chicago Federal Reserve Bank President Austan Goolsbee will speak before the Chicago Payments Symposium hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago at 10:30 a.m. EDT (1430 GMT).

In South Korea, consumer prices in September, which in August spiked to a much higher-than-expected 3.4 percent from July's 2.3 percent, are expected to edge a bit higher to 3.5 percent.

Australia's surplus in goods and services trade is forecast to have widened to A$8.9 billion in August from July's lower-than-expected A$8.039 billion.

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