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The focus on Tuesday will be on Davos as world leaders and top global officials gather at the Swiss ski resort to discuss and debate the most pressing global issues.
Overseas, the focus at the end of the week will be on a raft of Chinese activity indicators for the month of December that are scheduled for release at 1000 GMT, including readings for monthly retail sales, industrial production and fixed asset investment.
The focus on Wednesday will be on global trade as the European Union's trade commissioner, Phil Hogan, sits down to talk trade with his American counterpart in Washington.
Financial markets' focus on Tuesday will shift towards America's services sector even as investors continue to keep a close and careful eye on the latest developments in the Middle East.
The focus at the end of the week will shift back towards central banks as the US Federal Reserve publishes the minutes of its most recent policy meeting.
Financial markets' focus on Thursday will shift back towards the UK, as rate-setters on the Monetary Policy Committee meet to decide on policy, against a backdrop of rising expectations for rate cuts after the Prime Minister revived the possibility of a 'hard Brexit' if no trade deal with Brussels was in place by the end of 2020.
The focus on Tuesday will be on the latest UK employment report, which will help investors to better judge where the British ecoonomy was at heading into the general election in October.
The focus at the end of the week will continue to be on the general election, although US-China trade won't be far from traders' minds and the two may make for a very volatile combination.
Trading on Thursday is likely to be restrained with investors around the globe likely to opt and sit on their hands ahead of the result of the UK general election, which in theory will not be clear until Friday morning.
With the general election looming large on the horizon, the spotlight during Wednesday's session is likely to be on the latest MRP poll from You. gov, although any market reaction may be muted as traders play it safe instead of trying to front-run the result.
The focus on Tuesday will be on the release of YouGov's closely-followed MRP poll of voting intentions at 2200 GMT, as investors try to anticipate the result of the next general election, on Thursday.
