While services are expanding in Britain, the composite PMIs in Germany and elsewhere in Europe are expected to continue showing contraction in data for September.
In the U.S., jobless claims and the ISM services survey will top Thursday's data docket, although the main event will be Friday's payroll figures.
In New Zealand, expectations are rising among economists that the central bank will cut by 50 bps at each of its meetings in October and November.
The manufacturing PMI in global trade bellwether Singapore remained in expansionary territory in September, data showed late on Wednesday. New orders were up and the electronics PMI hit its highest since 2018 although analysts cautioned of possible weakness ahead, as rising input prices may point to supply chain challenges while backlogs in electronics orders are subsiding.
Asian markets, meanwhile, had a mixed day, with the MSCI ex-Japan index falling 1.4%, retreating from a 32-month peak. That was driven by a 3.5% drop in Hong Kong's Hang Seng, which pulled back following a meteoric rise of 30% in just three weeks.
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