Global attention this week will focus on the scheduled Sept. 24 White House meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The talks are expected to cover tariffs, bilateral trade, artificial intelligence and the war in the Middle East, while Taiwan and the Korean Peninsula are also being watched. Xi’s visit will be his first trip to the United States in about three years and his first visit to Washington since April 2016. South Korea’s economic calendar includes the National Data Agency’s 2025 causes-of-death statistics on Sept. 22 and its July population trends report on Sept. 23, covering deaths, births, marriages and divorces. The Bank of Korea will publish its financial stability report on Sept. 22, including household lending and vulnerable borrowers after rate increases in July and August. The Asian Development Bank is expected to raise its South Korea real gross domestic product growth forecast again after moving it from 1.9% in April to 2.6% in July, as other major institutions have lifted estimates into the low- to mid-3% range. The government is also expected to brief the National Assembly on U.S. investment before Seoul and Washington finalize a memorandum of understanding, with Sept. 21 or 22 under discussion.