The first week of November features U.S. manufacturing activity, political and labor-market data, and a speech by Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee. The October S&P Global Manufacturing PMI and ISM Manufacturing PMI are scheduled for Nov. 2, with the S&P Global reading at 11:45 p.m. Korea Standard Time and the ISM report at midnight KST on Nov. 3. The U.S. midterm elections are scheduled for Nov. 3, ADP’s October nonfarm employment change for Nov. 4, and October nonfarm payrolls and the unemployment rate for Nov. 6. South Korea’s October CPI and earnings from Apple and Palantir are also due Nov. 2. No major cryptocurrency events are scheduled for that day.