SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares got off to a subdued start on Monday as surging coronavirus cases in Europe and the United states threatened the global outlook, while China’s leaders meet to ponder the future of the economic giant.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices slipped on Friday, though they held onto most of the gains from the previous session, after Russian President Vladimir Putin indicated he was prepared to extend record supply as cases of COVID-19 surge in the United States and Europe.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China’s top leaders will chart the country’s economic course for 2021-2025 at a key meeting starting on Monday, seeking to balance growth and reforms to avoid stagnation amid an uncertain global outlook and deepening tensions with the United States.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Global stocks barely budged on Friday as investors tightened positions with less than two weeks to go before the U.S. presidential election and awaited a breakthrough in stimulus talks in Washington.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) expects the country’s economy to continue its recovery trend based on the smoothed growth rate of leading index (LI), a predictive tool to anticipate upturns and downturns in the economy.

Overall auto sales in China are expected to drop 3 percent this year and return to growth next year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the regulator of China’s industrial sectors including automobiles.