The International Monetary Fund will release the latest round of its World Economic Outlook Update on Monday, which contains forecasts for major economies and a state of play for global finances.
The body's previous report released in October forecast global growth slowing to 3.2 per cent in 2025 and further downwards to 3.1 per cent in 2026.
Advanced economies were also projected to grow by just 1.5 per cent.
The release of the report follows global uncertainty in financial markets, following US intervention in Venezuela and tensions in Iran.
While the focus will be global on Monday, Thursday will see the economic forecasts move closer to home with the release of unemployment data for the last month of 2025.
November's job figures saw the unemployment rate remain steady at 4.3 per cent, staying at the rate for five of the past six months.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics figures showed unemployed numbers fell during the month by 2000 people, while the number of workers in jobs dropped by 21,000.
AMP chief economist Shane Oliver said the figures for December are likely to show a worsening of unemployment levels.
"Jobs data is expected to show a gain of 30,000 with unemployment rising to 4.5 per cent on the back of a bounce back in participation," he said.
Senior economist at NAB Taylor Nugent was more optimistic on the data
"We expect the unemployment rate to hold steady at 4.3 per cent on Thursday and for 40,000 employment growth, reflecting a bit of payback from surprising softness in recent employment growth," he said.
"The prospect of a rebound in participation rate leaves the risk skewed higher on the unemployment rate."
Investors on Wall Street meanwhile seem non-plussed by President Donald Trump's proposed cap on credit card interest or indications that he is yet to settle on a successor to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
Stocks ended nearly flat on Friday with all three major indexes posting losses for the week as fourth-quarter earnings season kicked off.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 83.11 points, or 0.17 per cent, to 49,359.33, the S&P 500 lost 4.46 points, or 0.06 per cent, to 6,940.01 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 14.63 points, or 0.06 per cent, to 23,515.39.
Australian share futures dipped 6.0 points, or 0.06 per cent, to 8,592.
The S&P/ASX200 rose 42.2 points on Friday, up 0.48 per cent, to 8,903.9, as the broader All Ordinaries gained 42.5 points, or 0.46 per cent, to 9,226.7.
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