Germans are going to the polls on Sunday for national elections. Opinion polls suggest the outcome will be a new chancellor and, likely, a new governing coalition.

For Germans heading to the polls for a snap election, climate is not quite as important a factor as it used to be.

Euro zone PMIs are expected to show a further expansion in growth, helped by a pick up in services and an easing of the long-running downturn in manufacturing. The focus in U.S. figures will be whether the manufacturing sector's recent rebound into expansion is being sustained.

Germany's far-left Die Linke party has enjoyed a late poll surge ahead of Sunday's elections, boosted by a spirited anti-fascist speech by its new rising star that quickly went viral.