2 speeches coming up from the RBA today:

At 11.10am Sydney time (0010GMT): Luci Ellis, Head of Financial Stability Department speaks on “Stability, Efficiency, Diversity: Implications for the Financial Sector and Policy” – at Paul Woolley Centre for the Study of Capital Market Dysfunctionality Conference 2013, University of Technology, Sydney

At 1.10pm (0210GMT): RBA Governor, Glenn Stevens speake on “The United Kingdom and Australia: Shared History, Shared Outlook” – at an Australian British Chamber of Commerce Business Lunch.

We’ll be on the lookout from comments from either of them on the current outlook for the economy and monetary policy.

Of most significance to the market today is the Q3 GDP figures from China. I had a quick preview of these yesterday, here: China Q3 GDP due on Friday

I’ll have more of a preview as we approach the release.