Due at 2350GMT:
International Transactions in Securities data from Japan’s Ministry of Finance
For the week ended December 13
- Japan Buying Foreign Bonds (previous week was Y 413.2B)
- Japan Buying Foreign Stocks (previous week was Y -127.5)
- Foreign Buying Japan Bonds (previous week was Y -13.9B)
- Foreign Buying Japan Stocks (previous week was Y 113.8B)
At 0430GMT:
- All Industry Activity Index for October, expected is -0.3% m/m, prior was +0.4% m/m
At 0500GMT:
- Leading index for October (final), prior was 109.9
- Coincident index for October (final), prior was 109.6
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Traders are not expecting the data today to have much of an impact, the talk of the town is Ben’s taper and the continuing yen weakness.