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

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.