At 2350GMT, Japan’s quarterly capital spending data, for Q1 2014:
- Capital spending y/y, expected is +5.8%, prior was +4.0%
- Capital spending (excluding software) y/y, expected is +5.9%, prior was +2.8%
Also,
- Q1 Company profits, prior was 26.6%
- Q1 Company sales, prior was +3.8%
At 0135GMT: Markit/JMMA Japan Manufacturing PMI
- The ‘flash’ (released on May 22) was 49.9
