The regular International Transactions in Securities data from Japan’s Ministry of Finance is due at 2350GMT. For the week ended October 17:

  • Japan Buying Foreign Bonds
  • Japan Buying Foreign Stocks
  • Foreign Buying Japan Bonds
  • Foreign Buying Japan Stocks

At 0135GMT Markit/JMMA Manufacturing PMI for October (this is the flash, i.e. preliminary, reading),

  • expected is 51.7
  • prior was 51.7