December trade balance from Australia, also retails sales data due at the same time (on a separate post)
A surprise deficit, comes in at -1358m
- expected AUD 200m
- prior AUD -628m
Exports in December +2% m/m
- Imports up 6%
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Later - RBA due at 0330 GMT:
- NAB, RBC, HSBC - Reserve Bank of Australia meet today - previews again
- Wespac, Barclays - Reserve Bank of Australia meet today - more previews
- CBA - Reserve Bank of Australia meet today - previews
- ANZ - RBA meet this week - preview
- SG - Australia - RBA meet for the first time in 2018 next week - preview
- Capital Eco - AUD traders - RBA meet this week, first for the year - preview
