It's a holiday in Sydney today and in some other areas of Australia - markets are open but liquidity will be thinned somewhat.
There is plenty of (lower tier) Australian data due for release today (Economic data due from Asia today) but the bigger events kick off from tomorrow.
Tuesday 3 October 2017 -
- Reserve Bank of Australia announcement and Governor's statement (0330 GMT). No change to policy expected and probably very little change in the statement.
- Prior to the RBA announcement we'll get Building approvals (August) and Job Ads (September)
Thursday 5 October -
- Retail sales (August)
- and Trade balance (August)
Via TD in Singapore on the Aus week ahead:
- Week is a blockbuster with the RBA (although little in the way of new news is expected)
- A flurry of monthly price and activity data for Aug and Sep.
- Compared with consensus we are more upbeat on exports and building approvals, while TD expects +0.3% for retail, the market is split between +0.2% and +0.3% (and 3/22 expect a small contraction!)
