Coming up real soon to kick off the day - New Zealand data ... which is of special note given the RBNZ meeting later in the week (tomorrow)

Due at 2145 GMT - Q4 jobs report

  • Unemployment rate: expected is 4.7%, prior was 4.6%
  • Employment change q/q: expected 0.4%, prior was 2.2%
  • Employment change y/y: expected 3.6%, prior was 4.2%
  • Participation rate: expected 71.0%, prior was 71.1%
  • Average hourly earnings: expected 0.5%, prior was 1.2%
  • Private wages including overtime: expected 0.5%, prior was 0.7%
  • Private wages excluding overtime: expected 0.5%, prior was 0.7%

I'll have more to come on this separately

2230 GMT - Australia - Construction PMI

Australian Industry Group Performance of Construction index for January

  • prior 52.8

0000 GMT - Japan - Labour Cash Earnings for December (if you are a regular on FXLyou'll know wage growth has been slow in Japan ... and pretty much everywhere ... authoriteies in Japan would like it to accelerate to spur consumer spedning and inflation (the BOJ has a 2% inflation target that they are missing and have been for a looooong time)

  • Labour Cash Earnings expected 0.5%, prior 0.9%
  • Real Cash Earnings, prior 0.1%

0110 GMT - Bank of Japan JGB purchasese

1-3, 5-5, and 5-10 years