Here is the data coming up ... & we'll also get announcements and statements out of Italy on the election there to mix in with other politics

2130 GMT - Australia - services PMI

  • Australian Industry Group Performance of Services Index fof February
  • prior 54.9

2200 GMT - Australia services and composite PMI

  • CBA / Markit Service Purchasing Managers Index for February
  • Services prior 53.8
  • Composite 54.2

We got the manufacturing PMIs for February from both these organisations last week:

0000 GMT - Australia - private inflation measure - this is a monthly whereas the official
CPI data is quarterly. This monthly data point is a good guide.

Melbourne institute inflation gauge for February, priors (for January)

  • 0.6% m/m
  • 2.1 % y/y
  • Trimmed mean 0.6%m/m and 2.2% y/y

0000 GMT - New Zealand - ANZ Commodity Price index for February

  • prior +0.7%

0030 GMT - Australia - Building approvals for January

  • Expected +5.0% m/m
  • December was a big drop, -20% m/m
  • expected -0.6% y/y
  • prior -5.5% y/y

I'll have more to come on this separately

0030 GMT Australia - ANZ job ads for February

  • prior +6.2%

Also at 0030 GMT from Australia, a few inputs to Q4 2017 GDP (this is due later in the week)

Q4 inventories

  • expected 0.5% q/q, prior 0.2%

Q4 Company profits

  • expected 1.5% q/q, prior 0.2%

I'll have more to come on these two separately

0030 GMT - Japan services and composite PMI

Nikkei / Markit Japan PMIs

  • Services prior 51.9
  • Composite 52.8

0100 GMT - New Zealand Treasury's Monthly Economic Indicators

0145 GMT - China services and composite PMI for February

The private survey Markit / Caixin PMIs

  • Services expected 54.3, prior 54.7
  • Composite prior 53.7

Last week we got the official surveys for manufacturing and services PMIS:

And the Caixin manufacturing PMI;