There will be plenty more from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand still to come

Earlier ... the Bank forecasts for the economy a little lower and for inflation a little later:

OK, ahead:

2100GMT Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Spencer's media conference

2220 GMT Federal Reserve San Francisco bank head John Williams speaking

  • Also Q&As to follow, both audience and media

2350 GMT Japan BoP Current Account for December

  • BoP Current Account Balance, expected Â¥ 1056.9B, prior Â¥ 1347.3B (higher oil prices will begin to weigh on the trade surplus)
  • BoP Current Account Adjusted, expected Â¥ 1652.6B, prior Â¥ 1700.5B
  • Trade Balance BoP Basis, expected Â¥ 520.4B, prior Â¥ 181.0B

Also due, International Transactions in Securities data from Japan's Ministry of Finance (for the week ended February 2)

0000 GMT Reserve Bank of New Zealand Governor Spencer appears before committee in parliament (will be answering questions on the economy, monetary policy and the NZ dollar)

0001 GMT - UK data - RICS house price balance for January

0030 GMT - Australia - National Australia Bank Q4

  • This is a different survey to the monthly one
  • prior 7

I'll have more to come on this separately

0130 GMT - Bank of Japan policy board member Hitoshi Suzuki speaking at a meeting with business big wigs

  • Press conference to follow later (0500 GMT)

0500 GMT - Japan - Economy Watchers Survey (published by Cabinet office) for January:

  • Current, expected is 53.7, prior was 53.9
  • Outlook, expected 53.6, prior was 52.7