The Orange One spoke overnight, now once our local fat head wakes up we should get some responses - so get ready for the 'KCNA' headlines!

On the eco calendar this Friday in Asia ... not a lot to move the forex, but we do have Reserve Bank of Australia Gov. Lowe speaking

2100GMT - New Zealand - REINZ house sales for July

2230GMT - New Zealand - BusinessNZ Manufacturing PMI for July, prior 56.2

2245GMT - New Zealand - Food prices for July, prior +0.2% m/m

2330GMT - Australia - Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Lowe appearance before the House of Representatives' Standing Committee on Economics

Lowe is going to stay on track with what the RBA said just last week in its once-a-quarter report: RBA says further rise in AUD would lower economic growth, inflation