It's Friday. What is on tap on the economic calendar?
- New Zealand consumer confidence for October. 5:00 PM ET/2100 GMT. Index 117.6 last month. No estimate
- Japan Monetary base for October. 7:50 PM ET/2350 GMT. YoY 6.2% est vs. 5.9% est. End of period monetary base ¥505.2 trillion versus ¥505 trillion last month.
- Australia PPI for 3Q. 8:30 PM ET/0030 GMT. No estimate. Last quarter +0.3% and 1.5% YoY.
- Australia Retail Sales for September. 8:30 PM ET/0030 GMT. 0.3% est. vs 0.3% last month. Retail sales ex inflation QoQ (3Q) 0.4% est. vs 1.2% last quarter.
