Its not a hugely packed calendar but a few bits and bobs to keep an eye on that might nudge the FX around a little
Coming off a relatively sedate US-holiday impacted session we might need a budge or two
2100 GMT - New Zealand data ... already posted:
- NZD - NZIER business confidence survey for Q4 down to -12 (prior 5)
- More from NZ - Q4 employee confidence highest since before 2008 GFC
2145 - more from New Zealand to come - Card spending for December (Kiwis do a lot of spending on cards rather than cash)
- retail card spending expected +0.5% m/m, prior +1.2%
- total, prior +1.4%
2230 GMT - Australia - weekly consumer confidence, which has been picking up in recent weeks after a long, long sad run
- last week's was a rip-snorting 122.0
2350 GMT - Japan - December PPI (inflation at a business level ... which has been increasing but still mainly absent from consumer figures))
0030 GMT - Australia - new vehicle sales for December
Much later, due at 0430 GMT - Japan - tertiary industry index for November
