China's February trade balance is coming up on Friday and inflation figures on Saturday

A bit of risk for AUD traders to take note of.

Friday 8 March 2019

(no fixed time for this, but around 0300GMT is usually about right)

China trade balance Yuan terms

  • China trade balance: expected CNY 252.3bn, prior was CNY 271.16bn
  • Exports y/y: expected 7.1%, prior was 13.9%
  • Imports y/y: expected 6.0%, prior was 2.9%

USD terms

  • China trade balance: expected $26.6bn, prior was $39.16bn
  • Exports: expected -4.0%, prior 9.1%
  • Imports: expected -0.9%, prior was -1.5%

The January / February data is subject to holiday distortions (lunar new year) … take this into consideration.

Saturday 9 March 2019

Inflation data due at 0130GMT

CPI

  • expected is 1.5%, prior was 1.7%

PPI

  • expected is 0.2%, prior was 0.1%