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%