Coming up today in Australia:

2330GMT – Westpac Consumer Confidence Index (s.a.) for December m/m,

  • prior was +1.9% to 96.6

(Yesterday we got business confidence from NAB … down again)

0030GMT – Australian housing finance for October

Home loans m/m,

  • expected is +0.1%, prior was -0.7%

Investment lending m/m,

  • prior was +3.7%

Owner-occupied loan value m/m,

  • prior was +1.4%