Here is what's on the economic calendar in Asia
2200 GMT New Zealand ANZ job ads for July
- prior -1.6% m/m
2230 GMT Australia AiG services PMI for July
- prior 63.0
- The July manufacturing PMI showed a sharp drop so I would say watch out for a similar development in this. But, it rarely moves the forex immediately anyway.
2300 GMT Australia a second servics PMI, this time from CBA / Markei
- Services prior 52.7
- Composite 52.9
The two manufacturing PMIs from Australia ICYMI:
- AiG Manufacturing PMI 52.0 in July from 57.4 in June
- CBA /Markit Manufacturing PMI for July has come in at 52.4
2350 GMT Bank of Japan JUNE meeting minutes. Ye, for June. This will be a non-event as the July meeting brought the changes while the June meeting was nothing much at all.
0030 GMT Japan Nikkei / Markit Services and Composite PMIs for July
- Services prior 51.4
- Composite prior 52.1
0110 GMT Bank of Japan Japanese Government Bond purchases in the
- 5-10, 10-25, and 25+ years to maturity windows (but, you knew this already, right?: Here are the BOJ JGB purchase plans for August)
0130 GMT Australia Retail Sales for June
Retail Sales June
expected +0.3% m/m
prior +0.4
Q2 Retail Sales excluding inflation data also
expected +0.8% q/q
prior +0.2%
I'll have more to come on this separately, but a preview for now: Australian retail sales data due Friday - what to expect
0145 GMT China Caizin / Markit servcies and compoiste PMIs for July
- Services expected 53.5 prior 53.9
- Composite prior 53.0
