Welcome to Friday, and plenty still to come for the week - notably US CPI data (US time, natch)
Preview of the CPI is here if you are interested: US December inflation data due Thursday - PPI (ps. CPI follows on Friday
OK. for here today:
2145 GMT - New Zealand - Building Consents (i.e. permits) for November
- prior -9.6% m/m
2350 GMT - Japan
- BoP Current Account Balance for November, expected ¥ 1836.1B, prior ¥ 2176.4B
- BoP Current Account Adjusted: expected ¥ 2168.9B, prior ¥ 2441.5B
- Trade Balance BoP Basis: expected ¥ 310.6B, prior ¥ 430.2B
I'll have more to come on this separately
Also at 2350 GMT from Japan, the international securities flows data for the week 9ended January 5), along with
- Bank Lending excluding trusts for December, y/y: prior 2.7%
- Bank Lending including trusts y/y: prior 2.7%
0030 GMT - Australia -
- Credit card purchases for November, prior AUD 27.5bn
- Credit card balances, prior AUD 51.2bn
