Yes, there is some economic data out in the Asian session today ... but very little, and what there is will not be much of a market focus at all.

2230GMT - Australia - AIG Performance of Construction index for February, prior was 45.9

(Earlier this week we got manufacturing and services PMIs from Australia:

  • Australia- AIG Performance of Manufacturing Index (manufacturing PMI) for February: 48.6 (prior was 46.7)
  • Australia - February AIG Performance of Services Index: 51.7 (prior 49.9) )

2350GMT - Japan - Official Reserve Assets for February, prior was $1261.1bn

Also, at 0300GMT, John Williams, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco is speaking on the economic outlook for the US.

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Much later, at 0500GMT, we get leading and coincident indices out of Japan for January (preliminary)