The calendar for the session coming up
2301GMT - UK - BRC sales (like-for-like), April
- expected +0.5% y/y, prior -1.0%
2330GMT - Australia - weekly consumer confidence, prior 111.3 (below long run average)
0000GMT - Japan - Wages data (Labour cash earnings) for March
- expected +0.5%, prior +0.4%
- & Real Cash Earnings, prior flat y/y
0130GMT - back to Australia for March Retail Sales
- We get m/m (the headline), expected +0.3%, prior -0.1%
- and we also get a q/q figure this time, retail sales excluding inflation for Q1, expected +0.5%, prior +0.9%
And, in the evening Australian time, the federal government budget. I'll get a preview of this up, the big news is the enormous expected tax credit for ForexLive bloggers. At least, that's what I'm hoping for ;-)
