Coming up during the Asian session here today

  • 2330GMT - Australia - Manufacturing PMi (Australian Industry Group Performance of Manufacturing Index)for July, prior continued the strong expansion at 51.8
  • 0000GMT Australia - Corelogic Housie price index for July, prior continued its utrend at +0.5%
  • (This is turning into the Australian economic data show ... stay tuned, we are agetting to the China data!)
  • 0100GMT - Australia - private inflation gauge for July. For the m/m. prior 0.6% and of rht e y/y 1.6%
  • 0100GMT - Australia - HIA new Home Sales for June, prior -4.4% m/m

AND ... China!

0100GMT, China official manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMIs for July,

  • For the manufacturing, expected 50.0, prior 50.0
  • Non-manufacturing, prior 53.7

0115GMT - A speech from NY Fed's Dudley (he is in Bali, Indonesia). Speech will be the keynote at a seminar (a joint seminar run by the Indonesian and US central banks) - subject matter is 'Managing Stability and Growth under economic and monetary divergence)

0145GMT - Private manufacturing PMI for China, Caixin, for July. Expected 48.8, prior 48.6

0200GMT - Japan, Nikkei (another private gauge) Manufacturing PMI for July (final), preliminary was 49.0
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It's the China PMIs that will be the focus today, disappointments on these will weigh on AUD (ps. there is an Australian central bank meeting tomorrow, so tthat's a big focus for the currency today and tomorrow also).