A busy calendar coming up for the day, lets hope it translates into some forex movement
2200GMT - Australian Treasurer Morrison will be speaking
2301GMT - UK data - GfK Consumer Confidence for August and there will also be the Lloyds business barometer, August
2350GMT - Japan - International Securities Flows for the week (ended August 25)
2350GMT - Japan - Industrial Production for July, the preliminary reading
- expected -0.3% m/m, prior 2.2%
- expected 5.2% y/y, prior 5.5%
- I posted a preview here and I'll sniff out if there are any more about soon
0100GMT - New Zealand - ANZ Activity Outlook and Business Confidence for August
0100GMT - China - official manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMIs for August
- Manufacturing, expected 51.3, prior 51.4
- Non-manufacturing prior 54.5
- Early indicators for China for the month are mixed, post here from earlier this week
- I'll get a preview posted for this, to come
0130GMT - Australia - Private Sector Credit for July
- expected 0.5% m/m, prior 0.6%
- expected 5.4% y/y, prior 5.4%
- June showed a dip in housing credit and a solid gain for business credit
0130GMT - Australia - Capex data for Q2
Private Capital Expenditure
- expected 0.2%, prior 0.3% (but there is more to this data release than just the headline change - I'll get a preview up)
0130GMT - Takako Masai, Member of the Bank of Japan Policy Board speaks at a meeting with business leaders in Ehime
0300GMT - Reserve Bank of Australia
- Panel Participation by Sarah Harris, Deputy Head of Financial Market Infrastructures, Payments Policy Department
- At the Risk Australia 2017 Conference
It would seem unlikely to have remarks relevant to the economic nor monetary policy outlook - but you never know!
BOJ's Takako Masai is monetary policy warrior!
