Here's what we've got coming up from Australia, the UK and Japan during the Asian timezone today:

2301GMT - UK - BRC shop price index for March

  • prior was -1.7%

2330GMT - Australia - ANZ Roy Morgan Weekly Consumer Confidence (this time for the week ended April 5)

  • prior was 112.3 ... the 3rd consecutive weekly rise

2350GMT - Japan:

BoP Current Account Balance for February

  • expected Â¥ 1196.0B, prior Â¥ 61.4B

BoP Current Account Adjusted

  • expected Â¥ 605.0B, prior Â¥ 1058.1B

Trade Balance BoP Basis

  • expected Â¥ -239.9B, prior Â¥ -864.2B

0500GMT - Economy Watchers Survey (published by Cabinet office) for March:

  • Current, expected is 50.5, prior was 50.1
  • Outlook, expected is 53.5, prior was 53.2

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Also, sometime around 0230-0330GMT we get the Bank of Japan announcement after their 2-day policy meeting (Why no scheduled time?) and Governor Kuroda's press conference at 0630GMT (I know Mike is so excited he can't sleep!)