On the menu today in Asia we have:

  • 2330GMT Australia: AIG Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian manufacturing PMI) for April (prior was 44.4)
  • 0000GMT South Korean trade balance and exports data
  • 0000GMT Australia: RPData-Rismark House Prices for April (prior was +1.3% m/m)
  • 0100GMT China Manufacturing PMI for April (prior was 50.9, expected is 50.7)
  • 0100GMT Australia: HIA New Home Sales for March (prior was -5.3% m/m)
  • 0130GMT Japan: Labor Cash Earnings for March (prior was -0.8% y/y (revised from -0.7), expected is -1.2%)
  • 0325GMT Australia: The reserve Bank of Australia’s Edey speakes at a regulatory summit in Sydney