NZD traders heads up for the ANZ survey at 0100GMT

Ahead of that

2245GMT New Zealand trade balance for August

  • expected deficit of 925m, prior -143m
  • exports expected 4.40bn, prior 5.35bn
  • imports expected 5.50bn, prior 5.49bn

0100 GMT New Zealand ANZ Business Outlook Survey

All eyes on the business confidence measure, which has dropped dramatically, prior was -50.3

(I posted a quick preview of it here yesterday ('at recession levels') and will have more to come on this separately

  • Also Activity outlook, prior 3.8

Later from Japan, due at 0600 GMT Machine Tool Orders for August, final