JP is a hard act to follow - we'll do out best here in Asia!

2145 GMT New Zealand trade balance for

  • expected 100m NZD surplus, prior 753m NZD deficit
  • exports expected 5.6bn NZD , prior 5.23bn NZD
  • imports expected 5.40bn NZD , prior 5.98bn NZD

2350 GMT Japan international securities flows for the week

0001 GMT UK - Lloyds business barometer for January

  • prior 10

0030 GMT Australia terms of trade data for Q4 2019

  • Import Price Index expected 0.4% , prior 0.4%
  • Export Price Index expected -5.2% , prior +1.3%

Later in the Japanese day, due at 0700GMT - Bank of Japan deputy governor Amamiya speech

There will be some coronavirus news out of China - updates and what have you. Hazmat suits on!