2145 GMT New Zealand building permits for February

  • prior -2.0%
  • The Feb. data is for before NZ went into lockdown, so it will not carry too much weight. Also, some projects that were approved in Feb. may very well be cancelled or postponed given economic developments.

2230 GMT Australia weekly consumer confidence. Last week it plummeted to 72.2

2145 GMT New Zealand building permits for February

0001 GMT UK - GfK Consumer Confidence for March

  • expected -15, prior -7

0001 GMT UK - Lloyds business barometer for March

  • prior 23

2330 GMT Japan Jobless (Unemployment) rate for February

  • expected 2.4%, prior 2.4%

Job to applicant ratio for February

  • expected 1.47, prior 1.49

2350 GMT Japan Retail sales for February

  • expected -1.7% m/m, prior 1.5%
  • expected -1.5% y/y, prior -0.4%

2350 GMT Japan Industrial Production for February (preliminary)

  • expected 0.0% m/m, prior 1.0%
  • expected -4.8% y/y, prior -2.3%

0000 GMT New Zealand - ANZ business survey for March

  • Business Confidence prior -19.4
  • Activity Outlook prior 12.0
  • March data is unlikely top be too encouraging, this is when the impact of the virus outbreak really began to hit hard in NZ

0030 GMT Australia Private Sector Credit for February

  • expected 0.3% m/m, prior 0.3%
  • expected 2.6% y/y, prior 2.5%

China PMI

0100 GMT China official PMIs for March

  • Manufacturing expected 44.8% m/m, prior 35.7%
  • Non-manufacturing expected 42.0% y/y, prior 29.6%
  • Composite prior 28.9