Data agenda ahead for Friday 28 August 2020
2200 GMT New Zealand - ANZ Consumer Confidence for August
- prior -0.2% m/m to 104.3
- renewal of lock down restrictions is likely to have impacted negatively in this month
2301GMT UK - Lloyds business barometer for August
prior -22
2330 GMT Tokyo inflation data for August- Tokyo area CPI (the national level CPI for the month follows in three weeks)
Tokyo CPI y/y, expected 0.6%, prior was 0.6%
Tokyo CPI y/y excluding Fresh Food, expected 0.3%, prior was 0.4%
Tokyo CPI excluding Food, Energy y/y, expected 0.4%, prior was 0.6%
0110 GMT BOJ JGB purchase operation
in the 10-25, 25+ years left until maturity window
None of the above is likely to cause too much FX movement upon release. Now that this guy is out of the way will Asia FX ramp up in activity into the weekend?
