A busy session coming for FX data with inputs from the BOJ, NZ trade balance, Japanese inflation, and more!
2200GMT - New Zealand - ANZ's Consumer Confidence Index for April
- prior +0.2% to 128.0
2245GMT - New Zealand - Trade Balance for March
- expected surplus of 275m, prior surplus (February) was 217m
- exports expected 4.91bn, previous 4.46bn
- imports expected 4.8bn, prior 4.24bn
2301GMT - UK data - GfK Consumer Confidence for April
- expected -7, prior -7
2330GMT - Japan - Tokyo inflation for April
Tokyo CPI y/y
- expected 0.8%, prior was 1.0%
Tokyo CPI excluding Fresh Food y/y
- expected 0.8%, prior was 0.8%
Tokyo CPI excluding Food, Energy y/y (this is 'core-core' inflation, closest to the US measure of core inflation - note its for Tokyo area only, not national)
- expected 0.5%, prior was 0.5%
Also from Japan at 2330GMT, jobs data
- Job to applicant ratio for March, expected 1.59, prior 1.58
- Unemployment rate expected 2.5%, prior 2.5%
2350GMT - Japan - Retail Sales for March
- expected 0.0% change m/m, prior 0.5%
- expected 1.5% y/y, prior 1.7%
2350GMT - Japan Industrial Production for March, the preliminary figures
- expected 0.5% m/m, prior 2.0%
- expected 2.0% y/y, prior 1.6%
0130GMT - Australia - first quarter 2018 PPI
- prior 0.6% q/q and 1.7% y/y
Also at 0130GMT - China Industrial Profits for March, prior +10.8% y/y
The main course today is the Bank of Japan statement at the conclusion of their 2 day monetary policy meeting. There is no scheduled time but it usually comes in the 0230 to 0330GMT time window. I'll have more to come on this separately but here are some previews posted earlier:
