A good bit of Japanese data due, and BOJ Gov Kuroda is speaking also

2350 GMT from Japan

BoP Current Account Balance for May, preliminary

  • expected ¥ 1380.9B, prior ¥ 1707.4B
  • BoP Current Account Adjusted expected ¥ 1231.0B, prior ¥ 1600.1B
  • Trade Balance BoP Basis expected ¥ -758.9B, prior ¥ -98.2B

Core Machinery orders from Japan's Cabinet Office

  • May Core Machine Orders m/m, expected -3.7 %, prior 5.2%
  • Machine Orders y/y, expected -3.6%, prior 2.5%

and Bank lending for June

0030 GMT Bank of Japan Governor Kuroda speaks at a BOJ branch managers meeting. I do not expect anything out of the usual from the Gov. Soon find out though!

0130 GMT Australia - ANZ job ads for June, prior was -8.4% m/m

Later, scheduled at 0500GMT from Japan again, the economy watcher survey for June.