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Coming up on the data event risk calendar ... a fairly quiet one
0030GMT - Japan - The preliminary manufacturing PMI for April
- Nikkei / Markit
- March was 53.1 for its second fall in row. Expansionary just a little lower. An inflation indicator in the survey signalled the second fastest rate of output price inflation since October 2008 (quickest was January 2018), but do note the main contirbutor was food and energy (i.e. non-core).
0110GMT - Bank of Japan JGB purchases in 1-3 and 3-5 years until maturity.
0300GMT - New Zealand credit card spending
