For Wednesday 21 August 2019

There is a Federal Reserve speaker, Quarles (member of the Board of Governors) but remalkrs are centred on community development. We might get something from him on his economic outlook and/or policy outlook but it would seem unlikely. Scheduled at 2200GMT.

0030 GMT Australia - Westpac Leading Index for July

  • prior -0.08% m/m

0100 GMT Australia - Skilled job vacancies for July

  • prior -0.6% m/m

0300 GMT New Zealand - Credit card spending for

  • prior +1.5% m/m
  • prior +6.6% y/y

This data above is lower-tier and likely to have too much immediate forex impact.