Here is what’s on the economic calendar in Asia today – RBA and China GDP
A big day for AUD traders coming up with China first quarter growth announced
2100GMT - NZ house prices (REINZ) for March
2330GMT - Australia - ANZ Roy Morgan weekly consumer sentiment, prior 115.1
0130GMT - Australia - Reserve Bank of Australia minutes for the April meeting
- I posted a preview here - not much focus on this at all
0200GMT - China Q1 GDP and March activity data also
GDP y/y
- expected is +6.8%
- prior was +6.8%
March data from China:
- Industrial Production y/y expected is 6.3%, prior was 6.2%
- Fixed Assets (excluding rural) YTD y/y, expected is 7.7%, prior was 7.9%
- Retail Sales y/y, expected is 9.7%, prior was 9.4%
I'll have more to come on these separately