Reserve Bank of Australia announcement and Statement due at 0430 GMT

Ahead of that though, plenty!

2145 GMT New Zealand Building Permits for April

  • prior +17.9% m/m

2300 GMT Australia - Markit Manufacturing PMI for May (final)

2330 GMT Australia weekly consumer confidence

  • ANZ/Roy Morgan survey

  • prior 114.2

2350 GMT Japan capex for Q1 2021

  • Capital spending expected -6.8% y/y, prior -4.8%

  • Capital spending excl. software expected -7.6% y/y, prior -6.1%

  • Company profits prior -0.7% y/y

  • Company sales -4.5% y/y

0000 GMT Australia CoreLogic house prices for May, prior +1.8% m/m

0030 GMT Japan - Jibun Bank/Markit Manufacturing PMI (final) for

0030 GMT Australia Inventories for Q1, expected 0.2% q/q, prior 0.0%

  • and Company Operating Profit also, for Q1, expected 3.4% q/q, prior -6.6%

  • and BoP current account balance for Q1 , expected AUD 17.7bn, prior AUD 14.5bn

  • and Net exports as a % of GDP, expected -1.2%, prior -0.1%

  • I'll have more to come on this separately

0130 GMT Australia Building Approvals for April

  • expected -10.0% m/m, prior +17.4%

0145 GMT China - Caixin/Markit Manufacturing PMI for Amy

  • expected 52.0, prior 51.9

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