Apart from the data agenda watch out for runny-nose news out of China.

2130 GMT Reserve Bank of New Zealand Assistant Governor Hawkesby speech

2230 GMT Australia Australia weekly consumer confidence

  • ANZ/Roy Morgan survey

  • prior 108.3

0000GMT Australia - Westpac's leading indicator for

  • prior -0.09% m/m
  • this is consistently, for years now, estimating subdued growth

0001GMT UK data - BRC Shop Price Index y/y

  • for January
  • prior -0.4%
  • British Retail Consortium monthly shop price index

0030GMT Australia inflation data - Q 4CPI

Headline

  • expected 0.6% q/q, prior 0.5%
  • For the y/y, expected 1.7%, prior 1.7%

Core inflation:

Trimmed mean

  • expected 0. 4% q/q, prior 0.4%
  • expected 1.5% y/y, prior 1.6% ... target band is 2 to 3% over a cycle - RBA has been missing this for years and years (they are not alone in missing inflation targets but still, they only have 2 jobs and they are failing, and failing, and failing on 50% of them. Easy work if you can get it.)

Weighted median

  • expected 0.4% q/q, prior 0.3%
  • expected 1.2% y/y, prior was 1.2%

I'll have more to come on this separately

0110 GMT BOJ JGB purchase operation

Bank of Japan Japanese Government Bond purchase operation

  • in the 1-3, 3-5, 5-10 years left until maturity window