Kicking us off at 2245 GMT on the data agenda is the NZ trade balance for May
- expected 250m, prior 433m
12mths YTD trade balance
- expected -5530m, prior -5479m
Exports
- expected 5.61bn, prior 5.55bn
Imports
- expected 5.40bn, prior 5.11bn
2330 GMT Australia - ANZ Roy Morgan weekly consumer confidence
- prior 114.2, on the weak side
2350 GMT Bank of Japan April monetary policy meeting minutes
- I'll have more to come on this separately
Also at 2350 GMT from Japan, PPI (services) for May
- expected 1.0% y/y, prior 0.9%
For AUD traders, note that 0705 GMT the Reserve Bank of Australia's Michele Bullock, Assistant Governor (Financial System) is speaking. The topic is Modernising the Australian Payments System. It would appear from the topic that comments on her outlook for the economy or monetary policy are unlikely. But maybe in a following Q&A (if there is one).
