Its RBA day, but apart from that there are other items on the calendar today
2200GMT - New Zealand - New Zealand Institute of Economic Research (NZIER) quarterly business opinion survey
2330GMT - Australia - ANZ Roy Morgan Weekly Consumer Confidence
- prior was a move down to 111.8
- This weekly release does not tend to move the FX much
2350GMT - Japan - monetary base for June
0130GMT- Australia - Retail Sales for May
- expected +0.2% m/m, prior +1%
- This data point showed a surprisingly strong beat in April, better weather and a bounce after Cyclone Debbie
- Consumer sentiment is weighing on retail sales in Australia but an improvement in employment growth should help the number today
- The focus on Australia today, though, is going to be RBA announcement 9see below)
0500GMT - Bank of Japan's "Measures of Underlying Inflation"
- i.e. this is the BOJ measure of inflation
- It follows last Friday's official CPI data (if opening the link please have your barf bag ready). The BOJ number for underlying inflation is generally higher than the official result.
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ps. - RBA previews:
- From Westpac
- via ANZ
- UBS note on what to expect from RBA
- HSBC preview