Australia has consumer confidence & home loans data, Japan money stock and machine tool orders

2330GMT - Australia - Westpac Consumer Confidence Index (s.a.) for March m/m

  • prior was +4.2% to 101.3

2350GMT - Japan - Money stock for February

  • M2 expected +3.2%, prior +3.2%
  • M3 expected +2.6%, prior +2.5%, all y/y

0030GMT - Australia - Housing finance for January

Home loans m/m,

  • expected -3.0%, prior was +2.6%

Investment lending m/m,

  • prior was +0.6%

Owner-occupied loan value m/m,

  • prior was +0.9%

0600GMT - Japan - Machine Tool Orders for February (preliminary)

  • prior was -17.2% y/y