2330 GMT Australia weekly consumer sentiment, last week at 116.2. Not a market mover upon release.

0110 GMT Bank of Japan QE, Japanese Government Bond buying operation scheduled

  • 5 - 10 years, 10 - 25 years, 25+ years remaining until maturity

Japan is back from a Monday holiday today

0130 GMT Australia Q2 house price index. We get a monthly update on this so the quarterly figures won't have much impact

  • q/q expected -0.7%, prior -0.7%
  • y/y expected -0.7%, prior +2.0%

The point about hose prices is a decline is expected to be a negative for the economy due to the a declining 'wealth effect'; other issues on housing markets in Australia include tightening lending standards also weighing

Also at 0130 GMT and the focus (FWIW) of the session, Reserve Bank of Australia minutes of the September meeting

  • I'll have more to come on this separately