Kicking off is the Reserve Bank of New Zealand monetary policy announcement
- Due at 2100GMT is the OCR announcement and Monetary Policy Statement
- At 2200GMT Governor Orr will conduct a media conference
- 0100GMT - RBNZ Governor Orr answering questions in parliament
For previews:
- RBNZ decision after the close. What levels are in play through the decision
- Westpac - How is the RBNZ monetary policy decision going to impact the NZD: 3 scenarios
- via BNZ
- Via ANZ
- the result of Reuters latest polling of analysts and what they expect
- Barclays, ASB, TD
2301 GMT UK RICS house price balance July,
- expected 4%, prior 2%
2350 Japan money stock for July, housing loans for Q2, international securities flows for the week
2350 Japan Core Machinery Orders for June
- expected -1.0% m/m, prior -3.7%
- expected +10.5% y/y, prior +16.5%
0100GMT - RBNZ Governor Orr answering questions in parliament
0130GMT from China, inflation data for July
- CPI expected 2.0%, prior 1.9%
- PPI expected 4.5%, prior 4.7%
- I'll have more to come on this separately
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ps. For those expecting the RBA Statement on Monetary Policy (SoMP) it'll be Friday 10 August 2018 at 0130GMT. Ie not today in Asia but Friday.