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:

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.