The labour market report from Australia is due at 0130 GMT. Job growth has been ongoing, the Reserve Bank of Australia focus is on bringing down the inflation rate. The Bank has raised the cash rate and talked up further hikes to come. It does expect the CPI to come back to target. Wage data yesterday indicated its in line with what the RBA has forecast. the next RBA rate hike is due at its September meeting. The meeting is on the 6th.

Economic calendar in Asia Thursday, 18 August 2022
  • This snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access it here.
  • The times in the left-most column are GMT.
  • The numbers in the right-most column are the 'prior' (previous month/quarter as the case may be) result. The number in the column next to that, where is a number, is the consensus median expected.