Economic data due from Asia today - Japan CPI day, China PMis

Federal Reserve Dudley speaks at the bottom of the hour

2145GMT - New Zealand Building Consents (permits) for February,

• prior +0.8%


• This is a volatile data set, but it can move the currency

230GMT - UK data - GfK Consumer confidence for March

• expected -7, prior -6

Lloyds Business barometer March

• prior 40

2330GMT - Japanese inflation figures

• National CPI y/y for February, expected is 0.2%, prior was 0.4%


• National CPI y/y excluding Fresh Food for February, expected is 0.2%, prior was 0.1%


• National CPI excluding Food, Energy y/y for February, expected is 0.1%, prior was 0.2% (this is the closest inflation measure to the US "core" inflation)


• Tokyo CPI y/y for March, expected is -0.2%, prior was -0.3% (Tokyo CPI data is available a month earlier than the National CPI)


• Tokyo CPI excluding Fresh Food y/y for March, expected is -0.2%, prior was -0.3%


• Tokyo CPI excluding Food, Energy y/y for March, expected is 0.0%, prior was 0.0%

Also at 2330GMT:

• Overall Household Spending y/y for February, expected is -1.7%, prior was -1.2%


• Jobless Rate for February, expected is 3.0%, prior was 3.0%


• Job-To-Applicant Ratio for February, expected is 1.44, prior was 1.43 

2350GMT - staying in Japan -

• Industrial Production m/m for February (preliminary reading), expected is 1.2%, prior was -0.4%


• Industrial Production y/y for February (preliminary), expected is 3.9%, prior was 3.7%

0000GMT - New Zealand - ANZ Bank"s Activity Outlook and business Confidence for March

• prior 37.2 and 16.6 respectively

0030GMT - Australia - private sector credit (February)

0100GMT - China official manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMIs for March

Watch out for this release, the services PMI often comes out 5 minutes or so early, and then the manufacturing PMI not too far behind

• Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), expected is 51.7, prior was 51.6


• China Non-Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), prior was 54.2
  

Economic data due from Asia today - Japan CPI day, China PMis
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