Data here, a miss for capex (again!): Australia - Q4 Capex (Private Capital Expenditure) Headline -2.1% q/q (vs. expected -0.5%)
Mining capex still declining, no surprise here
Other sectors are not so bad, manufacturing a little higher for example
For Q4 GDP, due early March, the plant and machinery capex was up
AUD is lower on the data, but it hasn't collapsed:
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Elsewhere, USD/JPY and the Nikkei are both down