Stay tuned while Greg posts Yellen's comments: Yellen Q&A from SF speech ... actually, Q&A finished now
And, when you have time, scan your eye over the list of data releases coming up during the Asian timezone today:
2130GMT - New Zealand - Manufacturing PMI from BusinessNZ
- For December
- prior 54.4
2145GMT - New Zealand - Building consents (permits)
- For November
- prior +2.6% m/m
2350GMT - Japan - International Securities Flows
0000GMT - New Zealand - ANZ's Consumer Confidence Index for January
- prior was -2.1% m/m to 124.5
0030GMT - Australia - Jobs report for December and the focus today on the calendar
Employment Change:
- expected +10.0K, prior +39.1K
Unemployment Rate:
- expected 5.7%, prior 5.7%
Full Time Employment Change:
- prior was +39.3K
Part Time Employment Change:
- prior was -0.2K
Participation Rate:
- expected is 64.6%, prior was 64.6%
Interest in Australian data has heightened since the negative Q3 GDP result.
