The Aussie jobs report (March) will be the focus, unless Trump opens his mouth again of course :-D
Also, the Reserve Bank of Australia Financial Stability Report
2130GMT - New Zealand - REINZ House Sales for March, prior -14.2% y/y
2230GMT - New Zealand - BusinessNZ Manufacturing PMI March, prior 55.2
2245GMT - New Zealand - Food Price inflation March, prior -0.2% m/m
2301GMT - UK - RICS House price balance March, expected 22%, prior 24%
2350GMT - Japan - International securities flows week ended April 7
2350GMT - Japan - Money stock March
- M2 expected 4.2% y/y, prior 4.2%
- M3 expected 3.6% y/y, prior 3.6%
0100GMT - Australia - Consumer Inflation Expectations Aril, prior 4.0%
0130GMT - Australia - Employment report March
- Employment Change March: expected +20K, prior -6.4K
- Unemployment Rate: expected 5.9%, prior 5.9%
- Full Time Employment Change, prior was +27.1K
- Part Time Employment Change, prior was -33.5K
- Participation Rate, expected is 64.6%, prior was 64.6%
I've posted up a couple of previews of the report already:
- Australia employment report coming up on Thursday - sneak preview
- Australia employment report due Thursday - preview
Also at 0130GMT from Australia - RBA Financial Stability Review
- The Bank is likely to focus on housing market risks and macroprudential tools.
At some stage today we will get China trade balance data, there is no scheduled time I have, but expect it sometime around 0200GMT
For March (these are in yuan terms)
- Trade balance, expected is CNY 75.80bn, prior was CNY -60.36bn
- Exports y/y, expected is +8.0%, prior was +4.2%
- Imports y/y, expected is +15.0%, prior was +44.7%
