Plenty to come on the economic data calendar today, it'll be the PMIs from China that will be the most focus
2245GMT - New Zealand - Terms of trade for Q2, expected -1.5% and prior +4.4%
2330GMT - Australia - Manufacturing PMI for August, prior 56.4
2350GMT - Japan - Q2 Capital spending, expected +5.5%, prior +4.2% (y/y figures)
- And Capital spending excluding software, expected +5.5%, prior +4.3% (y/y)
Also at 2350GMT - Japan - International securities flows
0000GMT - Australia - Corelogic house price index for August, prior +0.8% m/m
0030GMT - Japan - Nikkei Manufacturing PMI (final) for August, the flash (i.e. preliminary) was 49.6 and the prior month (July) was 49.3
0100GMT - China - official manufacturing PMI for August, expected 49.8, prior 49.9
- And the non-manufacturing PMI, prior 53.9
0130GMT - Australia - Q2 Capex, headline expected -4%, prior -5.2%
0130GMT - Australia - Retail Sales for July, expected +0.3% and prior +0.1%
0145GMT - China again, this time for the private manufacturing PMI (Caixin) for August, expected 50.1 and prior 50.6
I'll be back with more on the AUD data and what to expect
