While the Gong Show continues at the White House ... here is the economic calendar from the Asian timezone today
2330GMT - Australia -AIG Performance of Manufacturing index for July,
- prior was 55.0
Also at 2330GMT - ANZ Roy Morgan weekly Consumer Sentiment for the week
- prior was a good-sized jump up to 115.1
0000GMT - Australia - CoreLogic house prices for July
- prior +1.8% m/m
0030GMT - Japan - Nikkei / Markit manufacturing PMI, final for July
- We got the 'flash' reading last week for this (i.e. the preliminary), came in at 52.2
- prior (June) 52.4
0145GMT - China - Caixin Manufacturing PMI for July
- expected 50.4, prior 50.4
Yesterday we got the official manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMIs from China
- China official manufacturing PMI (July): 51.4 (expected 51.5)
- China official Services PMI (July): 54.5 (prior 54.9)
0430GMT - Reserve Bank of Australia monetary policy meeting for Auguts, announcement and statement
I'll have more on this, but here is a preview I posted yesterday:
And, another:
