Here is what’s on the economic calendar in Asia today – BOJ decision, China PMIs

Welcome all to Tuesday which will bring us the Bank of Japan July monetary policy decision and also PMIs from China

The Bank of Japan will be the biggie:

2245GMT New Zealand Building Approvals for June

  • prior +7.1% m/m
  • I'll have more to come on this separately

2301GMT UK data, GfK consumer confidence and Lloyds Business Barometer, both for July

  • GfK consumer confidence expected -9, prior -9
  • Lloyds Business Barometer prior 29

2330GMT Australian weekly consumer confidence number from ANZ Roy Morgan

  • prior 118.9

2330GMT Japan employment data

  • Jobless Rate for June, expected is 2.3%, prior was 2.2%
  • Job-To-Applicant Ratio for June, expected is 1.60, prior was 1.60

2350GMT Japan again, this time for

  • Industrial Production for June m/m (preliminary): expected -0.3% m/m, prior -0.2%
  • Industrial Production for June y/y (preliminary): expected +0.6% y/y, prior +4.2%

0100GMT New Zealand ANZ Business Survey for July

  • Activity Outlook prior 9.4
  • Business Confidence prior -39.0
  • I'll have more to come on this separately

0100GMT China PMIs, the official purchasing manager index data for manufacturing and non manufacturing

Manufacturing PMI

  • expected 51.3
  • prior 51.5

Non-manufacturing

  • expected 54.9
  • prior 55.0

I posted a preview of these here yesterday:

0130GMT Australia Building Approvals for June

  • expected +1.0% m/m, prior -3.2%
  • expected -6.0% y/y, prior +3.1%

I posted a preview of the permits data here yesterday:

Also at 0130GMT from Australia, Private Sector Credit for June

  • I'll have more to come on this separately

Sometime after 0230GMT, the BOJ announcement (see above for more detail, previews and yen impact. and I'll have more to come.

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