- Chinese HSBC manufacturing PMI, released on Friday evening, came in at 47.9, slightly better than the ‘flash’ of 47.8 and August PMI of 47.6.
- U.K. Hometrack housing survey m/m (prior -0.1%), y/y (prior -0.5%) @ 23:01 GMT.
- Australia AiG performance manufacturing index (prior 45.3) @ 23:30 GMT.
- Japan Tankan large manufacturers index (survey -4, prior -1), non-manufacturing index (survey 6, prior 8) @ 23:50 GMT.
- Australia MI inflation gauge m/m (prior 0.6%) y/y (prior 2.2%) @ 00:30 GMT.
- China official manufacturing PMI (survey 50.1, prior 49.2) @ 01:00 GMT.
The dollar looking slightly firmer in early trade ahead of Japan’s ‘Tankan’ report later tonight. Also of note is that it is the beginning of China’s “Golden Week” holiday, with speculation that further stimulus maybe in the cards as it has in previous “Golden Weeks”.Would expect the dollar to start to consolidate around these levels unless we get any surprises later.
Good luck today.
