On the speakers, which will be the focus on the session, not the data:
- Kuroda and other Bank of Japan officials have been consistent in sticking to the line that there is no prospect of an imminent tightening of policy from the BOJ.
- Lowe spoke only last week. The message from the Reserve Bank of Australia is that are more rate hike to come but they'll not be +50bp rate hikes. We had +25 in October and November and that is expected again at the December meeting (on the 6th).
- Lagarde, too, spoke last week. More here. Lagarde titled to the hawkish end of the spectrum.
- This snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access it here.
- The times in the left-most column are GMT.
- The numbers in the right-most column are the 'prior' (previous month/quarter as the case may be) result. The number in the column next to that, where there is a number, is the consensus median expected.
- I’ve noted data for New Zealand and Australia with text as the similarity of the little flags can sometimes be confusing.
