Welcome all, on the calendar today ...

2230 GMT - Australia weekly consumer sentiment

  • ANZ Roy Morgan weekly Consumer Confidence
  • prior 114.8
  • This weekly data point has been generally pointing to weak consumer sentiment. it had a move higher last week, and will be closely monitored into the Christmas season of joy and goodwill spending

0030 GMT - Australia - Minutes of November 2017 Monetary Policy Meeting of the Reserve Bank Board. I'll have more to come on this separately.

0200 GMT - New Zealand - Credit Card Spending for October

  • prior +0.7% m/m & +4.9% y/y

Note ... for NZD traders ... there is a dairy auction coming up during time today. I'll have more to come on this separately.

0430 GMT - Japan - All Industry Activity Index for September

  • expected -0.4% m/m, prior +0.1%
  • This index measures the monthly change in overall production by all sectors of the Japanese economy! All of 'em! So its sort of a proxy for GDP if you think abut it.