Asia Event Calendar

Date    GMT /Local          Event

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06-Mar  2230/0930  **   AU  ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence

06-Mar  0030/1130  ***  AU  Retail trade monthly

06-Mar  0030/1130  ***  AU  Quarterly balance of payments

06-Mar  0330/1430  ***  AU  RBA monthly cash rate decision

07-Mar      -      ***  CN  FX Reserves

07-Mar  2130/0830  **   AU  AI Group/HIA construction index

07-Mar  2140/0840       AU  RBA Governor Lowe speaks at AFR Business Summit,

                              Sydney

07-Mar  0030/1130  ***  AU  Quarterly GDP

08-Mar      -           JP  BOJ holds two-day policy board meeting

08-Mar      -      ***  CN  Trade

08-Mar  2350/0850  **   JP  GDP (r)

08-Mar  0030/1130  ***  AU  Trade balance

09-Mar      -           JP  BOJ holds two-day policy board meeting

09-Mar  2330/0830  **   JP  Household spending

09-Mar  0000/0900  **   JP  average wages (p)

09-Mar  0130/0930  ***  CN  CPI

09-Mar  0130/0930  ***  CN  Producer Price Index

09-Mar  0300/1200       JP  BOJ releases outcome of two-day policy board

                              meeting, monetary policy statement

09-Mar  0630/1530       JP  BOJ Governor Haruhiko Kuroda news conference

10-Mar      -      ***  CN  Money Supply

10-Mar      -      ***  CN  New Loans

10-Mar      -      ***  CN  Social Financing

11-Mar      -      ***  CN  Money Supply

11-Mar      -      ***  CN  New Loans

11-Mar      -      ***  CN  Social Financing

12-Mar      -      ***  CN  Money Supply

12-Mar      -      ***  CN  New Loans

12-Mar      -      ***  CN  Social Financing

13-Mar  2230/0930  **   AU  ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence

13-Mar  2340/1040       AU  RBA Asst Gov Michele Bullock speaks at Seamless

                              Australia Payments Conference, Sydney. Also Q&A

13-Mar  2350/0850  *    JP  CGPI

13-Mar  0030/1130  ***  AU  Housing finance

13-Mar  0030/1130  **   AU  NAB business survey

14-Mar  2205/0905       AU  RBA Asst Gov Christopher Kent speaks at KangaNews

                              DCM Summit, Sydney. Also Q&A

14-Mar  2330/1030       AU  Westpac-MI Consumer Sentiment

14-Mar  2350/0850  *    JP  Machinery orders

14-Mar  2350/0850       JP  BOJ releases minutes of Jan. 22-23 policy meeting

14-Mar  0200/1000  ***  CN  Fixed-Asset Investment

14-Mar  0200/1000  ***  CN  Industrial Output

14-Mar  0200/1000  ***  CN  Retail Sales

15-Mar  0000/1100  **   AU  Melbourne Institute inflation expectations survey

16-Mar  2245/0945       AU  RBA Deputy Governor Guy Debelle speaks at

                              Financial Risk Day, Sydney. Also Q&A.

19-Mar  2350/0850  **   JP  Trade

20-Mar  2230/0930  **   AU  ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence

20-Mar  0030/1130  ***  AU  RBA board meeting minutes

20-Mar  0030/1130  *    AU  House Price Index

20-Mar  0415/1515       AU  RBA Asst Gov Michele Bullock participates in panel

                              discussion at ASIC Annual Forum 2018, Sydney. Also

                              Q&A.

21-Mar  2330/1030  *    AU  Westpac-MI leading index

22-Mar  0030/1130  ***  AU  Labor force survey

23-Mar  2330/0830  ***  JP  CPI

27-Mar  2230/0930  **   AU  ANZ-Roy Morgan Consumer Confidence

27-Mar  0045/1145       AU  RBA Asst Gov Christopher Kent, speaks at

                              Investment Implementation Summit, Sydney. Also Q&A

29-Mar  2350/0850  *    JP  Retail sales (p)

29-Mar  0030/1130  *    AU  Job vacancies

30-Mar  2330/0830  **   JP  Tokyo CPI

30-Mar  2350/0850  **   JP  Industrial production

30-Mar  0030/1130  **   AU  RBA private sector credit m/m

31-Mar  0100/0900  ***  CN  CFLP Manufacturing PMI

31-Mar  1200/2000  **   CN  CFLP Non-Manufacturing PMI

01-Apr  1200/2000  ***  CN  Caixin Manufacturing PMI

02-Apr  2350/0850  ***  JP  Tankan

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