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Week Ahead Data: Chinese Official CPI & PPI , BoK Headline Week

ASIA

The week ahead sees China CPI and PPI cross today and the latest monetary policy decision from the Bank of Korea is due on Thursday.

  • China: Official CPI and PPI figures for June cross today, CPI is expected to rise 0.2% Y/Y whilst PPI is forecasted to drop 5.0% Y/Y. On Thursday June Trade Balance is due, a surplus of $74.00bn is expected. June Money Supply is also due this week.
  • South Korea: Thursday's Bank of Korea monetary policy decision headlines the week's docket, no change in policy is expected. Also due is June Unemployment which crosses on Wednesday, the unemployment rate is expected to hold steady at 2.5%, June Terms of Trade (Thursday) and May Money Supply (Friday)
  • Singapore: Friday's Advance read of Q2 GDP is the only data of note this week. A Q/Q fall of 0.2% is expected, the prior read was -0.4% Q/Q.
  • India: The June CPI print, which is due on Wednesday, headlines the weeks docket. CPI is expected to tick higher to 4.60% Y/Y from 4.25%. May Industrial Production is also due, a rise of 5.0% Y/Y is forecast. On Friday June Wholesale Prices crosses, a fall of 3.22% Y/Y is expected, and June Trade Balance is also due on Friday.
  • Indonesia: The only data of note is today's June Consumer Confidence print. There is no estimate and the prior read was 128.3.
  • Thailand: A thin docket this week sees just June Consumer Confidence (Thursday) and weekly Foreign Reserves (Friday) cross.
  • Malaysia: May Industrial Production provides the highlight this week, a rise of 1.9% Y/Y is expected.
  • Philippines: The only data due this week is tomorrow's May Trade Balance, a deficit of $4.636bn is expected.

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