9 Jun 2015
Australia's business confidence, China's CPI eyed - Westpac
FXStreet (Bali) - Sean Callow, FX Strategist at Westpac, breaks down the key events for today's Asian session, highlighting Australia's NAB business survey and Chinese inflation as the main risk events to watch out for.
Key Quotes
"Australia Apr housing finance is out at 11:30am. Westpac expects -1.5%m/m while consensus is -2.0%. Industry data suggests owner-occupier approvals were down a touch in Apr. There will again be keen interest in the investor numbers and whether regulatory efforts have had any impact. We will also have the May NAB business survey at the same time. This will be the first reading since the federal budget. May ANZ job ads will also be released."
"China May CPI and PPI both are released at 11:30am Syd/9:30am local. Market median for CPI is 1.3%y/y; rents and private housing will be of interest, as we look for any additional signs of recovery. PPI is expected to remain around lows at -4.5%y/y. Indeed China’s producer prices have been deflating since March 2012. Weakness in global commodity prices is playing a major role in the fall in China’s import bill which was so stark in yesterday’s May trade data, with import values -17.6% y/y, driving the trade surplus up to a huge $59.5bn."
"In Europe, we have UK Apr trade balance and the second estimate of Eurozone Q1 GDP. The US calendar is quiet as usual post-payrolls, with only May NFIB small business optimism and Apr wholesale inventories."
Key Quotes
"Australia Apr housing finance is out at 11:30am. Westpac expects -1.5%m/m while consensus is -2.0%. Industry data suggests owner-occupier approvals were down a touch in Apr. There will again be keen interest in the investor numbers and whether regulatory efforts have had any impact. We will also have the May NAB business survey at the same time. This will be the first reading since the federal budget. May ANZ job ads will also be released."
"China May CPI and PPI both are released at 11:30am Syd/9:30am local. Market median for CPI is 1.3%y/y; rents and private housing will be of interest, as we look for any additional signs of recovery. PPI is expected to remain around lows at -4.5%y/y. Indeed China’s producer prices have been deflating since March 2012. Weakness in global commodity prices is playing a major role in the fall in China’s import bill which was so stark in yesterday’s May trade data, with import values -17.6% y/y, driving the trade surplus up to a huge $59.5bn."
"In Europe, we have UK Apr trade balance and the second estimate of Eurozone Q1 GDP. The US calendar is quiet as usual post-payrolls, with only May NFIB small business optimism and Apr wholesale inventories."