Here is what’s on the economic calendar in Asia today - China PMIs

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Tokyo CPI and China PMIs on the docket for the session ahead.

2200
GMT New Zealand – ANZ Consumer Confidence Index for April

prior -2.0% m/m to 110.8

2301
GMT UK – Lloyds business barometer for April

2330 GMT Japan Jobless
(Unemployment) rate for March

Also, Job
to applicant ratio for March

2330 GMT Tokyo inflation data
for April – Tokyo area CPI (national level CPI for the month follows
in three weeks)

Tokyo CPI % y/y, expected -0.2%,
prior was -0.2%
Tokyo CPI excluding Fresh
Food % y/y,
expected 0.0%, prior was -0.1%
Tokyo CPI excluding Food,
Energy % y/y, expected 0.3%, prior was 0.3%

2350 GMT Japan Industrial
Production for March (preliminary)

expected -2.0% m/m, prior -1.3%
expected -0.6% y/y, prior -2.0%

2350 GMT Japan international
securities flows for the week

0030 GMT Japan – Jibun
Bank/Markit Manufacturing PMI (final) for April

0100 GMT China official PMIs for April

Manufacturing expected 51.8, prior 51.9
Non-manufacturing expected 56.1, prior 56.3
Composite prior 55.3

0130
GMT Australia Private Sector Credit for March 2021

expected 0.3% m/m, prior 0.2%
expected 0.8% y/y, prior 1.6%
In February the data continued to show surging credit for housing. Business credit was negative y/y for the first time in nearly a decade.

0030 GMT Australia PPI for Q1 2021

0145 GMT China – Caixin/Markit Manufacturing PMI for April

While the official manufacturing PMI is expected to slow slightly its the opposite for the private survey (they are different surveys, the official has a great representation of large firms and SOEs)

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