PMIs from China are the focus of the data from the session. The manufacturing PMI is expected to have improved from December to show a slower pace of contraction in January. Worker absences due to illness were still an issue.
Some calendars also list Chinese Industrial Profit data due at the same time.
This
snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access
it here.
The
times in the left-most column are GMT.
The
numbers in the right-most column are the ‘prior’ (previous
month/quarter as the case may be) result. The number in the column
next to that, where there is a number, is the consensus median
expected.
I’ve
noted data for New Zealand and Australia with text as the similarity
of the little flags can sometimes be confusing.
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