Here is what’s on the economic calendar in Asia today – Friday 22 January 2021

2130 GMT New Zealand –
BusinessNZ manufacturing PMI for December 

• prior 55.3

2145 GMT NZ CPI – inflation
in New Zealand for Q4

• CPI
  expected 0.2% q/q, prior 0.7%
• CPI
  expected 1.1% y/y, prior 1.4%

2200 GMT Australia CBA /
Markit preliminary PMIs for January 

• Manufacturing prior 55.7

• Services prior 57.0

• Composite prior 56.6

2330 GMT Japan CPI data for December 

• National CPI y/y, expected -1.3%,
  prior was -0.9%

• National CPI y/y excluding
  Fresh Food, expected -1.1%, prior was -0.9%

• National CPI excluding Food,
  Energy y/y, expected -0.4%, prior was -0.3% 

0001 GMT UK – GfK Consumer
Confidence for January 

• expected -30, prior -26

0030
GMT Japan Jibun Bank / Markit preliminary PMIs for January 

• Manufacturing prior 50.0

• Services prior 47.7

• Composite prior 48.5

0130GMT Australia Retail Sales
for December (preliminary)