The market focus on the 10th will be the slowdown in US CPI growth and the contraction in Japan’s current-account surplus. With a series of key domestic and overseas indicators due to be released, markets will assess trends in external demand and inflation.
Japan is scheduled to release September household spending and current-account data, as well as bank lending figures, on the 10th, while the United States is expected to publish October CPI data and China October trade-balance data. Markets will assess the underlying trends in inflation and external demand while gauging the policy stance of central banks in each country.
September’s current-account surplus is expected to narrow to the market forecast of ¥3.3544 trillion from ¥4.0620 trillion previously, while US CPI for October is expected at 0.3% month on month, slowing from 0.6% previously. China’s October trade surplus is expected to narrow to approximately ¥20.0 trillion.
The October Economic Watchers Survey, including current and outlook assessments, is scheduled for release. The current assessment is expected at 47.0 and the outlook assessment at 47.4, both below the previous figures. RECEPTIONIST is set to make its debut on the TSE Growth Market.