Westpac Consumer Confidence for January is on Tuesday’s calendar. The key event of the week in Australia takes place overnight Wednesday, as employment data will be released. The unemployment rate is expected to hold at 5.7%, while the number of jobs falls by 14,100 from 39,300 last month. HIA New Home Sales are out overnight Thursday. There are no economic releases on the calendar on Friday in Australia.
Tomorrow Home Loan data and New Motor Vehicle Sales are set to be released. There will be no major data releases in the US part of the session.