Also, from China CPI and PPI data was released. China’s consumer inflation cooled to 1.5 percent in January, in line with economists’ forecasts, official data showed on Friday. The consumer price index (CPI) had been expected to moderate from a 1.8 percent gain in December. The producer price index (PPI) rose 4.3 percent from a year earlier, also cooling from the previous month’s rise of 4.9 percent, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on its website. Analysts polled by Reuters had predicted producer inflation would ease to 4.4 percent in January.
There will be no major data releases both from Australia and the USA on Monday, so we can expect a bit steadier session.