Welcome, Traders!
It is Monday 30th / Tuesday 31st of January, depending on where you are.
Here are some things to expect ahead of the APAC session today.

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Sentiment
The US dollar rose against all of its peers in the group of ten as traders shifted to a risk-off mode at the start of a week that includes the Federal Reserve's interest-rate decision and earnings from major technology firms.

Docket
6:30 PM ET
Japanese Unemployment Rate for December
Median Forecast: 2.5% | Prior: 2.5% | Range: 2.6% / 2.4%

Japanese Jobs/Applicants Ratio for December
Median Forecast: 1.36 | Prior: 1.35 | Range: 1.38 / 1.34%

6:50 PM ET
Japanese Industrial Output Prelim MoM SA for December
Median Forecast: -1% | Prior: 0.2% | Range: 0.5% / -2%

7:30 PM ET
Australian Retail Sales MoM Final for December
Median Forecast: -0.2% | Prior: 1.4% | Range: 0.8% / -4.5%

8:30 PM ET
Chinese NBS Manufacturing PMI for January
Median Forecast: 50.1 | Prior: 47.0 | Range: 52.0 / 48.5%

 

Good luck!