Good MornING Asia - 14 November 2019

After a disappointing GDP report from Japan and labour report from Australia this morning, all eyes are now on remaining Chinese activity data for October for what it says about the trade war impact on that economy.

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Asia Morning Bites

ASEAN Morning Bytes

Powell remained neutral at his speech while US core inflation slipped, leaving markets to look to Chinese data for direction.

Australia

Weak Australian labour report

A fall in both full-time and part-time employment has left overall employment in Australia down by 19 thousand in October. This weakness is exacerbated by…

Japan

Japanese GDP grows 0.2%QoQ in 3Q19

There is no evidence of front-loading of spending ahead of the October consumption tax hike, but does this mean we will not see any fall off afterwards?

New Zealand

RBNZ leaves rates at 1.0%

Governor Orr doesn't see any further "urgency to act" and no need to play "catch up" owing to earlier decisions.

Philippines

Philippines central bank to hold fire

After a busy 2019, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is expected to keep policy rates unchanged and gauge the impact of its recent round of easing