Foreign exchange market. Asian session: The U.S. dollar traded stronger against other major currencies

Economic calendar (GMT0):

(Time/ Region/ Event/ Period/ Previous/ Forecast/ Actual

00:01 United Kingdom BRC Retail Sales Monitor y/y October -2.1% 0.0%

00:30 Australia National Australia Bank's Business Confidence October 5 4

00:30 Australia House Price Index (QoQ) Quarter III +1.9% [Revised From -1.8%] +1.6% +1.5%

00:30 Australia House Price Index (YoY) Quarter III +10.1% +9.1%

05:00 Japan Consumer Confidence October 39.9 40.6 38.9

06:00 Japan Eco Watchers Survey: Current October 47.4 49.2 44.0

06:00 Japan Eco Watchers Survey: Outlook October 48.7 46.6

06:00 Japan Prelim Machine Tool Orders, y/y October +34.7% [Revised From +34.8%] +31.2% 

The greenback traded stronger against its major peers after Friday’s weaker-than-expected U.S. job data which led to profit-taking after the U.S. dollar’s rally. Investors are awaiting important data later in the week (retail sales and consumer sentiment) to get further indications on the good economic outlook in the U.S. 

The Australian dollar could not further recover from his four-year low from last Friday and is currently trading negative against the greenback. National Australia Bank's Business Confidence declined from 5 to 4 whereas the House Price Index showed gains of 1.5% giving slight support to the currency.

The Kiwi also lost again against the U.S. dollar. Investors are awaiting Reserve Bank governor Wheeler releasing the bank's half-yearly financial stability report today at 20:00 GMT and his statements over the strength of the currency.

The Japanese yen currently trading at USD115.37 further closes in on its new all time-low of USD115.51 after the BoJ’s economic stimulus from October 31^st and the Nikkei’s rally fuelled by speculation that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe might postpone the planned sales tax increase and call a snap election.

EUR/USD: the currency pair declined to USD1.2420

USD/JPY: the U.S. dollar traded stronger against the Japanese yen and is currently trading at Y115.43

GPB/USD: the currency pair declined to GPB1.5850

The most important news that are expected (GMT0):

20:00 New Zealand RBNZ Financial Stability Report

20:05 New Zealand RBNZ Governor Graeme Wheeler Speaks

23:30 Australia Westpac Consumer Confidence November +0.9%

23:50 Japan Tertiary Industry Index September 0.1% +0.9%