Economic calendar in Asia Friday, 17 May 2024 - China's activity data for April is due

The focus in the timezone will be on China's data. Some improvement is expected as the economy gathers 'green shoots' of progress including:trade data improvingPMIs improvingplans to deal with toxic assets (China's government is considering buying unsold homes to ease oversupply)This snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access it here.The times in the left-most column are GMT.The numbers in the right-most column are the 'prior' (previous month/quarter as the case may be) result. The number in the column next to that, where there is a number, is the consensus median expected. This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.

Economic calendar in Asia Friday, 17 May 2024 - China's activity data for April is due

The focus in the timezone will be on China's data. Some improvement is expected as the economy gathers 'green shoots' of progress including:

This snapshot from the ForexLive economic data calendar, access it here.

The times in the left-most column are GMT.

The numbers in the right-most column are the 'prior' (previous month/quarter as the case may be) result. The number in the column next to that, where there is a number, is the consensus median expected. This article was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.